TRIP4 (Activating Signal Cointegrator 1, ASC-1; thyroid receptor-interacting protein 4) is a C4-type zinc-finger protein that functions in two distinct contexts. As a subunit of the ASC-1 / RQC-trigger (RQT) complex (with ASCC1, ASCC2 and the ASCC3 helicase), it acts in ribosome-associated quality control, where the complex recognizes K63-polyubiquitinated collided ribosomes and drives splitting/disassembly of the collided (disome) ribosomes so that the obstructing nascent chain can be targeted for degradation. Separately, TRIP4 acts as a nuclear transcriptional coactivator/cointegrator; through its zinc-finger transactivation domain it binds nuclear receptors (thyroid hormone receptor, estrogen receptor ESR1, androgen receptor), basal transcription factors (TBP, TFIIA), and coactivators (SRC-1/NCOA1, CBP/EP300), and potentiates nuclear-receptor-, SRF-, AP-1- and NF-kappaB-mediated transcription. Its coactivator activity is regulated by UFM1 modification (ufmylation); ligand-bound nuclear receptors displace the UFM1 protease UFSP2 from TRIP4, allowing ufmylation that promotes recruitment of EP300/NCOA1 and assembly of an active coactivator complex. TRIP4 is predominantly nuclear (cytoplasmic under serum deprivation; colocalizes with NEK6 at the centrosome). Biallelic loss-of-function variants in TRIP4 cause severe congenital neuromuscular disease (spinal muscular atrophy with congenital bone fractures, SMABF1; and congenital muscular dystrophy, Davignon-Chauveau type).
| GO Term | Evidence | Action | Reason |
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GO:0003713
transcription coactivator activity
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IBA
GO_REF:0000033 |
ACCEPT |
Summary: TRIP4/ASC-1 is a transcriptional coactivator/cointegrator that potentiates nuclear-receptor- and other transcription-factor-mediated transcription; this is one of its two well-supported core molecular functions.
Reason: Transcription coactivator activity is directly demonstrated experimentally (PMID:10454579, PMID:25219498) and corroborated by phylogenetic inference; it is a genuine core function of TRIP4.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:12077347
ASC-1) was originally isolated as a transcriptional coactivator of nuclear receptors.
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GO:0030520
estrogen receptor signaling pathway
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IBA
GO_REF:0000033 |
ACCEPT |
Summary: TRIP4 coactivates ligand-bound estrogen receptor ESR1, and its ufmylation is required for ERalpha transactivation; participation in estrogen receptor signaling is well supported.
Reason: Directly supported experimentally (TRIP4/ASC1 ufmylation is crucial for ERalpha transactivation) and by phylogenetic inference.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:25219498
ASC1 is a key step for ERΞ± transactivation in response to 17Ξ²-estradiol (E2).
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GO:0072344
rescue of stalled cytosolic ribosome
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IBA
GO_REF:0000033 |
ACCEPT |
Summary: As part of the ASC-1/RQT complex, TRIP4 acts in resolution of stalled/collided ribosomes (ribosome-associated quality control), splitting collided ribosomes to allow rescue. A core biological process.
Reason: Strongly supported by multiple experimental studies (PMID:32099016, PMID:32579943, PMID:36302773) showing the ASC-1/RQT complex disassembles collided ribosomes; consistent with the phylogenetic inference.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:36302773
the RQC-Trigger (RQT) complex recognizes ubiquitinated collided ribosomes as a substrate to initiate the RQC pathway by ribosomal subunit dissociation.
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GO:0180022
RQC-trigger complex
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IBA
GO_REF:0000033 |
ACCEPT |
Summary: TRIP4 is a constituent subunit of the RQC-trigger (RQT)/ASC-1 complex, the core cellular-component context for its ribosome-quality-control function.
Reason: Directly demonstrated (TRIP4 is identified in the RQT complex with ASCC2 and ASCC3) and supported phylogenetically.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/TRIP4/TRIP4-uniprot.txt
Identified in the RQT (ribosome quality control trigger) complex, that contains ASCC2, ASCC3 and TRIP4
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GO:0005634
nucleus
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IBA
GO_REF:0000033 |
ACCEPT |
Summary: TRIP4 is active in the nucleus as a transcriptional coactivator; nuclear localization is well established experimentally.
Reason: Nuclear localization and activity are directly documented (PMID:10454579, PMID:12077347) and supported by phylogenetic inference.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/TRIP4/TRIP4-uniprot.txt
SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Nucleus
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GO:0045893
positive regulation of DNA-templated transcription
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IBA
GO_REF:0000033 |
ACCEPT |
Summary: TRIP4 positively regulates transcription as a coactivator; well supported.
Reason: Positive regulation of transcription is the process outcome of TRIP4's coactivator activity, directly demonstrated and phylogenetically inferred.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:25219498
ASC1 is a key step for ERΞ± transactivation in response to 17Ξ²-estradiol (E2).
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GO:0005634
nucleus
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IEA
GO_REF:0000120 |
ACCEPT |
Summary: Electronic nuclear localization, consistent with strong experimental evidence.
Reason: Agrees with multiple IDA/EXP nuclear localization annotations.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/TRIP4/TRIP4-uniprot.txt
SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Nucleus
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GO:0005813
centrosome
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IEA
GO_REF:0000044 |
KEEP AS NON CORE |
Summary: Electronic centrosome localization, corroborated by direct evidence that TRIP4 colocalizes with NEK6 at the centrosome. A specialized, context-specific localization.
Reason: Centrosomal localization is experimentally documented (NEK6 colocalization) but is peripheral to TRIP4's core transcriptional and RQC functions.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/TRIP4/TRIP4-uniprot.txt
Colocalizes with NEK6 in the centrosome
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GO:0005829
cytosol
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IEA
GO_REF:0000044 |
ACCEPT |
Summary: Electronic cytosolic localization, consistent with the cytosolic pool where the ASC-1/RQT complex acts on collided ribosomes and with cytoplasmic localization under serum deprivation.
Reason: Cytosolic localization is supported experimentally (PMID:10454579) and is the compartment for TRIP4's ribosome-quality-control role.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/TRIP4/TRIP4-uniprot.txt
Cytoplasm, cytosol
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GO:0008270
zinc ion binding
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IEA
GO_REF:0000002 |
ACCEPT |
Summary: TRIP4 has a C4-type zinc finger that binds zinc and mediates its protein interactions (with nuclear receptors, coactivators and UFSP2).
Reason: Zinc binding by the C4-type zinc finger is a structural molecular function underlying TRIP4's interaction surface; supported by domain annotation.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/TRIP4/TRIP4-uniprot.txt
The C4-type zinc finger mediates a competitive interaction with UFSP2 and ligand-bound nuclear receptors.
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GO:0072344
rescue of stalled cytosolic ribosome
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IEA
GO_REF:0000002 |
ACCEPT |
Summary: InterPro-based electronic annotation of rescue of stalled cytosolic ribosome, strongly corroborated by experimental evidence for the ASC-1/RQT complex.
Reason: Agrees with multiple IDA studies; a core biological process of TRIP4.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:36302773
the RQC-Trigger (RQT) complex recognizes ubiquitinated collided ribosomes as a substrate to initiate the RQC pathway by ribosomal subunit dissociation.
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GO:0180022
RQC-trigger complex
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IEA
GO_REF:0000002 |
ACCEPT |
Summary: InterPro-based electronic annotation of RQC-trigger complex membership, corroborated experimentally.
Reason: Agrees with IDA/IBA RQT-complex annotations; core cellular component.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/TRIP4/TRIP4-uniprot.txt
Identified in the RQT (ribosome quality control trigger) complex, that contains ASCC2, ASCC3 and TRIP4
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GO:0045661
regulation of myoblast differentiation
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IEA
GO_REF:0000107 |
KEEP AS NON CORE |
Summary: Electronic (mouse ortholog) annotation of regulation of myoblast differentiation; TRIP4 is implicated in late myogenic differentiation and its loss causes congenital muscle disease.
Reason: A plausible role inferred from the mouse ortholog and consistent with the muscle-disease phenotype, but downstream of and not equivalent to TRIP4's core molecular functions.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/TRIP4/TRIP4-uniprot.txt
May play a role in late myogenic differentiation
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GO:0005654
nucleoplasm
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IDA
GO_REF:0000052 |
ACCEPT |
Summary: Direct immunofluorescence (HPA) nucleoplasmic localization, consistent with TRIP4's nuclear coactivator role.
Reason: Agrees with experimental nuclear localization; appropriate cellular component for the transcriptional function.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/TRIP4/TRIP4-uniprot.txt
SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Nucleus
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GO:0016604
nuclear body
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IDA
GO_REF:0000052 |
KEEP AS NON CORE |
Summary: Direct immunofluorescence (HPA) localization to nuclear bodies, a sub-nuclear compartment consistent with the nuclear coactivator function.
Reason: A genuine sub-nuclear localization from imaging, but more granular than needed for TRIP4's core function; retained as non-core.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/TRIP4/TRIP4-uniprot.txt
SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Nucleus
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GO:0005829
cytosol
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TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-9948291 |
ACCEPT |
Summary: Reactome curated cytosolic localization (RQC pathway), consistent with the site of the ASC-1/RQT complex action on collided ribosomes.
Reason: Cytosol is the compartment where TRIP4 acts in ribosome-associated quality control; agrees with experimental localization.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/TRIP4/TRIP4-uniprot.txt
Cytoplasm, cytosol
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GO:0005829
cytosol
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TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-9948300 |
ACCEPT |
Summary: Reactome curated cytosolic localization (RQC pathway), redundant with the other cytosol annotations.
Reason: Consistent with TRIP4's cytosolic ribosome-quality-control site of action.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/TRIP4/TRIP4-uniprot.txt
Cytoplasm, cytosol
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GO:0032790
ribosome disassembly
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NAS
PMID:32099016 Identification of a novel trigger complex that facilitates r... |
ACCEPT |
Summary: The ASC-1/RQT complex disassembles collided ribosomes; ribosome disassembly captures the splitting of the stalled (disome) ribosome by the complex.
Reason: Directly supported by experimental work (PMID:32579943, PMID:36302773) showing the ASC-1/RQT complex drives ribosomal subunit dissociation of collided ribosomes.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:32579943
disassembly of collided ribosomes.
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GO:1990116
ribosome-associated ubiquitin-dependent protein catabolic process
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NAS
PMID:32099016 Identification of a novel trigger complex that facilitates r... |
ACCEPT |
Summary: TRIP4/ASC-1 acts in the ribosome-associated quality control (RQC) pathway, which degrades nascent peptide chains during problematic translation in a ubiquitin-dependent manner.
Reason: The RQT complex recognizes ubiquitinated collided ribosomes to initiate RQC, leading to ubiquitin-dependent degradation of the nascent chain; well supported.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:36302773
the RQC-Trigger (RQT) complex recognizes ubiquitinated collided ribosomes as a substrate to initiate the RQC pathway by ribosomal subunit dissociation.
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GO:0005634
nucleus
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EXP
PMID:20873783 Characterization of hNek6 interactome reveals an important r... |
ACCEPT |
Summary: Experimental nuclear localization, consistent with TRIP4's coactivator role.
Reason: Direct experimental support for nuclear localization.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/TRIP4/TRIP4-uniprot.txt
SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Nucleus
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GO:0032790
ribosome disassembly
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IDA
PMID:32579943 The ASC-1 Complex Disassembles Collided Ribosomes. |
ACCEPT |
Summary: Direct evidence that the ASC-1 complex disassembles collided ribosomes, the central mechanistic step of TRIP4's RQC function.
Reason: Directly demonstrated experimentally; core process of the ASC-1/RQT complex.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:32579943
disassembly of collided ribosomes.
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GO:0032790
ribosome disassembly
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IDA
PMID:36302773 A distinct mammalian disome collision interface harbors K63-... |
ACCEPT |
Summary: Direct evidence that the hRQT/ASC-1 complex mediates ribosomal subunit dissociation of ubiquitinated collided ribosomes.
Reason: Directly demonstrated experimentally; core process.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:36302773
the RQC-Trigger (RQT) complex recognizes ubiquitinated collided ribosomes as a substrate to initiate the RQC pathway by ribosomal subunit dissociation.
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GO:0072344
rescue of stalled cytosolic ribosome
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IDA
PMID:32579943 The ASC-1 Complex Disassembles Collided Ribosomes. |
ACCEPT |
Summary: Direct evidence that the ASC-1 complex resolves collided ribosomes, rescuing stalled ribosomes via disassembly.
Reason: Directly demonstrated; core process of TRIP4's ribosome-quality-control role.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:32579943
disassembly of collided ribosomes.
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GO:0072344
rescue of stalled cytosolic ribosome
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IDA
PMID:36302773 A distinct mammalian disome collision interface harbors K63-... |
ACCEPT |
Summary: Direct evidence (disome collision study) that the hRQT/ASC-1 complex initiates rescue of collided ribosomes by subunit dissociation.
Reason: Directly demonstrated; core process.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:36302773
the RQC-Trigger (RQT) complex recognizes ubiquitinated collided ribosomes as a substrate to initiate the RQC pathway by ribosomal subunit dissociation.
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GO:0072344
rescue of stalled cytosolic ribosome
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IMP
PMID:32099016 Identification of a novel trigger complex that facilitates r... |
ACCEPT |
Summary: Mutational/functional evidence that TRIP4 within the RQT complex is required for ribosome-associated quality control of stalled ribosomes.
Reason: Supported by the identification and functional characterization of the RQT complex in mammalian RQC.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:36302773
the RQC-Trigger (RQT) complex recognizes ubiquitinated collided ribosomes as a substrate to initiate the RQC pathway by ribosomal subunit dissociation.
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GO:1990116
ribosome-associated ubiquitin-dependent protein catabolic process
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IMP
PMID:32099016 Identification of a novel trigger complex that facilitates r... |
ACCEPT |
Summary: Functional evidence that TRIP4/RQT participates in ubiquitin-dependent degradation of nascent chains during RQC.
Reason: Supported by RQT-complex characterization in mammalian RQC.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:36302773
the RQC-Trigger (RQT) complex recognizes ubiquitinated collided ribosomes as a substrate to initiate the RQC pathway by ribosomal subunit dissociation.
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GO:0005813
centrosome
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IDA
PMID:20873783 Characterization of hNek6 interactome reveals an important r... |
KEEP AS NON CORE |
Summary: Direct evidence that TRIP4 colocalizes with NEK6 at the centrosome, a specialized localization.
Reason: Genuine colocalization (NEK6 interactome study) but peripheral to TRIP4's core transcriptional and RQC functions.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/TRIP4/TRIP4-uniprot.txt
Colocalizes with NEK6 in the centrosome
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GO:0019901
protein kinase binding
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IPI
PMID:20873783 Characterization of hNek6 interactome reveals an important r... |
KEEP AS NON CORE |
Summary: Interaction with the protein kinase NEK6 (Q9HC98), which phosphorylates TRIP4. A real but auxiliary binding function.
Reason: Documented NEK6 interaction (TRIP4 is phosphorylated by NEK6), informative but not a core molecular function of TRIP4.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/TRIP4/TRIP4-uniprot.txt
Interacts with NEK6
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GO:0032991
protein-containing complex
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IDA
PMID:20873783 Characterization of hNek6 interactome reveals an important r... |
MARK AS OVER ANNOTATED |
Summary: Generic protein-containing complex membership. TRIP4 is part of defined complexes (ASC-1/RQT coactivator complexes); the specific RQC-trigger complex term is more informative.
Reason: The bare "protein-containing complex" is uninformative; TRIP4's complexes are specifically captured by GO:0180022 (RQC-trigger complex) and the ASC-1 coactivator complex.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/TRIP4/TRIP4-uniprot.txt
Part of the ASC-1 complex, that contains TRIP4, ASCC1, ASCC2 and ASCC3
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GO:0045661
regulation of myoblast differentiation
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ISS
GO_REF:0000024 |
KEEP AS NON CORE |
Summary: Sequence-similarity-based annotation of regulation of myoblast differentiation, consistent with the muscle-disease phenotype but downstream of TRIP4's core functions.
Reason: Plausible role inferred from the ortholog and the congenital muscle phenotype, but not a core molecular function.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/TRIP4/TRIP4-uniprot.txt
May play a role in late myogenic differentiation
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GO:0180022
RQC-trigger complex
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IDA
PMID:12077347 Novel transcription coactivator complex containing activatin... |
ACCEPT |
Summary: TRIP4 is a subunit of the ASC-1 complex (TRIP4/ASCC1/ASCC2/ASCC3); this complex is the RQC-trigger (RQT) complex that acts in ribosome-associated quality control.
Reason: Directly demonstrated complex membership; the ASC-1 complex is the RQT complex, a core cellular component.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/TRIP4/TRIP4-uniprot.txt
Part of the ASC-1 complex, that contains TRIP4, ASCC1, ASCC2 and ASCC3
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GO:0006355
regulation of DNA-templated transcription
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IDA
PMID:12077347 Novel transcription coactivator complex containing activatin... |
ACCEPT |
Summary: TRIP4/ASC-1 regulates transcription, stimulating transactivation by SRF, AP-1 and NF-kappaB and relieving transrepression between nuclear receptors and AP-1/NF-kappaB.
Reason: Directly demonstrated transcriptional regulatory activity; consistent with the coactivator core function.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:12077347
stimulates transactivation by serum response factor (SRF), activating protein 1 (AP-1), and nuclear factor kappaB (NF-kappaB)
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GO:0006355
regulation of DNA-templated transcription
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IMP
PMID:26924529 Mutations in Subunits of the Activating Signal Cointegrator ... |
ACCEPT |
Summary: Functional/disease evidence linking ASC-1 complex function to transcriptional regulation; consistent with the coactivator role.
Reason: Supports TRIP4's role in transcriptional regulation, demonstrated in the context of ASC-1-complex disease mutations.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/TRIP4/TRIP4-uniprot.txt
Transcription coactivator which associates with nuclear
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GO:0005634
nucleus
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IDA
PMID:12077347 Novel transcription coactivator complex containing activatin... |
ACCEPT |
Summary: Direct nuclear localization, consistent with the coactivator role.
Reason: Direct experimental support for nuclear localization.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/TRIP4/TRIP4-uniprot.txt
SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Nucleus
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GO:0005634
nucleus
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IDA
PMID:26924529 Mutations in Subunits of the Activating Signal Cointegrator ... |
ACCEPT |
Summary: Direct nuclear localization, consistent with the coactivator role.
Reason: Direct experimental support for nuclear localization.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/TRIP4/TRIP4-uniprot.txt
SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Nucleus
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GO:0031594
neuromuscular junction
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IMP
PMID:26924529 Mutations in Subunits of the Activating Signal Cointegrator ... |
KEEP AS NON CORE |
Summary: TRIP4 is implicated in neuromuscular junction development; a specialized, tissue-context localization tied to the disease phenotype.
Reason: Supported in the disease/neuromuscular context but peripheral to TRIP4's core molecular functions; a may-play-a-role statement.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/TRIP4/TRIP4-uniprot.txt
May play a role in the development of neuro
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GO:0030520
estrogen receptor signaling pathway
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IDA
PMID:25219498 Modification of ASC1 by UFM1 is crucial for ERΞ± transactivat... |
ACCEPT |
Summary: Direct evidence that TRIP4/ASC1 is required for ERalpha transactivation (via ufmylation), placing it in estrogen receptor signaling.
Reason: Directly demonstrated involvement in ERalpha-mediated transactivation.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:25219498
ASC1 is a key step for ERΞ± transactivation in response to 17Ξ²-estradiol (E2).
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GO:0003713
transcription coactivator activity
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IMP
PMID:25219498 Modification of ASC1 by UFM1 is crucial for ERΞ± transactivat... |
ACCEPT |
Summary: TRIP4/ASC1 acts as a transcription coactivator whose ufmylation-dependent assembly of an EP300/NCOA1 coactivator complex potentiates nuclear-receptor transcription.
Reason: Directly demonstrated coactivator activity; a core molecular function.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:25219498
ASC1 is a key step for ERΞ± transactivation in response to 17Ξ²-estradiol (E2).
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GO:0045893
positive regulation of DNA-templated transcription
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IMP
PMID:25219498 Modification of ASC1 by UFM1 is crucial for ERΞ± transactivat... |
ACCEPT |
Summary: TRIP4 positively regulates transcription, demonstrated through its requirement for ERalpha transactivation.
Reason: Directly demonstrated positive transcriptional regulation.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:25219498
ASC1 is a key step for ERΞ± transactivation in response to 17Ξ²-estradiol (E2).
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GO:0005515
protein binding
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IPI
PMID:25219498 Modification of ASC1 by UFM1 is crucial for ERΞ± transactivat... |
KEEP AS NON CORE |
Summary: IntAct interactions (e.g. with DDRGK1, Q15788) from the ASC1-ufmylation study. The bare protein binding term is uninformative.
Reason: Records real interactions but bare protein binding is uninformative; specific binding functions (nuclear-receptor, HAT, UFM1-ligase binding) are captured separately.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/TRIP4/TRIP4-uniprot.txt
Interacts with DDRGK1 and UFL1; the interaction with DDRGK1 is direct
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GO:0030331
nuclear estrogen receptor binding
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IPI
PMID:25219498 Modification of ASC1 by UFM1 is crucial for ERΞ± transactivat... |
ACCEPT |
Summary: TRIP4 binds the ligand-bound nuclear estrogen receptor ESR1 (P03372), a specific and functionally central interaction for its coactivator role.
Reason: Directly documented binding to ESR1; an informative molecular function underlying TRIP4's estrogen-receptor coactivation.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/TRIP4/TRIP4-uniprot.txt
Interacts with ESR1 (estrogen ligand-bound); competes with UFSP2
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GO:0035035
histone acetyltransferase binding
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IPI
PMID:25219498 Modification of ASC1 by UFM1 is crucial for ERΞ± transactivat... |
ACCEPT |
Summary: TRIP4 binds the histone acetyltransferase EP300/CBP (Q09472), recruited to assemble the active coactivator complex.
Reason: Directly documented EP300 interaction; an informative molecular function supporting the coactivator role.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/TRIP4/TRIP4-uniprot.txt
Interacts with EP300
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GO:0002020
protease binding
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IPI
PMID:25219498 Modification of ASC1 by UFM1 is crucial for ERΞ± transactivat... |
ACCEPT |
Summary: TRIP4 binds the UFM1-specific protease UFSP2 (Q9NUQ7); ligand-bound nuclear receptors compete with UFSP2 for TRIP4, regulating its ufmylation.
Reason: Directly documented UFSP2 interaction; an informative and mechanistically central binding function (governs the ufmylation switch).
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/TRIP4/TRIP4-uniprot.txt
Interacts with UFSP2; competes with ligand-bound ESR1
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GO:0005634
nucleus
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IDA
PMID:25219498 Modification of ASC1 by UFM1 is crucial for ERΞ± transactivat... |
ACCEPT |
Summary: Direct nuclear localization in the ufmylation/ERalpha study.
Reason: Direct experimental support for nuclear localization.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/TRIP4/TRIP4-uniprot.txt
SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Nucleus
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GO:0044389
ubiquitin-like protein ligase binding
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IPI
PMID:25219498 Modification of ASC1 by UFM1 is crucial for ERΞ± transactivat... |
ACCEPT |
Summary: TRIP4 binds the UFM1 E3 ligase component UFL1 (O94874) (and directly DDRGK1), consistent with TRIP4 being a ufmylation substrate.
Reason: Directly documented interaction with the UFM1 ligase machinery (UFL1/DDRGK1); an informative binding function central to TRIP4 ufmylation.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/TRIP4/TRIP4-uniprot.txt
Interacts with DDRGK1 and UFL1; the interaction with DDRGK1 is direct
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GO:0005634
nucleus
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IDA
PMID:10454579 Activating signal cointegrator 1, a novel transcription coac... |
ACCEPT |
Summary: Direct nuclear localization in the original ASC-1 coactivator paper.
Reason: Direct experimental support for nuclear localization.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/TRIP4/TRIP4-uniprot.txt
SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Nucleus
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GO:0005737
cytoplasm
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IDA
PMID:10454579 Activating signal cointegrator 1, a novel transcription coac... |
ACCEPT |
Summary: Direct cytoplasmic localization (under serum deprivation), consistent with the cytosolic pool where TRIP4 acts in RQC.
Reason: Experimentally supported; TRIP4 relocalizes to the cytoplasm under serum deprivation, and the RQC role is cytosolic.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/TRIP4/TRIP4-uniprot.txt
Cytoplasmic under conditions of serum deprivation
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GO:0016922
nuclear receptor binding
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IDA
PMID:10454579 Activating signal cointegrator 1, a novel transcription coac... |
ACCEPT |
Summary: TRIP4 binds nuclear receptors (thyroid hormone receptor, estrogen receptor, androgen receptor) via its zinc-finger transactivation domain; central to its coactivator function.
Reason: Directly documented nuclear-receptor binding; a core molecular function underlying TRIP4's coactivator activity.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:10454579
nuclear receptors, as demonstrated by the glutathione S-transferase pull-down assays and the yeast two-hybrid tests.
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Q: How does TRIP4 partition between its nuclear transcription-coactivator role and its cytosolic ribosome-quality-control role, and is this regulated (e.g. by serum status, ufmylation, or NEK6 phosphorylation)?
Q: Within the RQT complex, what is TRIP4's specific mechanistic contribution to recognizing K63-ubiquitinated collided ribosomes versus the ASCC3 helicase-driven splitting step?
Q: Are the congenital neuromuscular phenotypes of TRIP4 loss caused primarily by defective RQC, defective transcriptional coactivation, or both?
Experiment: Separation-of-function mutants of TRIP4 that selectively disrupt RQT-complex incorporation versus nuclear-receptor binding, tested for ribosome-collision resolution and nuclear-receptor transactivation independently.
Experiment: Cryo-EM of the human RQT complex on a defined collided disome to localize TRIP4 and define how it couples ubiquitin recognition to ASCC3-mediated subunit dissociation.
Experiment: Patient-derived or CRISPR TRIP4-null muscle/motor-neuron models with RQC reporters and nuclear-receptor transcriptional readouts to dissect which function underlies SMABF1/MDCDC pathology.
TRIP4 (Activating Signal Cointegrator 1, ASC-1; thyroid receptor-interacting protein 4) is a C4-type zinc-finger protein that functions in two distinct contexts. As a subunit of the ASC-1 / RQC-trigger (RQT) complex (with ASCC1, ASCC2 and the ASCC3 helicase), it acts in ribosome-associated quality control, where the complex recognizes K63-polyubiquitinated collided ribosomes and drives splitting/disassembly of the collided (disome) ribosomes so that the obstructing nascent chain can be targeted for degradation. Separately, TRIP4 acts as a nuclear transcriptional coactivator/cointegrator; through its zinc-finger transactivation domain it binds nuclear receptors (thyroid hormone receptor, estrogen receptor ESR1, androgen receptor), basal transcription factors (TBP, TFIIA), and coactivators (SRC-1/NCOA1, CBP/EP300), and potentiates nuclear-receptor-, SRF-, AP-1- and NF-kappaB-mediated transcription. Its coactivator activity is regulated by UFM1 modification (ufmylation); ligand-bound nuclear receptors displace the UFM1 protease UFSP2 from TRIP4, allowing ufmylation that promotes recruitment of EP300/NCOA1 and assembly of an active coactivator complex. TRIP4 is predominantly nuclear (cytoplasmic under serum deprivation; colocalizes with NEK6 at the centrosome). Biallelic loss-of-function variants in TRIP4 cause severe congenital neuromuscular disease (spinal muscular atrophy with congenital bone fractures, SMABF1; and congenital muscular dystrophy, Davignon-Chauveau type).
Research and verbatim supporting quotes are recorded inline in TRIP4-ai-review.yaml (per-annotation supported_by and references findings). This notes file summarizes the completed review; see the YAML for evidence citations.
*-deep-research*.md file found in this gene directory.Translation|Cytosolic translation|Ribosome-associated QC|Ribosomal rescue (also a UPS "idiosyncratic Ub binding / other" taxonomy row) ; PN-node mapping: type=mapped scope=ok_for_propagation_to_go GO:0072344 (rescue of stalled cytosolic ribosome); group=mapped GO:0006515.This file is generated from the current PROTEOSTASIS phase-1 dossier and local gene-review artifacts. Edit the source review, PN mapping, or dossier rather than this generated note when correcting the underlying curation.
id: Q15650
gene_symbol: TRIP4
product_type: PROTEIN
status: COMPLETE
taxon:
id: NCBITaxon:9606
label: Homo sapiens
description: TRIP4 (Activating Signal Cointegrator 1, ASC-1; thyroid receptor-interacting protein 4) is a C4-type zinc-finger protein that functions in two distinct contexts. As a subunit of the ASC-1 / RQC-trigger (RQT) complex (with ASCC1, ASCC2 and the ASCC3 helicase), it acts in ribosome-associated quality control, where the complex recognizes K63-polyubiquitinated collided ribosomes and drives splitting/disassembly of the collided (disome) ribosomes so that the obstructing nascent chain can be targeted for degradation. Separately, TRIP4 acts as a nuclear transcriptional coactivator/cointegrator; through its zinc-finger transactivation domain it binds nuclear receptors (thyroid hormone receptor, estrogen receptor ESR1, androgen receptor), basal transcription factors (TBP, TFIIA), and coactivators (SRC-1/NCOA1, CBP/EP300), and potentiates nuclear-receptor-, SRF-, AP-1- and NF-kappaB-mediated transcription. Its coactivator activity is regulated by UFM1 modification (ufmylation); ligand-bound nuclear receptors displace the UFM1 protease UFSP2 from TRIP4, allowing ufmylation that promotes recruitment of EP300/NCOA1 and assembly of an active coactivator complex. TRIP4 is predominantly nuclear (cytoplasmic under serum deprivation; colocalizes with NEK6 at the centrosome). Biallelic loss-of-function variants in TRIP4 cause severe congenital neuromuscular disease (spinal muscular atrophy with congenital bone fractures, SMABF1; and congenital muscular dystrophy, Davignon-Chauveau type).
existing_annotations:
- term:
id: GO:0003713
label: transcription coactivator activity
evidence_type: IBA
original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000033
qualifier: enables
review:
summary: TRIP4/ASC-1 is a transcriptional coactivator/cointegrator that potentiates nuclear-receptor- and other transcription-factor-mediated transcription; this is one of its two well-supported core molecular functions.
action: ACCEPT
reason: Transcription coactivator activity is directly demonstrated experimentally (PMID:10454579, PMID:25219498) and corroborated by phylogenetic inference; it is a genuine core function of TRIP4.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:12077347
supporting_text: ASC-1) was originally isolated as a transcriptional coactivator of nuclear receptors.
- term:
id: GO:0030520
label: estrogen receptor signaling pathway
evidence_type: IBA
original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000033
qualifier: involved_in
review:
summary: TRIP4 coactivates ligand-bound estrogen receptor ESR1, and its ufmylation is required for ERalpha transactivation; participation in estrogen receptor signaling is well supported.
action: ACCEPT
reason: Directly supported experimentally (TRIP4/ASC1 ufmylation is crucial for ERalpha transactivation) and by phylogenetic inference.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:25219498
supporting_text: ASC1 is a key step for ERΞ± transactivation in response to 17Ξ²-estradiol (E2).
- term:
id: GO:0072344
label: rescue of stalled cytosolic ribosome
evidence_type: IBA
original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000033
qualifier: involved_in
review:
summary: As part of the ASC-1/RQT complex, TRIP4 acts in resolution of stalled/collided ribosomes (ribosome-associated quality control), splitting collided ribosomes to allow rescue. A core biological process.
action: ACCEPT
reason: Strongly supported by multiple experimental studies (PMID:32099016, PMID:32579943, PMID:36302773) showing the ASC-1/RQT complex disassembles collided ribosomes; consistent with the phylogenetic inference.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:36302773
supporting_text: the RQC-Trigger (RQT) complex recognizes ubiquitinated collided ribosomes as a substrate to initiate the RQC pathway by ribosomal subunit dissociation.
- term:
id: GO:0180022
label: RQC-trigger complex
evidence_type: IBA
original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000033
qualifier: part_of
review:
summary: TRIP4 is a constituent subunit of the RQC-trigger (RQT)/ASC-1 complex, the core cellular-component context for its ribosome-quality-control function.
action: ACCEPT
reason: Directly demonstrated (TRIP4 is identified in the RQT complex with ASCC2 and ASCC3) and supported phylogenetically.
supported_by:
- reference_id: file:human/TRIP4/TRIP4-uniprot.txt
supporting_text: Identified in the RQT (ribosome quality control trigger) complex, that contains ASCC2, ASCC3 and TRIP4
- term:
id: GO:0005634
label: nucleus
evidence_type: IBA
original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000033
qualifier: is_active_in
review:
summary: TRIP4 is active in the nucleus as a transcriptional coactivator; nuclear localization is well established experimentally.
action: ACCEPT
reason: Nuclear localization and activity are directly documented (PMID:10454579, PMID:12077347) and supported by phylogenetic inference.
supported_by:
- reference_id: file:human/TRIP4/TRIP4-uniprot.txt
supporting_text: 'SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Nucleus'
- term:
id: GO:0045893
label: positive regulation of DNA-templated transcription
evidence_type: IBA
original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000033
qualifier: involved_in
review:
summary: TRIP4 positively regulates transcription as a coactivator; well supported.
action: ACCEPT
reason: Positive regulation of transcription is the process outcome of TRIP4's coactivator activity, directly demonstrated and phylogenetically inferred.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:25219498
supporting_text: ASC1 is a key step for ERΞ± transactivation in response to 17Ξ²-estradiol (E2).
- term:
id: GO:0005634
label: nucleus
evidence_type: IEA
original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000120
qualifier: located_in
review:
summary: Electronic nuclear localization, consistent with strong experimental evidence.
action: ACCEPT
reason: Agrees with multiple IDA/EXP nuclear localization annotations.
supported_by:
- reference_id: file:human/TRIP4/TRIP4-uniprot.txt
supporting_text: 'SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Nucleus'
- term:
id: GO:0005813
label: centrosome
evidence_type: IEA
original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000044
qualifier: located_in
review:
summary: Electronic centrosome localization, corroborated by direct evidence that TRIP4 colocalizes with NEK6 at the centrosome. A specialized, context-specific localization.
action: KEEP_AS_NON_CORE
reason: Centrosomal localization is experimentally documented (NEK6 colocalization) but is peripheral to TRIP4's core transcriptional and RQC functions.
supported_by:
- reference_id: file:human/TRIP4/TRIP4-uniprot.txt
supporting_text: Colocalizes with NEK6 in the centrosome
- term:
id: GO:0005829
label: cytosol
evidence_type: IEA
original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000044
qualifier: located_in
review:
summary: Electronic cytosolic localization, consistent with the cytosolic pool where the ASC-1/RQT complex acts on collided ribosomes and with cytoplasmic localization under serum deprivation.
action: ACCEPT
reason: Cytosolic localization is supported experimentally (PMID:10454579) and is the compartment for TRIP4's ribosome-quality-control role.
supported_by:
- reference_id: file:human/TRIP4/TRIP4-uniprot.txt
supporting_text: Cytoplasm, cytosol
- term:
id: GO:0008270
label: zinc ion binding
evidence_type: IEA
original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000002
qualifier: enables
review:
summary: TRIP4 has a C4-type zinc finger that binds zinc and mediates its protein interactions (with nuclear receptors, coactivators and UFSP2).
action: ACCEPT
reason: Zinc binding by the C4-type zinc finger is a structural molecular function underlying TRIP4's interaction surface; supported by domain annotation.
supported_by:
- reference_id: file:human/TRIP4/TRIP4-uniprot.txt
supporting_text: The C4-type zinc finger mediates a competitive interaction with UFSP2 and ligand-bound nuclear receptors.
- term:
id: GO:0072344
label: rescue of stalled cytosolic ribosome
evidence_type: IEA
original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000002
qualifier: involved_in
review:
summary: InterPro-based electronic annotation of rescue of stalled cytosolic ribosome, strongly corroborated by experimental evidence for the ASC-1/RQT complex.
action: ACCEPT
reason: Agrees with multiple IDA studies; a core biological process of TRIP4.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:36302773
supporting_text: the RQC-Trigger (RQT) complex recognizes ubiquitinated collided ribosomes as a substrate to initiate the RQC pathway by ribosomal subunit dissociation.
- term:
id: GO:0180022
label: RQC-trigger complex
evidence_type: IEA
original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000002
qualifier: part_of
review:
summary: InterPro-based electronic annotation of RQC-trigger complex membership, corroborated experimentally.
action: ACCEPT
reason: Agrees with IDA/IBA RQT-complex annotations; core cellular component.
supported_by:
- reference_id: file:human/TRIP4/TRIP4-uniprot.txt
supporting_text: Identified in the RQT (ribosome quality control trigger) complex, that contains ASCC2, ASCC3 and TRIP4
- term:
id: GO:0045661
label: regulation of myoblast differentiation
evidence_type: IEA
original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000107
qualifier: involved_in
review:
summary: Electronic (mouse ortholog) annotation of regulation of myoblast differentiation; TRIP4 is implicated in late myogenic differentiation and its loss causes congenital muscle disease.
action: KEEP_AS_NON_CORE
reason: A plausible role inferred from the mouse ortholog and consistent with the muscle-disease phenotype, but downstream of and not equivalent to TRIP4's core molecular functions.
supported_by:
- reference_id: file:human/TRIP4/TRIP4-uniprot.txt
supporting_text: May play a role in late myogenic differentiation
- term:
id: GO:0005654
label: nucleoplasm
evidence_type: IDA
original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000052
qualifier: located_in
review:
summary: Direct immunofluorescence (HPA) nucleoplasmic localization, consistent with TRIP4's nuclear coactivator role.
action: ACCEPT
reason: Agrees with experimental nuclear localization; appropriate cellular component for the transcriptional function.
supported_by:
- reference_id: file:human/TRIP4/TRIP4-uniprot.txt
supporting_text: 'SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Nucleus'
- term:
id: GO:0016604
label: nuclear body
evidence_type: IDA
original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000052
qualifier: located_in
review:
summary: Direct immunofluorescence (HPA) localization to nuclear bodies, a sub-nuclear compartment consistent with the nuclear coactivator function.
action: KEEP_AS_NON_CORE
reason: A genuine sub-nuclear localization from imaging, but more granular than needed for TRIP4's core function; retained as non-core.
supported_by:
- reference_id: file:human/TRIP4/TRIP4-uniprot.txt
supporting_text: 'SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Nucleus'
- term:
id: GO:0005829
label: cytosol
evidence_type: TAS
original_reference_id: Reactome:R-HSA-9948291
qualifier: located_in
review:
summary: Reactome curated cytosolic localization (RQC pathway), consistent with the site of the ASC-1/RQT complex action on collided ribosomes.
action: ACCEPT
reason: Cytosol is the compartment where TRIP4 acts in ribosome-associated quality control; agrees with experimental localization.
supported_by:
- reference_id: file:human/TRIP4/TRIP4-uniprot.txt
supporting_text: Cytoplasm, cytosol
- term:
id: GO:0005829
label: cytosol
evidence_type: TAS
original_reference_id: Reactome:R-HSA-9948300
qualifier: located_in
review:
summary: Reactome curated cytosolic localization (RQC pathway), redundant with the other cytosol annotations.
action: ACCEPT
reason: Consistent with TRIP4's cytosolic ribosome-quality-control site of action.
supported_by:
- reference_id: file:human/TRIP4/TRIP4-uniprot.txt
supporting_text: Cytoplasm, cytosol
- term:
id: GO:0032790
label: ribosome disassembly
evidence_type: NAS
original_reference_id: PMID:32099016
qualifier: involved_in
review:
summary: The ASC-1/RQT complex disassembles collided ribosomes; ribosome disassembly captures the splitting of the stalled (disome) ribosome by the complex.
action: ACCEPT
reason: Directly supported by experimental work (PMID:32579943, PMID:36302773) showing the ASC-1/RQT complex drives ribosomal subunit dissociation of collided ribosomes.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:32579943
supporting_text: disassembly of collided ribosomes.
- term:
id: GO:1990116
label: ribosome-associated ubiquitin-dependent protein catabolic process
evidence_type: NAS
original_reference_id: PMID:32099016
qualifier: involved_in
review:
summary: TRIP4/ASC-1 acts in the ribosome-associated quality control (RQC) pathway, which degrades nascent peptide chains during problematic translation in a ubiquitin-dependent manner.
action: ACCEPT
reason: The RQT complex recognizes ubiquitinated collided ribosomes to initiate RQC, leading to ubiquitin-dependent degradation of the nascent chain; well supported.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:36302773
supporting_text: the RQC-Trigger (RQT) complex recognizes ubiquitinated collided ribosomes as a substrate to initiate the RQC pathway by ribosomal subunit dissociation.
- term:
id: GO:0005634
label: nucleus
evidence_type: EXP
original_reference_id: PMID:20873783
qualifier: located_in
review:
summary: Experimental nuclear localization, consistent with TRIP4's coactivator role.
action: ACCEPT
reason: Direct experimental support for nuclear localization.
supported_by:
- reference_id: file:human/TRIP4/TRIP4-uniprot.txt
supporting_text: 'SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Nucleus'
- term:
id: GO:0032790
label: ribosome disassembly
evidence_type: IDA
original_reference_id: PMID:32579943
qualifier: involved_in
review:
summary: Direct evidence that the ASC-1 complex disassembles collided ribosomes, the central mechanistic step of TRIP4's RQC function.
action: ACCEPT
reason: Directly demonstrated experimentally; core process of the ASC-1/RQT complex.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:32579943
supporting_text: disassembly of collided ribosomes.
- term:
id: GO:0032790
label: ribosome disassembly
evidence_type: IDA
original_reference_id: PMID:36302773
qualifier: involved_in
review:
summary: Direct evidence that the hRQT/ASC-1 complex mediates ribosomal subunit dissociation of ubiquitinated collided ribosomes.
action: ACCEPT
reason: Directly demonstrated experimentally; core process.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:36302773
supporting_text: the RQC-Trigger (RQT) complex recognizes ubiquitinated collided ribosomes as a substrate to initiate the RQC pathway by ribosomal subunit dissociation.
- term:
id: GO:0072344
label: rescue of stalled cytosolic ribosome
evidence_type: IDA
original_reference_id: PMID:32579943
qualifier: involved_in
review:
summary: Direct evidence that the ASC-1 complex resolves collided ribosomes, rescuing stalled ribosomes via disassembly.
action: ACCEPT
reason: Directly demonstrated; core process of TRIP4's ribosome-quality-control role.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:32579943
supporting_text: disassembly of collided ribosomes.
- term:
id: GO:0072344
label: rescue of stalled cytosolic ribosome
evidence_type: IDA
original_reference_id: PMID:36302773
qualifier: involved_in
review:
summary: Direct evidence (disome collision study) that the hRQT/ASC-1 complex initiates rescue of collided ribosomes by subunit dissociation.
action: ACCEPT
reason: Directly demonstrated; core process.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:36302773
supporting_text: the RQC-Trigger (RQT) complex recognizes ubiquitinated collided ribosomes as a substrate to initiate the RQC pathway by ribosomal subunit dissociation.
- term:
id: GO:0072344
label: rescue of stalled cytosolic ribosome
evidence_type: IMP
original_reference_id: PMID:32099016
qualifier: involved_in
review:
summary: Mutational/functional evidence that TRIP4 within the RQT complex is required for ribosome-associated quality control of stalled ribosomes.
action: ACCEPT
reason: Supported by the identification and functional characterization of the RQT complex in mammalian RQC.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:36302773
supporting_text: the RQC-Trigger (RQT) complex recognizes ubiquitinated collided ribosomes as a substrate to initiate the RQC pathway by ribosomal subunit dissociation.
- term:
id: GO:1990116
label: ribosome-associated ubiquitin-dependent protein catabolic process
evidence_type: IMP
original_reference_id: PMID:32099016
qualifier: involved_in
review:
summary: Functional evidence that TRIP4/RQT participates in ubiquitin-dependent degradation of nascent chains during RQC.
action: ACCEPT
reason: Supported by RQT-complex characterization in mammalian RQC.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:36302773
supporting_text: the RQC-Trigger (RQT) complex recognizes ubiquitinated collided ribosomes as a substrate to initiate the RQC pathway by ribosomal subunit dissociation.
- term:
id: GO:0005813
label: centrosome
evidence_type: IDA
original_reference_id: PMID:20873783
qualifier: colocalizes_with
review:
summary: Direct evidence that TRIP4 colocalizes with NEK6 at the centrosome, a specialized localization.
action: KEEP_AS_NON_CORE
reason: Genuine colocalization (NEK6 interactome study) but peripheral to TRIP4's core transcriptional and RQC functions.
supported_by:
- reference_id: file:human/TRIP4/TRIP4-uniprot.txt
supporting_text: Colocalizes with NEK6 in the centrosome
- term:
id: GO:0019901
label: protein kinase binding
evidence_type: IPI
original_reference_id: PMID:20873783
qualifier: enables
review:
summary: Interaction with the protein kinase NEK6 (Q9HC98), which phosphorylates TRIP4. A real but auxiliary binding function.
action: KEEP_AS_NON_CORE
reason: Documented NEK6 interaction (TRIP4 is phosphorylated by NEK6), informative but not a core molecular function of TRIP4.
supported_by:
- reference_id: file:human/TRIP4/TRIP4-uniprot.txt
supporting_text: Interacts with NEK6
- term:
id: GO:0032991
label: protein-containing complex
evidence_type: IDA
original_reference_id: PMID:20873783
qualifier: part_of
review:
summary: Generic protein-containing complex membership. TRIP4 is part of defined complexes (ASC-1/RQT coactivator complexes); the specific RQC-trigger complex term is more informative.
action: MARK_AS_OVER_ANNOTATED
reason: The bare "protein-containing complex" is uninformative; TRIP4's complexes are specifically captured by GO:0180022 (RQC-trigger complex) and the ASC-1 coactivator complex.
supported_by:
- reference_id: file:human/TRIP4/TRIP4-uniprot.txt
supporting_text: Part of the ASC-1 complex, that contains TRIP4, ASCC1, ASCC2 and ASCC3
- term:
id: GO:0045661
label: regulation of myoblast differentiation
evidence_type: ISS
original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000024
qualifier: involved_in
review:
summary: Sequence-similarity-based annotation of regulation of myoblast differentiation, consistent with the muscle-disease phenotype but downstream of TRIP4's core functions.
action: KEEP_AS_NON_CORE
reason: Plausible role inferred from the ortholog and the congenital muscle phenotype, but not a core molecular function.
supported_by:
- reference_id: file:human/TRIP4/TRIP4-uniprot.txt
supporting_text: May play a role in late myogenic differentiation
- term:
id: GO:0180022
label: RQC-trigger complex
evidence_type: IDA
original_reference_id: PMID:12077347
qualifier: part_of
review:
summary: TRIP4 is a subunit of the ASC-1 complex (TRIP4/ASCC1/ASCC2/ASCC3); this complex is the RQC-trigger (RQT) complex that acts in ribosome-associated quality control.
action: ACCEPT
reason: Directly demonstrated complex membership; the ASC-1 complex is the RQT complex, a core cellular component.
supported_by:
- reference_id: file:human/TRIP4/TRIP4-uniprot.txt
supporting_text: Part of the ASC-1 complex, that contains TRIP4, ASCC1, ASCC2 and ASCC3
- term:
id: GO:0006355
label: regulation of DNA-templated transcription
evidence_type: IDA
original_reference_id: PMID:12077347
qualifier: involved_in
review:
summary: TRIP4/ASC-1 regulates transcription, stimulating transactivation by SRF, AP-1 and NF-kappaB and relieving transrepression between nuclear receptors and AP-1/NF-kappaB.
action: ACCEPT
reason: Directly demonstrated transcriptional regulatory activity; consistent with the coactivator core function.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:12077347
supporting_text: stimulates transactivation by serum response factor (SRF), activating protein 1 (AP-1), and nuclear factor kappaB (NF-kappaB)
- term:
id: GO:0006355
label: regulation of DNA-templated transcription
evidence_type: IMP
original_reference_id: PMID:26924529
qualifier: involved_in
review:
summary: Functional/disease evidence linking ASC-1 complex function to transcriptional regulation; consistent with the coactivator role.
action: ACCEPT
reason: Supports TRIP4's role in transcriptional regulation, demonstrated in the context of ASC-1-complex disease mutations.
supported_by:
- reference_id: file:human/TRIP4/TRIP4-uniprot.txt
supporting_text: Transcription coactivator which associates with nuclear
- term:
id: GO:0005634
label: nucleus
evidence_type: IDA
original_reference_id: PMID:12077347
qualifier: located_in
review:
summary: Direct nuclear localization, consistent with the coactivator role.
action: ACCEPT
reason: Direct experimental support for nuclear localization.
supported_by:
- reference_id: file:human/TRIP4/TRIP4-uniprot.txt
supporting_text: 'SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Nucleus'
- term:
id: GO:0005634
label: nucleus
evidence_type: IDA
original_reference_id: PMID:26924529
qualifier: located_in
review:
summary: Direct nuclear localization, consistent with the coactivator role.
action: ACCEPT
reason: Direct experimental support for nuclear localization.
supported_by:
- reference_id: file:human/TRIP4/TRIP4-uniprot.txt
supporting_text: 'SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Nucleus'
- term:
id: GO:0031594
label: neuromuscular junction
evidence_type: IMP
original_reference_id: PMID:26924529
qualifier: located_in
review:
summary: TRIP4 is implicated in neuromuscular junction development; a specialized, tissue-context localization tied to the disease phenotype.
action: KEEP_AS_NON_CORE
reason: Supported in the disease/neuromuscular context but peripheral to TRIP4's core molecular functions; a may-play-a-role statement.
supported_by:
- reference_id: file:human/TRIP4/TRIP4-uniprot.txt
supporting_text: May play a role in the development of neuro
- term:
id: GO:0030520
label: estrogen receptor signaling pathway
evidence_type: IDA
original_reference_id: PMID:25219498
qualifier: involved_in
review:
summary: Direct evidence that TRIP4/ASC1 is required for ERalpha transactivation (via ufmylation), placing it in estrogen receptor signaling.
action: ACCEPT
reason: Directly demonstrated involvement in ERalpha-mediated transactivation.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:25219498
supporting_text: ASC1 is a key step for ERΞ± transactivation in response to 17Ξ²-estradiol (E2).
- term:
id: GO:0003713
label: transcription coactivator activity
evidence_type: IMP
original_reference_id: PMID:25219498
qualifier: enables
review:
summary: TRIP4/ASC1 acts as a transcription coactivator whose ufmylation-dependent assembly of an EP300/NCOA1 coactivator complex potentiates nuclear-receptor transcription.
action: ACCEPT
reason: Directly demonstrated coactivator activity; a core molecular function.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:25219498
supporting_text: ASC1 is a key step for ERΞ± transactivation in response to 17Ξ²-estradiol (E2).
- term:
id: GO:0045893
label: positive regulation of DNA-templated transcription
evidence_type: IMP
original_reference_id: PMID:25219498
qualifier: involved_in
review:
summary: TRIP4 positively regulates transcription, demonstrated through its requirement for ERalpha transactivation.
action: ACCEPT
reason: Directly demonstrated positive transcriptional regulation.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:25219498
supporting_text: ASC1 is a key step for ERΞ± transactivation in response to 17Ξ²-estradiol (E2).
- term:
id: GO:0005515
label: protein binding
evidence_type: IPI
original_reference_id: PMID:25219498
qualifier: enables
review:
summary: IntAct interactions (e.g. with DDRGK1, Q15788) from the ASC1-ufmylation study. The bare protein binding term is uninformative.
action: KEEP_AS_NON_CORE
reason: Records real interactions but bare protein binding is uninformative; specific binding functions (nuclear-receptor, HAT, UFM1-ligase binding) are captured separately.
supported_by:
- reference_id: file:human/TRIP4/TRIP4-uniprot.txt
supporting_text: Interacts with DDRGK1 and UFL1; the interaction with DDRGK1 is direct
- term:
id: GO:0030331
label: nuclear estrogen receptor binding
evidence_type: IPI
original_reference_id: PMID:25219498
qualifier: enables
review:
summary: TRIP4 binds the ligand-bound nuclear estrogen receptor ESR1 (P03372), a specific and functionally central interaction for its coactivator role.
action: ACCEPT
reason: Directly documented binding to ESR1; an informative molecular function underlying TRIP4's estrogen-receptor coactivation.
supported_by:
- reference_id: file:human/TRIP4/TRIP4-uniprot.txt
supporting_text: Interacts with ESR1 (estrogen ligand-bound); competes with UFSP2
- term:
id: GO:0035035
label: histone acetyltransferase binding
evidence_type: IPI
original_reference_id: PMID:25219498
qualifier: enables
review:
summary: TRIP4 binds the histone acetyltransferase EP300/CBP (Q09472), recruited to assemble the active coactivator complex.
action: ACCEPT
reason: Directly documented EP300 interaction; an informative molecular function supporting the coactivator role.
supported_by:
- reference_id: file:human/TRIP4/TRIP4-uniprot.txt
supporting_text: Interacts with EP300
- term:
id: GO:0002020
label: protease binding
evidence_type: IPI
original_reference_id: PMID:25219498
qualifier: enables
review:
summary: TRIP4 binds the UFM1-specific protease UFSP2 (Q9NUQ7); ligand-bound nuclear receptors compete with UFSP2 for TRIP4, regulating its ufmylation.
action: ACCEPT
reason: Directly documented UFSP2 interaction; an informative and mechanistically central binding function (governs the ufmylation switch).
supported_by:
- reference_id: file:human/TRIP4/TRIP4-uniprot.txt
supporting_text: Interacts with UFSP2; competes with ligand-bound ESR1
- term:
id: GO:0005634
label: nucleus
evidence_type: IDA
original_reference_id: PMID:25219498
qualifier: located_in
review:
summary: Direct nuclear localization in the ufmylation/ERalpha study.
action: ACCEPT
reason: Direct experimental support for nuclear localization.
supported_by:
- reference_id: file:human/TRIP4/TRIP4-uniprot.txt
supporting_text: 'SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Nucleus'
- term:
id: GO:0044389
label: ubiquitin-like protein ligase binding
evidence_type: IPI
original_reference_id: PMID:25219498
qualifier: enables
review:
summary: TRIP4 binds the UFM1 E3 ligase component UFL1 (O94874) (and directly DDRGK1), consistent with TRIP4 being a ufmylation substrate.
action: ACCEPT
reason: Directly documented interaction with the UFM1 ligase machinery (UFL1/DDRGK1); an informative binding function central to TRIP4 ufmylation.
supported_by:
- reference_id: file:human/TRIP4/TRIP4-uniprot.txt
supporting_text: Interacts with DDRGK1 and UFL1; the interaction with DDRGK1 is direct
- term:
id: GO:0005634
label: nucleus
evidence_type: IDA
original_reference_id: PMID:10454579
qualifier: located_in
review:
summary: Direct nuclear localization in the original ASC-1 coactivator paper.
action: ACCEPT
reason: Direct experimental support for nuclear localization.
supported_by:
- reference_id: file:human/TRIP4/TRIP4-uniprot.txt
supporting_text: 'SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Nucleus'
- term:
id: GO:0005737
label: cytoplasm
evidence_type: IDA
original_reference_id: PMID:10454579
qualifier: located_in
review:
summary: Direct cytoplasmic localization (under serum deprivation), consistent with the cytosolic pool where TRIP4 acts in RQC.
action: ACCEPT
reason: Experimentally supported; TRIP4 relocalizes to the cytoplasm under serum deprivation, and the RQC role is cytosolic.
supported_by:
- reference_id: file:human/TRIP4/TRIP4-uniprot.txt
supporting_text: Cytoplasmic under conditions of serum deprivation
- term:
id: GO:0016922
label: nuclear receptor binding
evidence_type: IDA
original_reference_id: PMID:10454579
qualifier: enables
review:
summary: TRIP4 binds nuclear receptors (thyroid hormone receptor, estrogen receptor, androgen receptor) via its zinc-finger transactivation domain; central to its coactivator function.
action: ACCEPT
reason: Directly documented nuclear-receptor binding; a core molecular function underlying TRIP4's coactivator activity.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:10454579
supporting_text: nuclear receptors, as demonstrated by the glutathione S-transferase pull-down assays and the yeast two-hybrid tests.
references:
- id: GO_REF:0000002
title: Gene Ontology annotation through association of InterPro records with GO terms
findings: []
- id: GO_REF:0000024
title: Manual transfer of experimentally-verified manual GO annotation data to orthologs by curator judgment of sequence similarity
findings: []
- id: GO_REF:0000033
title: Annotation inferences using phylogenetic trees
findings: []
- id: GO_REF:0000044
title: Gene Ontology annotation based on UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Subcellular Location vocabulary mapping
findings: []
- id: GO_REF:0000052
title: Gene Ontology annotation based on curation of immunofluorescence data
findings: []
- id: GO_REF:0000107
title: Automatic transfer of experimentally verified manual GO annotation data to orthologs using Ensembl Compara
findings: []
- id: GO_REF:0000120
title: Combined Automated Annotation using Multiple IEA Methods
findings: []
- id: PMID:10454579
title: Activating signal cointegrator 1, a novel transcription coactivator of nuclear receptors, and its cytosolic localization under conditions of serum deprivation.
findings:
- statement: ASC-1 harbors a zinc-finger transactivation domain that binds basal transcription factors (TBP, TFIIA), coactivators (SRC-1, CBP/p300) and nuclear receptors; it is nuclear but cytoplasmic under serum deprivation.
reference_section_type: ABSTRACT
reference_review:
relevance: HIGH
correctness: VERIFIED
review_notes: Cached publication title matches PubMed; seminal paper establishing TRIP4/ASC-1 as a nuclear-receptor transcription coactivator/cointegrator (GO:0003713), one of its two core functions.
- id: PMID:12077347
title: Novel transcription coactivator complex containing activating signal cointegrator 1.
findings:
- statement: ASC-1 exists as a steady-state complex (with P200/ASCC3, P100/ASCC2, P50/ASCC1) and stimulates transactivation by SRF, AP-1 and NF-kappaB and relieves nuclear-receptor transrepression.
reference_section_type: ABSTRACT
- id: PMID:20873783
title: Characterization of hNek6 interactome reveals an important role for its short N-terminal domain and colocalization with proteins at the centrosome.
findings:
- statement: TRIP4 interacts with the kinase NEK6 and colocalizes with NEK6 at the centrosome.
reference_section_type: RESULTS
- id: PMID:25219498
title: Modification of ASC1 by UFM1 is crucial for ERΞ± transactivation and breast cancer development.
findings:
- statement: Ufmylation of ASC1/TRIP4 (promoted when ligand-bound ERalpha displaces the protease UFSP2) is required for ERalpha transactivation and assembly of an EP300/NCOA1 coactivator complex.
reference_section_type: ABSTRACT
reference_review:
relevance: MEDIUM
correctness: VERIFIED
review_notes: Cached publication title matches PubMed; supports the UFM1-regulated ERalpha coactivator function of TRIP4/ASC-1 (corroborates the transcription-coactivator core function and its regulation).
- id: PMID:26924529
title: Mutations in Subunits of the Activating Signal Cointegrator 1 Complex Are Associated with Prenatal Spinal Muscular Atrophy and Congenital Bone Fractures.
findings:
- statement: Biallelic TRIP4 (and ASCC1) variants in the ASC-1 complex cause prenatal spinal muscular atrophy with congenital bone fractures; TRIP4 is implicated in neuromuscular junction development.
reference_section_type: ABSTRACT
- id: PMID:32099016
title: Identification of a novel trigger complex that facilitates ribosome-associated quality control in mammalian cells.
findings:
- statement: TRIP4/ASCC2/ASCC3 form the RQC-trigger (RQT) complex that facilitates ribosome-associated quality control in mammalian cells.
reference_section_type: ABSTRACT
- id: PMID:32579943
title: The ASC-1 Complex Disassembles Collided Ribosomes.
findings:
- statement: The ASC-1 complex disassembles collided ribosomes, the key mechanistic step initiating ribosome-associated quality control.
reference_section_type: ABSTRACT
reference_review:
relevance: HIGH
correctness: VERIFIED
review_notes: Cached publication title matches PubMed; establishes the RQC-trigger (RQT) function of the ASC-1/TRIP4 complex in disassembling collided ribosomes, the second core function of TRIP4.
- id: PMID:36302773
title: A distinct mammalian disome collision interface harbors K63-linked polyubiquitination of uS10 to trigger hRQT-mediated subunit dissociation.
findings:
- statement: K63-linked polyubiquitination of uS10 at the disome collision interface triggers hRQT/ASC-1-mediated ribosomal subunit dissociation, initiating the RQC pathway.
reference_section_type: ABSTRACT
- id: Reactome:R-HSA-9948291
title: Reactome RQC pathway (cytosol localization of ASC-1/RQT complex)
findings: []
- id: Reactome:R-HSA-9948300
title: Reactome RQC pathway (cytosol localization of ASC-1/RQT complex)
findings: []
core_functions:
- description: Subunit of the ASC-1 / RQC-trigger (RQT) complex that resolves collided ribosomes during ribosome-associated quality control, recognizing K63-polyubiquitinated disomes and driving ribosomal subunit dissociation to rescue stalled ribosomes and initiate nascent-chain degradation.
in_complex:
id: GO:0180022
label: RQC-trigger complex
locations:
- id: GO:0005829
label: cytosol
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:32579943
supporting_text: disassembly of collided ribosomes.
- reference_id: PMID:36302773
supporting_text: the RQC-Trigger (RQT) complex recognizes ubiquitinated collided ribosomes as a substrate to initiate the RQC pathway by ribosomal subunit dissociation.
directly_involved_in:
- id: GO:0072344
label: rescue of stalled cytosolic ribosome
- description: Nuclear transcriptional coactivator/cointegrator that, via its C4-type zinc-finger transactivation domain, binds nuclear receptors (thyroid hormone, estrogen ESR1, androgen receptors), basal transcription factors and coactivators (SRC-1/NCOA1, CBP/EP300) to potentiate nuclear-receptor-, SRF-, AP-1- and NF-kappaB-mediated transcription; regulated by UFM1 modification.
molecular_function:
id: GO:0003713
label: transcription coactivator activity
locations:
- id: GO:0005634
label: nucleus
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:10454579
supporting_text: nuclear receptors, as demonstrated by the glutathione S-transferase pull-down assays and the yeast two-hybrid tests.
- reference_id: PMID:25219498
supporting_text: ASC1 is a key step for ERΞ± transactivation in response to 17Ξ²-estradiol (E2).
proposed_new_terms: []
suggested_questions:
- question: How does TRIP4 partition between its nuclear transcription-coactivator role and its cytosolic ribosome-quality-control role, and is this regulated (e.g. by serum status, ufmylation, or NEK6 phosphorylation)?
- question: Within the RQT complex, what is TRIP4's specific mechanistic contribution to recognizing K63-ubiquitinated collided ribosomes versus the ASCC3 helicase-driven splitting step?
- question: Are the congenital neuromuscular phenotypes of TRIP4 loss caused primarily by defective RQC, defective transcriptional coactivation, or both?
suggested_experiments:
- description: Separation-of-function mutants of TRIP4 that selectively disrupt RQT-complex incorporation versus nuclear-receptor binding, tested for ribosome-collision resolution and nuclear-receptor transactivation independently.
- description: Cryo-EM of the human RQT complex on a defined collided disome to localize TRIP4 and define how it couples ubiquitin recognition to ASCC3-mediated subunit dissociation.
- description: Patient-derived or CRISPR TRIP4-null muscle/motor-neuron models with RQC reporters and nuclear-receptor transcriptional readouts to dissect which function underlies SMABF1/MDCDC pathology.