FB2026_02 , released June 18, 2026
Physical Interaction report
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General Information
Interaction Type
Interacting Genes
FlyBase ID
FBig0000098789
Interaction Network
Interactions Browser links
msl-2 network
Unr network
Reported Interactions
FBrf0190533-5.XL.A
Description
physical association
Collection
Source/Stage
Cell line used
Participants
Corresponds to
Reported as
Role
Note

msl-2

bait

[32]P label

Unr 

dUNR

prey
Experimental entities
Corresponds to
Identifier
Reported
Role
Note
Subregions with role in interaction
Corresponds to
Description
Role
Coordinates
Note
3-prime UTR
sufficient binding region
UUUUUUUGAGCAUGAAUUUUUUUGAGCACGUGAACCUAGGAUUAAG
3-prime UTR
mutation disrupting interaction
UUUUUUUGAGCAUGAAUUUUUUUGAGCACGUGAACCUAGGAUUAAG

mut2456, mutated to UUUUUUUGCUCUCUCAUUUUUUUGCUCUCUCUCUCUCUCUCUCUCU

Isoform-specific participants
Corresponds to
Description
Role
Note
Comments concerning this interaction

Interaction in vitro; bait produced and labeled by in vitro transcription; prey derived from wild-type embryo extract.

Unr binding to msl-2 RNA is weak but strongly enhanced by the addition of a recombinant purified Sxl RNA-binding domains fragment.

FBrf0190533-7.EMSA.A
Description
physical association
Collection
Source/Stage
Cell line used
Participants
Corresponds to
Reported as
Role
Note
Unr 

dUNR

bait

His tag

msl-2

prey

[32]P label

Experimental entities
Corresponds to
Identifier
Reported
Role
Note
Subregions with role in interaction
Corresponds to
Description
Role
Coordinates
Note
3-prime UTR
sufficient binding region
UUUUUUUGAGCAUGAAUUUUUUUGAGCACGUGAACCUAGGAUUAAG
3-prime UTR
mutation disrupting interaction
UUUUUUUGAGCAUGAAUUUUUUUGAGCACGUGAACCUAGGAUUAAGUUUUUUUGAGCAUGAAUUUUUUUGAGCACGUGAACCUAGGAUUAAG

EFmut, mutated to CUCUCUCUAGCAUGAACUCUCUCUAGCACGUGAACCUAGGAUUAAG

mut2456, mutated to UUUUUUUGCUCUCUCAUUUUUUUGCUCUCUCUCUCUCUCUCUCUCU

Isoform-specific participants
Corresponds to
Description
Role
Note
Comments concerning this interaction

Interaction in vitro; bait produced as a recombinant fusion protein in bacterial system; prey produced and labeled by in vitro transcription.

FBrf0190533-8.coIP.PCR
Description
physical association
Collection
Source/Stage
Cell line used
Participants
Corresponds to
Reported as
Role
Note
Unr 

dUNR

bait

msl-2

prey
Experimental entities
Corresponds to
Identifier
Reported
Role
Note
Subregions with role in interaction
Corresponds to
Description
Role
Coordinates
Note
Isoform-specific participants
Corresponds to
Description
Role
Note
Comments concerning this interaction

Source was adult females; bait produced from endogenous gene; prey produced from endogenous gene.

FBrf0190542-1.CH.MS
Description
physical association
Collection
Source/Stage
Cell line used
Participants
Corresponds to
Reported as
Role
Note

msl-2

bait

Box-B hairpin tag

Unr 

UNR

prey
Experimental entities
Corresponds to
Identifier
Reported
Role
Note
Subregions with role in interaction
Corresponds to
Description
Role
Coordinates
Note
5-prime and 3-prime UTR
sufficient binding region
nt 270-339,909-954
5-prime and 3-prime UTR
mutation disrupting interaction

for site B in 5-prime UTR, T16 mutated to (CT)8; for sites E,F in 3-prime UTR, U7G mutated to (CT)4

Isoform-specific participants
Corresponds to
Description
Role
Note
Comments concerning this interaction

Interaction in vitro; bait produced by in vitro transcription; prey derived from wild-type embryonic extract.

FBrf0190542-2.CH.WB
Description
physical association
Collection
Source/Stage
Cell line used
Participants
Corresponds to
Reported as
Role
Note

msl-2

bait

Box-B hairpin tag

Unr 

UNR

prey
Experimental entities
Corresponds to
Identifier
Reported
Role
Note
Subregions with role in interaction
Corresponds to
Description
Role
Coordinates
Note
5-prime and 3-prime UTR
sufficient binding region
nt 270-339,909-954
5-prime and 3-prime UTR
mutation disrupting interaction

for site B in 5-prime UTR, T16 mutated to (CT)8; for sites E,F in 3-prime UTR, U7G mutated to (CT)4

Isoform-specific participants
Corresponds to
Description
Role
Note
Comments concerning this interaction

Interaction in vitro; bait produced by in vitro transcription; prey derived from wild-type embryonic extract.

Addition of purified recombinant Sxl increases the msl-2-Unr interaction.

FBrf0221878-12.PD.WB
Description
physical association
Collection
Source/Stage
Cell line used
Participants
Corresponds to
Reported as
Role
Note

Msl-2

bait

biotin label

Unr 

UNR

prey
Experimental entities
Corresponds to
Identifier
Reported
Role
Note
Subregions with role in interaction
Corresponds to
Description
Role
Coordinates
Note
3-prime UTR EF site
sufficient binding region
Isoform-specific participants
Corresponds to
Description
Role
Note
Comments concerning this interaction

Positive control.

Interaction in vitro; bait produced as a recombinant fusion protein in bacterial system; prey derived from wild-type embryonic extract.

FBrf0221878-2.PD.WB
Description
physical association
Collection
Source/Stage
Cell line used
Participants
Corresponds to
Reported as
Role
Note

EF

bait

biotin label

Unr 

UNR

prey
Experimental entities
Corresponds to
Identifier
Reported
Role
Note
Subregions with role in interaction
Corresponds to
Description
Role
Coordinates
Note
3-prime UTR EF sites
sufficient binding region
3-prime UTR EF sites
necessary binding region
Isoform-specific participants
Corresponds to
Description
Role
Note
Comments concerning this interaction

GRAB (GST pull-down and RNA affinity binding) was used to identify components of the Sxl-msl-2 mRNP complex. GST-Sxl and biotinylated msl-2 RNA were mixed with embryonic extract. mRNP complexes were purified by GST-glutathione, then by biotin-streptavidin affinity steps.

Positive control.

Interaction in vitro; bait produced as a recombinant fusion protein in bacterial system; prey derived from wild-type embryonic extract.

FBrf0226752-2.EMSA.A
Description
physical association
Collection
Source/Stage
Cell line used
Participants
Corresponds to
Reported as
Role
Note
Unr 

Unr

bait

His tag

Unr 
Unr 

msl-2

prey

[32]P label

Experimental entities
Corresponds to
Identifier
Reported
Role
Note
Subregions with role in interaction
Corresponds to
Description
Role
Coordinates
Note
Sxl-binding sites EF
sufficient binding region
UUUUUUUGAGCAUGAAUUUUUUUGAGCACGUGAA
Sxl-binding sites EF
mutation decreasing interaction
UUUUUUUGAGCAUGAAUUUUUUUGAGUACGUGAA
Unr 
CSD1 domain
sufficient binding region
aa 185-252

coordinates refer to Unr-PA

Unr 
triple zipper domain
mutation decreasing interaction
aa 213aa 239

H213A, coordinates refer to Unr-PA

R239A, coordinates refer to Unr-PA

Isoform-specific participants
Corresponds to
Description
Role
Note
Comments concerning this interaction

Interaction in vitro; bait produced as a recombinant fusion protein in bacterial system; prey produced and labeled by in vitro transcription.

Interaction shown as supershift of msl-2-Sxl complex.

FBrf0226752-4.XC
Description
physical association
Collection
Source/Stage
Cell line used
Participants
Corresponds to
Reported as
Role
Note
Unr 

Unr

neutral component
Unr 

Unr

neutral component
Unr 
Unr 

Unr

neutral component
Unr 

msl-2

neutral component

msl-2

neutral component

msl-2

neutral component
Experimental entities
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Identifier
Reported
Role
Note
Subregions with role in interaction
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Description
Role
Coordinates
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Sxl-binding site F
sufficient binding region
UUUUUUUGAGCACGUGAA
Unr 
CSD1 domain
sufficient binding region
aa 181-252

coordinates refer to Unr-PA

Isoform-specific participants
Corresponds to
Description
Role
Note
Comments concerning this interaction

Interaction in vitro; protein produced as recombinant fusion protein in bacterial system; mRNA produced by in vitro transcription.

Structure of Sxl, Unr, msl-2 ternary complex shown. Captured as two protein-mRNA interactions since Sxl and Unr do not interact in the absence of mRNA.

FBrf0226752-6.SLS
Description
physical association
Collection
Source/Stage
Cell line used
Participants
Corresponds to
Reported as
Role
Note
Unr 

Unr

neutral component
Unr 

Unr

neutral component
Unr 
Unr 

Unr

neutral component
Unr 

msl-2

neutral component

msl-2

neutral component

msl-2

neutral component
Experimental entities
Corresponds to
Identifier
Reported
Role
Note
Subregions with role in interaction
Corresponds to
Description
Role
Coordinates
Note
Sxl-binding sites F
sufficient binding region
UUUUUUUGAGCACGUGAA
Unr 
CSD1 domain
sufficient binding region
aa 181-252

coordinates refer to Unr-PA

Isoform-specific participants
Corresponds to
Description
Role
Note
Comments concerning this interaction

Interaction in vitro; protein produced as recombinant fusion protein in bacterial system; mRNA produced by in vitro transcription.

Ternanry Sxl, Unr, msl-2 complex analyzed. Captured as two protein-mRNA interactions since Sxl and Unr do not interact in the absence of mRNA.

FBrf0226752-7.ITC
Description
physical association
Collection
Source/Stage
Cell line used
Participants
Corresponds to
Reported as
Role
Note
Unr 

Unr

bait
Unr 

msl-2

prey
Experimental entities
Corresponds to
Identifier
Reported
Role
Note
Subregions with role in interaction
Corresponds to
Description
Role
Coordinates
Note
Sxl-binding sites F
sufficient binding region
UUUUUUUGAGCACGUGAA
Unr 
CSD1 domain
sufficient binding region
aa 181-252

coordinates refer to Unr-PA

Isoform-specific participants
Corresponds to
Description
Role
Note
Comments concerning this interaction

Interaction in vitro; protein produced as recombinant fusion protein in bacterial system; mRNA produced by in vitro transcription.

FBrf0238839-2.EMSA.A
Description
physical association
Collection
Source/Stage
Cell line used
Participants
Corresponds to
Reported as
Role
Note
Unr 

UNR

bait

His, FLAG tag

msl-2

prey

[32]P label

Experimental entities
Corresponds to
Identifier
Reported
Role
Note
Subregions with role in interaction
Corresponds to
Description
Role
Coordinates
Note
3-prime UTR
sufficient binding region
UUUUUUUGAGCAUGAAUUUUUUUGAGCACGUGAACCUAGGAUUAAG
Isoform-specific participants
Corresponds to
Description
Role
Note
Comments concerning this interaction

Unr binding to msl-2 RNA was observed as a decrease in mobility of a Sxl-msl-2 complex upon adding Unr.

Interaction in vitro; bait produced as a recombinant fusion protein in bacterial system; prey produced and labeled by in vitro transcription.

FBrf0238839-6.CH.WB
Description
physical association
Collection
Source/Stage
Cell line used
Participants
Corresponds to
Reported as
Role
Note

msl-2

bait

biotin label

Unr 

UNR

prey
Experimental entities
Corresponds to
Identifier
Reported
Role
Note
Subregions with role in interaction
Corresponds to
Description
Role
Coordinates
Note
3-prime UTR
sufficient binding region
UUUUUUUGAGCAUGAAUUUUUUUGAGCACGUGAACCUAGGAUUAAG
3-prime UTR
mutation disrupting interaction
UUUUUUUGAGCAUGAAUUUUUUUGAGCACGUGAACCUAGGAUUAAG

UUUUUUUG to (CU)4

Isoform-specific participants
Corresponds to
Description
Role
Note
Comments concerning this interaction

Recombinant GST-Sxl RNA binding domain 4 was added to RNA affinity column along with embryo extract.

Interaction in vitro; bait produced and labeled by in vitro transcription; prey derived from wild-type embryo extract.

External Crossreferences and Linkouts ( 1 )
Linkouts
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References (5)