10.3389/fnmol.2018.00211.s001 Elli-Anna Balta Elli-Anna Balta Marie-Theres Wittmann Marie-Theres Wittmann Matthias Jung Matthias Jung Elisabeth Sock Elisabeth Sock Benjamin Martin Haeberle Benjamin Martin Haeberle Birgit Heim Birgit Heim Felix von Zweydorf Felix von Zweydorf Jana Heppt Jana Heppt Julia von Wittgenstein Julia von Wittgenstein Christian Johannes Gloeckner Christian Johannes Gloeckner Dieter Chichung Lie Dieter Chichung Lie Image_1_Phosphorylation Modulates the Subcellular Localization of SOX11.TIF Frontiers 2018 SOX11 transcription factor phosphorylation subcellular localization neurogenesis cancer intellectual disability 2018-06-19 04:05:20 Figure https://frontiersin.figshare.com/articles/figure/Image_1_Phosphorylation_Modulates_the_Subcellular_Localization_of_SOX11_TIF/6597920 <p>SOX11 is a key Transcription Factor (TF) in the regulation of embryonic and adult neurogenesis, whose mutation has recently been linked to an intellectual disability syndrome in humans. SOX11’s transient activity during neurogenesis is critical to ensure the precise execution of the neurogenic program. Here, we report that SOX11 displays differential subcellular localizations during the course of neurogenesis. Western-Blot analysis of embryonic mouse brain lysates indicated that SOX11 is post-translationally modified by phosphorylation. Using Mass Spectrometry, we found 10 serine residues in the SOX11 protein that are putatively phosphorylated. Systematic analysis of phospho-mutant SOX11 resulted in the identification of the S30 residue, whose phosphorylation promotes nuclear over cytoplasmic localization of SOX11. Collectively, these findings uncover phosphorylation as a novel layer of regulation of the intellectual disability gene Sox11.</p>