“…Although hnRNP K is abundantly expressed in neurons (Blanchette et al, 2006;Liu et al, 2008;Thyagarajan and Szaro, 2004), its cellular functions are known mostly from studies in cell lines, which indicate that it shuttles between the nucleus and cytoplasm and participates in multiple aspects of RNA metabolism, from splicing and nuclear export to translation and turnover. As the substrate of numerous kinases, hnRNP K is ideally suited for coupling the fates of its RNA targets with cell signaling (Adolph et al, 2007;Collier et al, 1998;Habelhah et al, 2001;Mikula et al, 2006;Ostareck-Lederer et al, 2002). Current models propose that hnRNP K is a scaffolding protein, controlling its target RNAs through combinatorial interactions with multiple partners, which can either bind hnRNP K directly, depending on its phosphorylation state, or interact indirectly through steric hindrance and competition while binding (Bomsztyk et al, 1997;Bomsztyk et al, 2004;Makeyev and Liebhaber, 2002;Ostareck et al, 1997;Ostareck-Lederer et al, 1998).…”