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Identification of Fatty Acids in Bacillus cereus
Published on: December 5, 2016
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Simon Lesbirel1, Nicolas Viphakone1, Matthew Parker1
1Sheffield Institute For Nucleic Acids (SInFoNiA), Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, Firth Court Western Bank, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK.
Abstract:
N6-methyladenosine (m6A) is the most abundant internal modification of eukaryotic mRNA. This modification has previously been shown to alter the export kinetics for mRNAs though the molecular details surrounding this phenomenon remain poorly understood. Recruitment of the TREX mRNA export complex to mRNA is driven by transcription, 5' capping and pre-mRNA splicing. Here we identify a fourth mechanism in human cells driving the association of TREX with mRNA involving the m6A methylase complex. We show that the m6A complex recruits TREX to m6A modified mRNAs and this process is essential for their efficient export. TREX also stimulates recruitment of the m6A reader protein YTHDC1 to the mRNA and the m6A complex influences the interaction of TREX with YTHDC1. Together our studies reveal a key role for TREX in the export of m6A modified mRNAs.
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