在微RNA指导的裂变后添加尿液
Binzhang Shen1, Howard M Goodman
1Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, and Department of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, 50 Blossom Street, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
概括
微RNAs (miRNAs) 触发信使RNA (mRNA) 的分裂. 在分裂的mRNA产品上新发现的3'橄uridine尾巴表明在不同物种的mRNA衰变中的关键步骤.
科学领域:
- 分子生物学分子生物学
- 遗传学 是一个遗传学.
- 生物化学 生物化学
背景情况:
- 微RNAs (miRNAs) 是基因表达的关键调节者.
- miRNAs通过与信使RNAs (mRNAs) 结合而起作用,并且经常诱导mRNA裂变.
- 这些分裂的mRNA片段的随后的衰变途径在很大程度上仍然没有特征.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究miRNA向的mRNAs的分离后的命运.
- 为了识别发生在分离的mRNA产品上的分子修饰.
- 为了阐明miRNA介导的mRNA衰变的机制.
主要方法:
- 在不同生物体 (阿拉比多普西斯,小鼠,爱斯坦-巴尔病毒) 中对miRNA导向的裂变产品进行比较分析.
- 在分裂的mRNAs的3'端的转录后修饰的识别和表征.
- 在Arabidopsis中的3'修饰和mRNA降解标记 (切割,5'缩短) 之间的相关性分析.
主要成果:
- 导向miRNA的分离产品始终表现出后转录添加的3'橄uridine延伸 (1-24个核酸).
- 这种3'尿素添加在各种生物系统中观察到,包括植物,哺乳动物和病毒.
- 在Arabidopsis中,3'尿素添加与mRNA脱落和5'末端缩短有显著的相关性.
结论:
- 保存的3'橄氨酸尾部添加是miRNA-cleaved mRNA产品的常见特征.
- 这种修改与mRNA分离和5'缩短有机械联系,这表明在miRNA指导的mRNA衰变中存在保存途径.
- 这些发现为控制miRNA介导裂变后的mRNA降解的分子机制提供了关键的见解.
相关概念视频
MicroRNAs
MicroRNA (miRNA) are short, regulatory RNA transcribed from introns—non-coding regions of a gene—or intergenic regions—stretches of DNA present between genes. Several processing steps are required to form biologically active, mature miRNA. The initial transcript, called primary miRNA (pri-mRNA), base-pairs with itself forming a stem-loop structure. Within the nucleus, an endonuclease enzyme, called Drosha, shortens the stem-loop structure into hairpin-shaped pre-miRNA. After the pre-miRNA ends...
MicroRNAs
MicroRNA (miRNA) are short, regulatory RNA transcribed from introns—non-coding regions of a gene—or intergenic regions—stretches of DNA present between genes. Several processing steps are required to form biologically active, mature miRNA. The initial transcript, called primary miRNA (pri-mRNA), base-pairs with itself forming a stem-loop structure. Within the nucleus, an endonuclease enzyme, called Drosha, shortens the stem-loop structure into hairpin-shaped pre-miRNA. After the pre-miRNA ends...
MicroRNAs
MicroRNA (miRNA) are short, regulatory RNA transcribed from introns (non-coding regions of a gene) or intergenic regions (stretches of DNA present between genes). Several processing steps are required to form biologically active, mature miRNA. The initial transcript, called primary miRNA (pri-mRNA), base-pairs with itself, forming a stem-loop structure. Within the nucleus, an endonuclease enzyme, called Drosha, shortens the stem-loop structure into hairpin-shaped pre-miRNA. After the pre-miRNA...


