确定mRNA 5'-end capping的质量控制机制
Xinfu Jiao1, Song Xiang, Chanseok Oh
1Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, USA.
Nature
|August 31, 2010
概括
酵母Rai1蛋白从信使RNA中去除异常的5'-end盖结构,揭示了mRNA完整性的质量控制机制. 这一过程确保了适当的mRNA封闭和稳定性.
科学领域:
- 分子生物学分子生物学
- 在RNA生物学,RNA生物学.
- 基因表达规范 基因表达规范
背景情况:
- 在真核细胞信使RNAs (mRNAs) 的5'端的7-甲基瓜诺辛盖对mRNA稳定性和翻译至关重要.
- mRNA 5'-end capping通常被认为是一个没有特定质量控制机制的构成过程.
研究的目的:
- 研究酵母 Rai1 蛋白在 mRNA 限制和质量控制中的作用.
- 描述Rai1的采摘活动及其特异性.
主要方法:
- 在体外测试以确定Rai1的pyrophosphohydrolase和切割内核酶活动.
- 在具有 Rai1 和甲基转移酶基因缺陷的酵母细胞中分析mRNA稳定性.
- 在营养压力下对rai1Δ酵母细胞的mRNA封闭缺陷的评估.
主要成果:
- Rai1 呈现出新型的分解内核酶活性,从mRNA中去除整个帽子二核酸.
- 与正规的Dcp2酶不同,Rai1优先准带有非甲基化盖的mRNA.
- 对rai1基因的破坏稳定了封闭但未甲基化mRNA,并导致在压力下异常mRNA的积累.
结论:
- 5'-end capping并不总是一个完整的过程,需要进行质量控制.
- Rai1在清除异常5'-end caps的mRNA中发挥着至关重要的作用.
- Rai1参与mRNA质量控制途径,通过异常介导衰变确保5'-端完整性.
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Once about 20-40 ribonucleotides have been joined together by RNA polymerase, a group of enzymes adds a “cap” to the 5’ end of the growing transcript. In this process, a 5’ phosphate is replaced by modified guanosine that has a methyl group attached to it (7-Methyl guanosine). This 5’ cap helps the...
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In eukaryotic cells, transcripts made by RNA polymerase are modified and processed before exiting the nucleus. Unprocessed RNA is called precursor mRNA or pre-mRNA to distinguish it from mature mRNA.
Once about 20-40 ribonucleotides have been joined together by RNA polymerase, a group of enzymes adds a cap to the 5' end of the growing transcript. In this process, a 5' phosphate is replaced by modified guanosine that has a methyl group attached (7-methyl guanosine). This 5' cap helps the cell...
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Cis-acting Elements involved in mRNA stability
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