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ArticleMolecular and cellular biology2010

An upstream open reading frame and the context of the two AUG codons affect the abundance of mitochondrial and nuclear RNase H1.

Yutaka Suzuki, J Bradley Holmes, Susana M Cerritelli, Kiran Sakhuja, Michal Minczuk, Ian J Holt, Robert J Crouch

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Article in Molecular and cellular biology, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 66 papers.

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66citing papers in PubMed
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66 citing papers in PubMed, 94 citations in OpenAlex.

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  16. Integrated genome and transcriptome analyses reveal the mechanism of genome instability in ataxia with oculomotor apraxia 2.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2022
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  17. RNase H1, the Gold Standard for R-Loop Detection.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2022
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  20. R-Loops and Its Chro-Mates: The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Yutaka SuzukiProgram in Genomics of Differentiation, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
J Bradley Holmes
Susana M Cerritelli
Kiran Sakhuja
Michal Minczuk
Ian J Holt
Robert J Crouch
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development · USMedical Research Council · GBMRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit · GBNational Institutes of Health · USWellcome Trust · GB

Funding

Factors Influencing Genetic Transcription Initiation And TerminationZIAHD000068 · NICHD · EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT · PI CROUCH, ROBERT J · 2009 to 2025
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Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/F012802/1Intramural NIH HHSMedical Research Council MC_U105663140Medical Research Council MC_U105697135
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

RNase H1 in mammalian cells is present in nuclei and mitochondria. Its absence in mitochondria results in embryonic lethality due to the failure to amplify mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA). Dual localization to mitochondria and nuclei results from differential translation initiation at two in-frame AUGs (M1 and M27) of a single mRNA. Here we show that expression levels of the two isoforms depend on the efficiency of translation initiation at each AUG codon and on the presence of a short upstream open reading frame (uORF) resulting in the mitochondrial isoform being about 10% as abundant as the nuclear form. Translation initiation at the M1 AUG is restricted by the uORF, while expression of the nuclear isoform requires reinitiation of ribosomes at the M27 AUG after termination of uORF translation or new initiation by ribosomes skipping the uORF and the M1 AUG. Such translational organization of RNase H1 allows tight control of expression of RNase H1 in mitochondria, where its excess or absence can lead to cell death, without affecting the expression of the nuclear RNase H1.

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Amino Acid SequenceAnimalsBase SequenceCell LineCell NucleusCodonDNA, MitochondrialHumansIn Vitro TechniquesIsoenzymesLiverMiceMitochondriaModels, BiologicalMolecular Sequence DataOpen Reading FramesCodonDNA, MitochondrialIsoenzymesRecombinant ProteinsRibonuclease Hribonuclease HIRNA, Messenger

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PMID20823270
PMCPMC2953059
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