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ArticlePloS one2011

The fission yeast RNA binding protein Mmi1 regulates meiotic genes by controlling intron specific splicing and polyadenylation coupled RNA turnover.

Huei-Mei Chen, Bruce Futcher, Janet Leatherwood

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Article in PloS one, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 62 papers.

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Huei-Mei ChenDepartment of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America.
Bruce Futcher
Janet Leatherwood
Stony Brook University · US

Funding

Wiring of Gene Expression in the Early Meiotic ProgramP01GM088297 · NIGMS · STATE UNIVERSITY NEW YORK STONY BROOK · PI FUTCHER, BRUCE BRUCE · 2010 to 2014
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NIGMS NIH HHS P01 GM088297
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Abstract

The polyA tails of mRNAs are monitored by the exosome as a quality control mechanism. We find that fission yeast, Schizosaccharomyces pombe, adopts this RNA quality control mechanism to regulate a group of 30 or more meiotic genes at the level of both splicing and RNA turnover. In vegetative cells the RNA binding protein Mmi1 binds to the primary transcripts of these genes. We find the novel motif U(U/C/G)AAAC highly over-represented in targets of Mmi1. Mmi1 can specifically regulate the splicing of particular introns in a transcript: it inhibits the splicing of introns that are in the vicinity of putative Mmi1 binding sites, while allowing the splicing of other introns that are far from such sites. In addition, binding of Mmi1, particularly near the 3' end, alters 3' processing to promote extremely long polyA tails of up to a kilobase. The hyperadenylated transcripts are then targeted for degradation by the nuclear exonuclease Rrp6. The nuclear polyA binding protein Pab2 assists this hyperadenylation-mediated RNA decay. Rrp6 also targets other hyperadenylated transcripts, which become hyperadenylated in an unknown, but Mmi1-independent way. Thus, hyperadenylation may be a general signal for RNA degradation. In addition, binding of Mmi1 can affect the efficiency of 3' cleavage. Inactivation of Mmi1 in meiosis allows meiotic expression, through splicing and RNA stabilization, of at least 29 target genes, which are apparently constitutively transcribed.

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IntronsMeiosismRNA Cleavage and Polyadenylation FactorsPolyadenylationRNA-Binding ProteinsRNA, FungalRNA SplicingRNA StabilitySchizosaccharomycesSchizosaccharomyces pombe ProteinsMmi1 protein, S pombemRNA Cleavage and Polyadenylation FactorsRNA-Binding ProteinsRNA, FungalSchizosaccharomyces pombe Proteins

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PMID22046364
PMCPMC3203177
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