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An Rtf2 Domain-Containing Protein Influences Pre-mRNA Splicing and Is Essential for Embryonic Development in Arabidopsis thaliana.

Taku Sasaki, Tatsuo Kanno, Shih-Chieh Liang, Pao-Yang Chen, Wen-Wei Liao, Wen-Dar Lin, Antonius J M Matzke, Marjori Matzke

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Article in Genetics, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Taku SasakiInstitute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Nangang District, Taipei 115, Taiwan.
Tatsuo KannoInstitute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Nangang District, Taipei 115, Taiwan.
Shih-Chieh LiangInstitute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Nangang District, Taipei 115, Taiwan.
Pao-Yang ChenInstitute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Nangang District, Taipei 115, Taiwan.
Wen-Wei LiaoInstitute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Nangang District, Taipei 115, Taiwan.
Wen-Dar LinInstitute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Nangang District, Taipei 115, Taiwan.
Antonius J M MatzkeInstitute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Nangang District, Taipei 115, Taiwan marjorimatzke@gate.sinica.edu.tw antoniusmatzke@gate.sinica.edu.tw.
Marjori MatzkeInstitute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Nangang District, Taipei 115, Taiwan marjorimatzke@gate.sinica.edu.tw antoniusmatzke@gate.sinica.edu.tw.
Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica · TW

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alternative splicing is prevalent in plants, but little is known about its regulation in the context of developmental and signaling pathways. We describe here a new factor that influences pre-messengerRNA (mRNA) splicing and is essential for embryonic development in Arabidopsis thaliana. This factor was retrieved in a genetic screen that identified mutants impaired in expression of an alternatively spliced GFP reporter gene. In addition to the known spliceosomal component PRP8, the screen recovered Arabidopsis RTF2 (AtRTF2), a previously uncharacterized, evolutionarily conserved protein containing a replication termination factor 2 (Rtf2) domain. A homozygous null mutation in AtRTF2 is embryo lethal, indicating that AtRTF2 is an essential protein. Quantitative RT-PCR demonstrated that impaired expression of GFP in atrtf2 and prp8 mutants is due to inefficient splicing of the GFP pre-mRNA. A genome-wide analysis using RNA sequencing indicated that 13-16% of total introns are retained to a significant degree in atrtf2 mutants. Considering these results and previous suggestions that Rtf2 represents an ubiquitin-related domain, we discuss the possible role of AtRTF2 in ubiquitin-based regulation of pre-mRNA splicing.

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Alternative SplicingGene Expression Regulation, PlantProtein Interaction Domains and MotifsAlcohol OxidoreductasesAmino Acid SequenceArabidopsisArabidopsis ProteinsGene ExpressionGene OrderGenes, ReporterGenetic Complementation TestGenetic LociGenotypeMolecular Sequence DataMutationPhenotypeAlcohol OxidoreductasesArabidopsis Proteinsmenthone (3S)-neomenthol reductase, ArabidopsisRNA Precursorsalternative splicingC2HC2 zinc fingerintron retentionRtf2 domainubiquitin ligase

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PMID25819795
PMCPMC4492377
OpenAlexW2164456905

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