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ArticleRNA biology2016

Transcript RNA supports precise repair of its own DNA gene.

Havva Keskin, Chance Meers, Francesca Storici

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Article in RNA biology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers.

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27citing papers in PubMed
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

27 citing papers in PubMed, 39 citations in OpenAlex.

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  11. Gene regulation by long non-coding RNAs and its biological functions.Nature reviews. Molecular cell biology · 2021
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  12. RNA: a double-edged sword in genome maintenance.Nature reviews. Genetics · 2020
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  17. RNA-mediated gene fusion in mammalian cells.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2018
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Havva Keskina School of Biology, Georgia Institute of Technology , Atlanta , Georgia , USA.
Chance Meersa School of Biology, Georgia Institute of Technology , Atlanta , Georgia , USA.
Francesca Storicia School of Biology, Georgia Institute of Technology , Atlanta , Georgia , USA.
Georgia Institute of Technology · US

Funding

RNA-mediated DNA break repairR01GM115927 · NIGMS · GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI STORICI, FRANCESCA · 2015 to 2018
$1.2M
NIGMS NIH HHS GM115927NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM115927
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The transfer of genetic information from RNA to DNA is considered an extraordinary process in molecular biology. Despite the fact that cells transcribe abundant amount of RNA with a wide range of functions, it has been difficult to uncover whether RNA can serve as a template for DNA repair and recombination. An increasing number of experimental evidences suggest a direct role of RNA in DNA modification. Recently, we demonstrated that endogenous transcript RNA can serve as a template to repair a DNA double-strand break (DSB), the most harmful DNA lesion, not only indirectly via formation of a DNA copy (cDNA) intermediate, but also directly in a homology driven mechanism in budding yeast. These results point out that the transfer of genetic information from RNA to DNA is more general than previously thought. We found that transcript RNA is more efficient in repairing a DSB in its own DNA (in cis) than in a homologous but ectopic locus (in trans). Here, we summarize current knowledge about the process of RNA-driven DNA repair and recombination, and provide further data in support of our model of DSB repair by transcript RNA in cis. We show that a DSB is precisely repaired predominately by transcript RNA and not by residual cDNA in conditions in which formation of cDNA by reverse transcription is inhibited. Additionally, we demonstrate that defects in ribonuclease (RNase) H stimulate precise DSB repair by homologous RNA or cDNA sequence, and not by homologous DNA sequence carried on a plasmid. These results highlight an antagonistic role of RNase H in RNA-DNA recombination. Ultimately, we discuss several questions that should be addressed to better understand mechanisms and implications of RNA-templated DNA repair and recombination.

Indexed as

Recombination, GeneticDNADNA Breaks, Double-StrandedDNA RepairReverse TranscriptionRibonuclease HRNADNARibonuclease HRNADouble-strand breakhomologous recombinationRNase HRNA-templated DNA repairtranscript RNA

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PMID26637053
PMCPMC4829284
OpenAlexW2187768889

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