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Insight into the RNA Exosome Complex Through Modeling Pontocerebellar Hypoplasia Type 1b Disease Mutations in Yeast.

Milo B Fasken, Jillian S Losh, Sara W Leung, Sergine Brutus, Brittany Avin, Jillian C Vaught, Jennifer Potter-Birriel, Taylor Craig, Graeme L Conn, Katherine Mills-Lujan and 2 more

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Article in Genetics, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers.

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31citing papers in PubMed
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31 citing papers in PubMed, 44 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Milo B FaskenDepartment of Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322.
Jillian S LoshDepartment of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Health Science Center-Houston, Texas 77030.
Sara W LeungDepartment of Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322.
Sergine BrutusDepartment of Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322.
Brittany AvinDepartment of Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322.
Jillian C VaughtDepartment of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Health Science Center-Houston, Texas 77030.
Jennifer Potter-BirrielDepartment of Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322.
Taylor CraigDepartment of Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322.
Graeme L ConnDepartment of Biochemistry.
Katherine Mills-LujanDepartment of Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322.
Anita H CorbettDepartment of Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322 acorbe2@emory.edu Ambro.van.hoof@uth.tmc.edu.
Ambro van HoofDepartment of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Health Science Center-Houston, Texas 77030 acorbe2@emory.edu Ambro.van.hoof@uth.tmc.edu.
Emory University · USThe University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston · US

Funding

MOLECULAR BASIS OF RAN MEDIATED NUCLEAR TRANSPORTR01GM058728 · NIGMS · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI CORBETT, ANITA H. · 1999 to 2016
$5.4M
Emory Initiative for Maximizing Student DevelopmentR25GM099644 · NIGMS · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI MARSTELLER, PATRICIA A., WILKINSON, KEITH D · 2013 to 2017
$2.7M
RNA decay and processing activities of the RNA exosomeR01GM099790 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI VAN HOOF, AMBRO · 2012 to 2020
$2.6M
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM058728NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM099790NIGMS NIH HHS R25 GM099644
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pontocerebellar hypoplasia type 1b (PCH1b) is an autosomal recessive disorder that causes cerebellar hypoplasia and spinal motor neuron degeneration, leading to mortality in early childhood. PCH1b is caused by mutations in the RNA exosome subunit gene, EXOSC3 The RNA exosome is an evolutionarily conserved complex, consisting of nine different core subunits, and one or two 3'-5' exoribonuclease subunits, that mediates several RNA degradation and processing steps. The goal of this study is to assess the functional consequences of the amino acid substitutions that have been identified in EXOSC3 in PCH1b patients. To analyze these EXOSC3 substitutions, we generated the corresponding amino acid substitutions in the Saccharomyces cerevisiae ortholog of EXOSC3, Rrp40 We find that the rrp40 variants corresponding to EXOSC3-G31A and -D132A do not affect yeast function when expressed as the sole copy of the essential Rrp40 protein. In contrast, the rrp40-W195R variant, corresponding to EXOSC3-W238R in PCH1b patients, impacts cell growth and RNA exosome function when expressed as the sole copy of Rrp40 The rrp40-W195R protein is unstable, and does not associate efficiently with the RNA exosome in cells that also express wild-type Rrp40 Consistent with these findings in yeast, the levels of mouse EXOSC3 variants are reduced compared to wild-type EXOSC3 in a neuronal cell line. These data suggest that cells possess a mechanism for optimal assembly of functional RNA exosome complex that can discriminate between wild-type and variant exosome subunits. Budding yeast can therefore serve as a useful tool to understand the molecular defects in the RNA exosome caused by PCH1b-associated amino acid substitutions in EXOSC3, and potentially extending to disease-associated substitutions in other exosome subunits.

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MutationCerebellar DiseasesExoribonucleasesExosome Multienzyme Ribonuclease ComplexRNA-Binding ProteinsRNA StabilitySaccharomyces cerevisiaeSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsExoribonucleasesExosome Multienzyme Ribonuclease ComplexRNA-Binding ProteinsRrp40 protein, S cerevisiaeSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsEXOSC2EXOSC3pontocerebellar hypoplasia type 1bRNA exosomeRNA processing/degradationRrp40

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PMID27777260
PMCPMC5223504
OpenAlexW2533042037

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