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ArticleRNA biology2017

High-throughput sequencing reveals circular substrates for an archaeal RNA ligase.

Hubert F Becker, Alice Héliou, Kamel Djaout, Roxane Lestini, Mireille Regnier, Hannu Myllykallio

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Article in RNA biology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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6 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Hubert F Beckera LOB, Ecole Polytechnique, CNRS, INSERM, Université Paris-Saclay , Palaiseau , France.
Alice Hélioua LOB, Ecole Polytechnique, CNRS, INSERM, Université Paris-Saclay , Palaiseau , France.
Kamel Djaouta LOB, Ecole Polytechnique, CNRS, INSERM, Université Paris-Saclay , Palaiseau , France.
Roxane Lestinia LOB, Ecole Polytechnique, CNRS, INSERM, Université Paris-Saclay , Palaiseau , France.
Mireille Regnierc LIX, Ecole Polytechnique, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, INRIA , Palaiseau , France.
Hannu Myllykallioa LOB, Ecole Polytechnique, CNRS, INSERM, Université Paris-Saclay , Palaiseau , France.
École Polytechnique · FRLaboratoire d'Informatique de l'École Polytechnique · FRInserm · FRSorbonne Université · FR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

It is only recently that the abundant presence of circular RNAs (circRNAs) in all kingdoms of Life, including the hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus abyssi, has emerged. This led us to investigate the physiologic significance of a previously observed weak intramolecular ligation activity of Pab1020 RNA ligase. Here we demonstrate that this enzyme, despite sharing significant sequence similarity with DNA ligases, is indeed an RNA-specific polynucleotide ligase efficiently acting on physiologically significant substrates. Using a combination of RNA immunoprecipitation assays and RNA-seq, our genome-wide studies revealed 133 individual circRNA loci in P. abyssi. The large majority of these loci interacted with Pab1020 in cells and circularization of selected C/D Box and 5S rRNA transcripts was confirmed biochemically. Altogether these studies revealed that Pab1020 is required for RNA circularization. Our results further suggest the functional speciation of an ancestral NTase domain and/or DNA ligase toward RNA ligase activity and prompt for further characterization of the widespread functions of circular RNAs in prokaryotes. Detailed insight into the cellular substrates of Pab1020 may facilitate the development of new biotechnological applications e.g. in ligation of preadenylated adaptors to RNA molecules.

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Alternative SplicingGenome, ArchaealArchaeal ProteinsComputational BiologyImmunoprecipitationPyrococcus abyssiRNARNA, ArchaealRNA, CircularRNA Ligase (ATP)RNA, Ribosomal, 5SRNA StabilitySequence Analysis, RNASubstrate SpecificityArchaeal ProteinsRNARNA, ArchaealRNA, CircularRNA Ligase (ATP)RNA, Ribosomal, 5SArchaeacircular RNAcomputational biologyRNA ligaseRNA-Seq

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PMID28277897
PMCPMC5680704
OpenAlexW2593435660

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