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ArticlePloS one2018

Dissociation of Rpb4 from RNA polymerase II is important for yeast functionality.

Lea Duek, Oren Barkai, Ron Elran, Isra Adawi, Mordechai Choder

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Article in PloS one, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Lea DuekDepartment of Molecular Microbiology, Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
Oren BarkaiDepartment of Molecular Microbiology, Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
Ron ElranDepartment of Molecular Microbiology, Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
Isra AdawiDepartment of Molecular Microbiology, Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
Mordechai ChoderDepartment of Molecular Microbiology, Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.ORCID 0000-0003-0187-2110
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology · IL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Rpb4 is an RNA polymerase II (Pol II) subunit that binds Pol II transcripts co-transcriptionally, accompanies them to the cytoplasm and modulates mRNA export, translation and decay by interacting with cytoplasmic RNA modulators. The importance of the cytoplasmic roles of Rpb4 was challenged by a study reporting that the phenotype of rpb2Δ rpb4Δ cells can be rescued by an Rpb2-Rpb4 fusion protein, assuming that its Rpb4 moiety cannot dissociate from Pol II and functions in the cytoplasm. Here we demonstrate that although the fusion protein supports normal transcription, it adversely affects mRNA decay, cell proliferation and adaptability-e.g., response to stress. These defects are similar, albeit milder, than the defects that characterize rpb4Δ cells. At least two mechanisms alleviate the deleterious effect of the fusion protein. First, a portion of this fusion protein is cleaved into free Rpb2 and Rpb4. The free Rpb4 is functional, as it binds mRNAs and polysomes, like WT Rpb4. Second, the fusion protein is also capable of binding poly(A)+ mRNAs in the cytoplasm, in an Rpb7-mediated manner, probably complementing the functions of the diminished Rpb4. Collectively, normal coupling between mRNA synthesis and decay requires wild-type configuration of Rpb4, and fusing Rpb4 to Rpb2 compromises this coupling.

Indexed as

RNA StabilityTranscription, GeneticCell ProliferationOrganisms, Genetically ModifiedProtein BindingRNA Polymerase IISaccharomyces cerevisiaeSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsRNA Polymerase IIRPB2 protein, S cerevisiaeRPB4 protein, S cerevisiaeSaccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins

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PMID30359412
PMCPMC6201915
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