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Recent molecular insights into canonical pre-mRNA 3'-end processing.

Yadong Sun, Keith Hamilton, Liang Tong

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Review in Transcription, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 55 papers.

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55citing papers in PubMed
3.7field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

55 citing papers in PubMed, 73 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yadong SunDepartment of Biological Sciences, Columbia University , New York, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4470-6630
Keith HamiltonDepartment of Biological Sciences, Columbia University , New York, NY, USA.
Liang TongDepartment of Biological Sciences, Columbia University , New York, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0563-6468
Columbia University · US

Funding

Structural and functional studies of mRNA processing, stability and quality controlR35GM118093 · NIGMS · COLUMBIA UNIV NEW YORK MORNINGSIDE · PI LIANG TONG · 2016 to 2026
$8.5M
NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM118093
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The majority of eukaryotic messenger RNA precursors (pre-mRNAs) undergo cleavage and polyadenylation at their 3' end. This canonical 3'-end processing depends on sequence elements in the pre-mRNA as well as a mega-dalton protein machinery. The cleavage site in mammalian pre-mRNAs is located between an upstream poly(A) signal, most frequently an AAUAAA hexamer, and a GU-rich downstream sequence element. This review will summarize recent advances from the studies on this canonical 3'-end processing machinery. They have revealed the molecular mechanism for the recognition of the poly(A) signal and provided the first glimpse into the overall architecture of the machinery. The studies also show that the machinery is highly dynamic conformationally, and extensive re-arrangements are necessary for its activation. Inhibitors targeting the active site of the CPSF73 nuclease of this machinery have anti-cancer, anti-inflammatory and anti-protozoal effects, indicating that CPSF73 and pre-mRNA 3'-end processing in general are attractive targets for drug discovery. ABBREVIATIONS: APA: alternative polyadenylation; β-CASP: metallo-β-lactamase-associated CPSF Artemis SNM1/PSO2; CTD: C-terminal domain; CF: cleavage factor; CPF: cleavage and polyadenylation factor; CPSF: cleavage and polyadenylation specificity factor; CstF: cleavage stimulation factor; DSE: downstream element; HAT: half a TPR; HCC: histone pre-mRNA cleavage complex; mCF: mammalian cleavage factor; mPSF: mammalian polyadenylation specificity factor; mRNA: messenger RNA; nt: nucleotide; NTD: N-terminal domain; PAP: polyadenylate polymerase; PAS: polyadenylation signal; PIM: mPSF interaction motif; Poly(A): polyadenylation, polyadenylate; Pol II: RNA polymerase II; pre-mRNA: messenger RNA precursor; RRM: RNA recognition module, RNA recognition motif; snRNP: small nuclear ribonucleoprotein; TPR: tetratricopeptide repeat; UTR: untranslated region; ZF: zinc finger.

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Cleavage And Polyadenylation Specificity FactorHumansRNA PrecursorsCleavage And Polyadenylation Specificity FactorCPSF3 protein, humanRNA Precursorsalternative polyadenylationcanonical 3′-end processingCleavage and polyadenylationCPSF3endonucleaseJTE-607

Identifiers

PMID32522085
PMCPMC7549739
OpenAlexW3033684140

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