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ArticleNucleic acids research2021

SDE2 is an essential gene required for ribosome biogenesis and the regulation of alternative splicing.

Jess Floro, Anqi Dai, Abigail Metzger, Alexandra Mora-Martin, Neil J Ganem, Daniel Cifuentes, Ching-Shyi Wu, Jasbir Dalal, Shawn M Lyons, Adam Labadorf and 1 more

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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11 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Jess FloroDepartments of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, and Medicine, Cancer Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA.
Anqi DaiDepartments of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, and Medicine, Cancer Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA.
Abigail MetzgerDepartments of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, and Medicine, Cancer Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA.
Alexandra Mora-MartinDepartment of Biochemistry, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA.
Neil J GanemDepartments of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, and Medicine, Cancer Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA.
Daniel CifuentesDepartment of Biochemistry, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA.
Ching-Shyi WuDepartment and Graduate Institute of Pharmacology, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, 10051, Taiwan.
Jasbir DalalDepartment of Biochemistry, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA.
Shawn M LyonsDepartment of Biochemistry, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2289-6392
Adam LabadorfBioinformatics Program, Boston University, Boston, MA 02118 USA.
Rachel L FlynnDepartments of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, and Medicine, Cancer Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0562-1909
Boston University · USNational Taiwan University · TW

Funding

Functional characterization of the telomere repeat containing RNA, TERRA, in telomere maintenanceR01CA214880 · NCI · BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS · PI FLYNN, RACHEL L. · 2017 to 2022
$1.9M
Regulation of Ribosome Biogenesis During StressR00GM124458 · NIGMS · BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS · PI LYONS, SHAWN M · 2020 to 2022
$734k
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA214880NIGMS NIH HHS R00 GM124458
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

RNA provides the framework for the assembly of some of the most intricate macromolecular complexes within the cell, including the spliceosome and the mature ribosome. The assembly of these complexes relies on the coordinated association of RNA with hundreds of trans-acting protein factors. While some of these trans-acting factors are RNA-binding proteins (RBPs), others are adaptor proteins, and others still, function as both. Defects in the assembly of these complexes results in a number of human pathologies including neurodegeneration and cancer. Here, we demonstrate that Silencing Defective 2 (SDE2) is both an RNA binding protein and also a trans-acting adaptor protein that functions to regulate RNA splicing and ribosome biogenesis. SDE2 depletion leads to widespread changes in alternative splicing, defects in ribosome biogenesis and ultimately complete loss of cell viability. Our data highlight SDE2 as a previously uncharacterized essential gene required for the assembly and maturation of the complexes that carry out two of the most fundamental processes in mammalian cells.

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Alternative SplicingDNA-Binding ProteinsGenes, EssentialHumansRibosomesRNA-Binding ProteinsRNA SplicingSpliceosomesDNA-Binding ProteinsRNA-Binding ProteinsSDE2 protein, human

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PMID34365507
PMCPMC8450105
OpenAlexW3187822439

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