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ArticleRNA biology2021

Duplex formation between the template and the nascent strand in the transcription-regulating sequences is associated with the site of template switching in SARS - CoV-2.

Aaron R D'Souza, Amanda B Buckingham, Fanny Salasc, Carin K Ingemarsdotter, Gennaro Iaconis, Isobel Jarvis, Harriet C T Groom, Julia C Kenyon, Andrew M L Lever

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Article in RNA biology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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9 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Aaron R D'SouzaDepartment of Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
Amanda B BuckinghamDepartment of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-7675-6320
Fanny SalascDepartment of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-6574-1358
Carin K IngemarsdotterDepartment of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
Gennaro IaconisDepartment of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-9830-3506
Isobel JarvisDepartment of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
Harriet C T GroomDepartment of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-0557-4583
Julia C KenyonDepartment of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-6055-7052
Andrew M L LeverDepartment of Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore.ORCID 0000-0001-9819-4453
University of Cambridge · GBNational University of Singapore · SG

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recently published transcriptomic data of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus show that there is a large variation in the frequency and steady state levels of subgenomic mRNA sequences. This variation is derived from discontinuous subgenomic RNA synthesis, where the polymerase switches template from a 3' proximal genome body sequence to a 5' untranslated leader sequence. This leads to a fusion between the common 5' leader sequence and a 3' proximal body sequence in the RNA product. This process revolves around a common core sequence (CS) that is present at both the template sites that make up the fusion junction. Base-pairing between the leader CS and the nascent complementary minus strand body CS, and flanking regions (together called the transcription regulating sequence, TRS) is vital for this template switching event. However, various factors can influence the site of template switching within the same TRS duplex. Here, we model the duplexes formed between the leader and complementary body TRS regions, hypothesizing the role of the stability of the TRS duplex in determining the major sites of template switching for the most abundant mRNAs. We indicate that the stability of secondary structures and the speed of transcription play key roles in determining the probability of template switching in the production of subgenomic RNAs. We speculate on the effect of reported variant nucleotide substitutions on our models.

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Gene Expression Regulation, ViralTranscription, GeneticMutationNucleic Acid ConformationRNA StabilityRNA, ViralSARS-CoV-2RNA, ViralduplexRNA structureSARS-CoV-2template-switchingTRS

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PMID34541994
PMCPMC8459930
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