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ArticleCell reports2023

TCAB1 prevents nucleolar accumulation of the telomerase RNA to facilitate telomerase assembly.

Basma M Klump, Gloria I Perez, Eric M Patrick, Kate Adams-Boone, Scott B Cohen, Li Han, Kefei Yu, Jens C Schmidt

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Article in Cell reports, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.

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29citing papers in PubMed
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29 citing papers in PubMed, 33 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Basma M KlumpInstitute for Quantitative Health Sciences and Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA; College of Osteopathic Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA; Cellular and Molecular Biology Graduate Program, College of Natural Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA.
Gloria I PerezInstitute for Quantitative Health Sciences and Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA.
Eric M PatrickInstitute for Quantitative Health Sciences and Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA.
Kate Adams-BooneInstitute for Quantitative Health Sciences and Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA.
Scott B CohenChildren's Medical Research Institute and University of Sydney, Westmead, NSW 2145, Australia.
Li HanDepartment of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA.
Kefei YuDepartment of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA.
Jens C SchmidtInstitute for Quantitative Health Sciences and Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA; Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA. Electronic address: schmi706@msu.edu.
Michigan State University · USUniversity of Sydney · AU

Funding

Defining the role of TCAB1 and its phase separation in telomerase assembly.R01GM141354 · NIGMS · MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY · PI SCHMIDT, JENS CHRISTOPHER · 2021 to 2024
$1.4M
Molecular Mechanisms of Telomerase Catalysis and its Recruitment to TelomeresR00GM120386 · NIGMS · MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY · PI SCHMIDT, JENS CHRISTOPHER · 2018 to 2020
$747k
NIGMS NIH HHS R00 GM120386NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM141354
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Localization of a variety of RNAs to non-membrane-bound cellular compartments such as nucleoli and Cajal bodies is critical for their stability and function. The molecular mechanisms that underly the recruitment and exclusion of RNAs from these phase-separated organelles is incompletely understood. Telomerase is a ribonucleoprotein composed of the reverse transcriptase protein telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT), the telomerase RNA (TR), and several auxiliary proteins, including TCAB1. Here we show that in the absence of TCAB1, a large fraction of TR is tightly bound to the nucleolus, while TERT is largely excluded from the nucleolus, reducing telomerase assembly. This suggests that nuclear compartmentalization by the non-membrane-bound nucleolus counteracts telomerase assembly, and TCAB1 is required to retain TR in the nucleoplasm. Our work provides insight into the mechanism and functional consequences of RNA recruitment to organelles formed by phase separation and demonstrates that TCAB1 plays an important role in telomerase assembly.

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TelomeraseCell NucleolusCell NucleusHeLa CellsHumansMolecular ChaperonesRNAMolecular ChaperonesRNATelomerasetelomerase RNAWRAP53 protein, humanCP: Molecular biologyHaloTagnucleolusRNP assemblysingle-molecule imagingTCAB1telomerase reverse transcriptasethe telomerase RNA

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PMID37267110
PMCPMC10569210
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