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ArticleNature communications2023

Fungal secondary metabolism is governed by an RNA-binding protein CsdA/RsdA complex.

Zili Song, Shuang Zhou, Hongjiao Zhang, Nancy P Keller, Berl R Oakley, Xiao Liu, Wen-Bing Yin

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Article in Nature communications, 2023. 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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3 · Its place in the literature

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Zili SongState Key Laboratory of Mycology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100101, Beijing, PR China.
Shuang ZhouState Key Laboratory of Mycology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100101, Beijing, PR China.
Hongjiao ZhangState Key Laboratory of Mycology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100101, Beijing, PR China.
Nancy P KellerDepartment of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53706, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4386-9473
Berl R OakleyDepartment of Molecular Biosciences, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, 66045, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3046-8240
Xiao LiuState Key Laboratory of Mycology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100101, Beijing, PR China.ORCID 0000-0001-6053-132X
Wen-Bing YinState Key Laboratory of Mycology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100101, Beijing, PR China. yinwb@im.ac.cn.ORCID 0000-0002-9184-3198
Chinese Academy of Sciences · CNAcademy of State Administration of Grain · CNUniversity of Kansas · USUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Production of secondary metabolites is controlled by a complicated regulatory network in eukaryotic cells. Several layers of regulators are involved in this process, ranging from pathway-specific regulation, to epigenetic control, to global regulation. Here, we discover that interaction of an RNA-binding protein CsdA with a regulator RsdA coordinates fungal secondary metabolism. Employing a genetic deletion approach and transcriptome analysis as well as metabolomics analysis, we reveal that CsdA and RsdA synergistically regulate fungal secondary metabolism comprehensively. Mechanistically, comprehensive genetic and biochemical studies prove that RsdA and CsdA co-localize in the nucleus and physically interact to achieve their functions. In particular, we demonstrate that CsdA mediates rsdA expression by binding specific motif "GUCGGUAU" of its pre-mRNA at a post-transcriptional level. We thus uncover a mechanism in which RNA-binding protein physically interacts with, and controls the expression level of, the RsdA to coordinate fungal secondary metabolism.

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Gene Expression ProfilingRNA PrecursorsRNA-Binding ProteinsSecondary MetabolismRNA-Binding ProteinsRNA Precursors

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