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ArticlePLoS genetics2024

Upstream open reading frames repress the translation from the iab-8 RNA.

Yohan Frei, Clément Immarigeon, Maxime Revel, François Karch, Robert K Maeda

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Yohan FreiUniversity of Geneva Department of Genetics and Evolution, Geneva, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-4600-5072
Clément ImmarigeonUniversity of Geneva Department of Genetics and Evolution, Geneva, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-3896-218X
Maxime RevelUniversity of Geneva Department of Genetics and Evolution, Geneva, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-6966-0109
François KarchUniversity of Geneva Department of Genetics and Evolution, Geneva, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0003-4722-5170
Robert K MaedaUniversity of Geneva Department of Genetics and Evolution, Geneva, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-6555-1215

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Abstract

Although originally classified as a non-coding RNA, the male-specific abdominal (MSA) RNA from the Drosophila melanogaster bithorax complex has recently been shown to code for a micropeptide that plays a vital role in determining how mated females use stored sperm after mating. Interestingly, the MSA transcript is a male-specific version of another transcript produced in both sexes within the posterior central nervous system from an alternative promoter, called the iab-8 lncRNA. However, while the MSA transcript produces a small peptide, it seems that the iab-8 transcript does not. Here, we show that the absence of iab-8 translation is due to a repressive mechanism requiring the two unique 5' exons of the iab-8 lncRNA. Through cell culture and transgenic analysis, we show that this mechanism relies on the presence of upstream open reading frames present in these two exons that prevent the production of proteins from downstream open reading frames.

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Drosophila melanogasterOpen Reading FramesProtein BiosynthesisRNA, Long NoncodingAnimalsAnimals, Genetically ModifiedDrosophila ProteinsExonsFemaleMalePromoter Regions, GeneticDrosophila ProteinsRNA, Long Noncoding

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PMID39312578
PMCPMC11463788

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