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ArticleNature communications2025

PYM1 limits non-canonical Exon Junction Complex occupancy in a gene architecture dependent manner to tune mRNA expression.

Manu Sanjeev, Lauren A Woodward, Michael L Schiff, Robert D Patton, Sean Myers, Debadrita Paul, Ralf Bundschuh, Guramrit Singh

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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  1. Gene regulation through exon junction complex modularity.Nature structural & molecular biology · 2025
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8 authors.

Manu SanjeevDepartment of Molecular Genetics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA.
Lauren A Woodward *Department of Molecular Genetics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA.
Michael L Schiff *Department of Physics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA.
Robert D PattonDepartment of Physics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2159-1199
Sean MyersDepartment of Physics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA.
Debadrita PaulDepartment of Molecular Genetics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA.
Ralf BundschuhDepartment of Physics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6699-8614
Guramrit SinghDepartment of Molecular Genetics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA. singh.734@osu.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5283-9540

Funding

Regulation of RNA surveillance by the dynamic Exon Junction ComplexR01GM120209 · NIGMS · OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY · PI SINGH, GURAMRIT · 2017 to 2021
$1.6M
Post-transcriptional gene regulation by the exon junction complexR35GM149298 · NIGMS · OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY · PI Guramrit Singh · 2023 to 2026
$1.6M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM120209NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM149298U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) 5R35GM149298
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Exon Junction Complex (EJC) decorates RNA exon-exon junctions and modulates mRNA fate at multiple post-transcriptional steps until its disassembly during translation. Our investigation of the EJC disassembly factor PYM1 in human embryonic kidney 293 (HEK293) cells show that the EJC-PYM1 interaction is required for translation-independent EJC destabilization but not for translation-dependent disassembly. Surprisingly, PYM1 interaction deficient EJCs are enriched on locations away from canonical EJC binding site, particularly on transcripts with no or few introns. Such non-canonical EJCs are capable of inducing nonsense-mediated mRNA decay when present downstream of stop codons. Suppression of PYM1 in human cells, including by previously reported PYM1-flavivirus capsid protein interaction, stabilizes mRNAs with fewer and longer exons that localize to endoplasmic reticulum associated TIS-granules. In summary, PYM1 limits non-canonical EJC and thereby acts as an EJC specificity factor that is hijacked by flaviviruses to reshape host cell mRNA regulation.

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ExonsRNA-Binding ProteinsRNA, MessengerCapsid ProteinsEndoplasmic ReticulumGene Expression RegulationHEK293 CellsHumansIntronsNonsense Mediated mRNA DecayRNA StabilityCapsid ProteinsRNA-Binding ProteinsRNA, Messenger

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PMID40885765
PMCPMC12398555

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