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Pof8 is a La-related protein and a constitutive component of telomerase in fission yeast.


ABSTRACT: Telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT) and the non-coding telomerase RNA subunit (TR) constitute the core of telomerase. Here we now report that the putative F-box protein Pof8 is also a constitutive component of active telomerase in fission yeast. Pof8 functions in a hierarchical assembly pathway by promoting the binding of the Lsm2-8 complex to telomerase RNA, which in turn promotes binding of the catalytic subunit. Loss of Pof8 reduces TER1 stability, causes a severe assembly defect, and results in critically short telomeres. Structure profile searches identified similarities between Pof8 and telomerase subunits from ciliated protozoa, making Pof8 next to TERT the most widely conserved telomerase subunits identified to date.

SUBMITTER: Paez-Moscoso DJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5805746 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Pof8 is a La-related protein and a constitutive component of telomerase in fission yeast.

Páez-Moscoso Diego J DJ   Pan Lili L   Sigauke Rutendo F RF   Schroeder Morgan R MR   Tang Wen W   Baumann Peter P  

Nature communications 20180208 1


Telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT) and the non-coding telomerase RNA subunit (TR) constitute the core of telomerase. Here we now report that the putative F-box protein Pof8 is also a constitutive component of active telomerase in fission yeast. Pof8 functions in a hierarchical assembly pathway by promoting the binding of the Lsm2-8 complex to telomerase RNA, which in turn promotes binding of the catalytic subunit. Loss of Pof8 reduces TER1 stability, causes a severe assembly defect, and res  ...[more]

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