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PERIOD-controlled deadenylation of the timeless transcript in the Drosophila circadian clock.


ABSTRACT: The Drosophila circadian oscillator relies on a negative transcriptional feedback loop, in which the PERIOD (PER) and TIMELESS (TIM) proteins repress the expression of their own gene by inhibiting the activity of the CLOCK (CLK) and CYCLE (CYC) transcription factors. A series of posttranslational modifications contribute to the oscillations of the PER and TIM proteins but few posttranscriptional mechanisms have been described that affect mRNA stability. Here we report that down-regulation of the POP2 deadenylase, a key component of the CCR4-NOT deadenylation complex, alters behavioral rhythms. Down-regulating POP2 specifically increases TIM protein and tim mRNA but not tim pre-mRNA, supporting a posttranscriptional role. Indeed, reduced POP2 levels induce a lengthening of tim mRNA poly(A) tail. Surprisingly, such effects are lost in per 0 mutants, supporting a PER-dependent inhibition of tim mRNA deadenylation by POP2. We report a deadenylation mechanism that controls the oscillations of a core clock gene transcript.

SUBMITTER: Grima B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6431209 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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PERIOD-controlled deadenylation of the <i>timeless</i> transcript in the <i>Drosophila</i> circadian clock.

Grima Brigitte B   Papin Christian C   Martin Béatrice B   Chélot Elisabeth E   Ponien Prishila P   Jacquet Eric E   Rouyer François F  

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20190304 12


The <i>Drosophila</i> circadian oscillator relies on a negative transcriptional feedback loop, in which the PERIOD (PER) and TIMELESS (TIM) proteins repress the expression of their own gene by inhibiting the activity of the CLOCK (CLK) and CYCLE (CYC) transcription factors. A series of posttranslational modifications contribute to the oscillations of the PER and TIM proteins but few posttranscriptional mechanisms have been described that affect mRNA stability. Here we report that down-regulation  ...[more]

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