Molecular basis for cytoplasmic RNA surveillance by uridylation-triggered decay in Drosophila
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ABSTRACT: The post-transcriptional addition of nucleotides to the 3´ end of RNA regulates the maturation, function, and stability of RNA species in all domains of life. Here, we show that, in flies, 3´ terminal RNA uridylation triggers the processive, 3´-to-5´ exoribonucleolytic decay via the RNase II/R enzyme CG16940, a homolog of the human Perlman syndrome exoribonuclease Dis3l2. Together with the TUTase Tailor, dmDis3l2 forms the cytoplasmic, uridylation-triggered RNA processing (TRUMP) complex, that functionally cooperates in the degradation of structured RNA. RNA-immunoprecipitation and high-throughput sequencing reveals a variety of TRUMP complex substrates, including abundant non-coding RNA, such as 5S rRNA, tRNA, snRNA, snoRNA, and the essential RNase MRP, uncovering a key function of the TRUMP complex in the cytoplasmic quality control of RNA polymerase III transcripts. Together with high-throughput biochemical characterization of dmDis3l2 and bacterial RNase R our results imply a conserved molecular function of RNase II/R enzymes as 'readers' of destabilizing post-transcriptional marks - uridylation in eukaryotes and adenylation in prokaryotes - that play important roles in RNA surveillance.
ORGANISM(S): synthetic construct Drosophila melanogaster
PROVIDER: GSE84466 | GEO | 2017/02/10
SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PRJNA329275
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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