Project description:RNA-coimmunopurifications with TAP-tagged Puf proteins from Saccharomyces cereviseae. Untagged strain (BY4741) served as a control. Cells were grown to midlog phase and harvested by centrifugation. TAP-tagged Puf proteins were affinity purified from cell-free extracts with IgG sepharose and eluted with TEV protease. RNA was isolated from extract (=input)and from purified protein samples by phenol-chloroform extraction. RNA samples were reverse transcribed using a mixture of oligo-dT and random nonamer oligos in the presence of amino-allyl dUTP/ dNTP mixture. cDNAs were fluorescently labeled and hybridized on yeast DNA microarrays over night at 65 degrees. For a detailed procedure see http://microarray-pubs.stanford.edu/yeast_puf and also Gerber AP et al. PLoS Biology, 2004. Set of arrays organized by shared biological context, such as organism, tumors types, processes, etc. Computed
Project description:RNA-coimmunopurifications with TAP-tagged Puf proteins from Saccharomyces cereviseae. Untagged strain (BY4741) served as a control. Cells were grown to midlog phase and harvested by centrifugation. TAP-tagged Puf proteins were affinity purified from cell-free extracts with IgG sepharose and eluted with TEV protease. RNA was isolated from extract (=input)and from purified protein samples by phenol-chloroform extraction. RNA samples were reverse transcribed using a mixture of oligo-dT and random nonamer oligos in the presence of amino-allyl dUTP/ dNTP mixture. cDNAs were fluorescently labeled and hybridized on yeast DNA microarrays over night at 65 degrees. For a detailed procedure see http://microarray-pubs.stanford.edu/yeast_puf and also Gerber AP et al. PLoS Biology, 2004. Set of arrays organized by shared biological context, such as organism, tumors types, processes, etc. Keywords: Logical Set
Project description:This SuperSeries is composed of the following subset Series: GSE3968: Puf proteins, RNA co-immunopurification GSE3969: Puf3delta vs. wild type comparison Abstract: Genes encoding RNA-binding proteins are diverse and abundant in eukaryotic genomes. Although some have been shown to have roles in post-transcriptional regulation of the expression of specific genes, few of these proteins have been studied systematically. We have used an affinity tag to isolate each of the five members of the Puf family of RNA-binding proteins in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and DNA microarrays to comprehensively identify the associated mRNAs. Distinct groups of 40-220 different mRNAs with striking common themes in the functions and subcellular localization of the proteins they encode are associated with each of the five Puf proteins: Puf3p binds nearly exclusively to cytoplasmic mRNAs that encode mitochondrial proteins; Puf1p and Puf2p interact preferentially with mRNAs encoding membrane-associated proteins; Puf4p preferentially binds mRNAs encoding nucleolar ribosomal RNA-processing factors; and Puf5p is associated with mRNAs encoding chromatin modifiers and components of the spindle pole body. We identified distinct sequence motifs in the 3'-untranslated regions of the mRNAs bound by Puf3p, Puf4p, and Puf5p. Three-hybrid assays confirmed the role of these motifs in specific RNA-protein interactions in vivo. The results suggest that combinatorial tagging of transcripts by specific RNA-binding proteins may be a general mechanism for coordinated control of the localization, translation, and decay of mRNAs and thus an integral part of the global gene expression program. Refer to individual Series
Project description:RNA-coimmunopurifications with TAP-tagged Puf proteins from Saccharomyces cereviseae. Untagged strain (BY4741) served as a control. Cells were grown to midlog phase and harvested by centrifugation. TAP-tagged Puf proteins were affinity purified from cell-free extracts with IgG sepharose and eluted with TEV protease. RNA was isolated from extract (=input)and from purified protein samples by phenol-chloroform extraction. RNA samples were reverse transcribed using a mixture of oligo-dT and random nonamer oligos in the presence of amino-allyl dUTP/ dNTP mixture. cDNAs were fluorescently labeled and hybridized on yeast DNA microarrays over night at 65 degrees. For a detailed procedure see http://microarray-pubs.stanford.edu/yeast_puf and also Gerber AP et al. PLoS Biology, 2004.
Project description:Based on previous DMS-Seq data that provides in vivo structural conformation of RNA, we here applied a streamlined RNA pull-down approach to study 186 evolutionary conserved RNA folds in S. cerevisiae. These folds bound 162 different proteins, with the majority known or inferred to be RNA-binding proteins. In contrast to global RNA interactome capture methods; we were able to associate individual messenger RNAs harboring conserved RNA folds with their set of bound regulating proteins. Our data suggests a more widespread function of tRNA synthetases as mRNA regulators. Using an in vivo RNA reporter screen, we show that specific mRNA-RBP pairs regulate protein expression, which connects structural RNA features recognized by the RNA-binding protein to functionality.
Project description:Abstract: Genes encoding RNA-binding proteins are diverse and abundant in eukaryotic genomes. Although some have been shown to have roles in post-transcriptional regulation of the expression of specific genes, few of these proteins have been studied systematically. We have used an affinity tag to isolate each of the five members of the Puf family of RNA-binding proteins in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and DNA microarrays to comprehensively identify the associated mRNAs. Distinct groups of 40-220 different mRNAs with striking common themes in the functions and subcellular localization of the proteins they encode are associated with each of the five Puf proteins: Puf3p binds nearly exclusively to cytoplasmic mRNAs that encode mitochondrial proteins; Puf1p and Puf2p interact preferentially with mRNAs encoding membrane-associated proteins; Puf4p preferentially binds mRNAs encoding nucleolar ribosomal RNA-processing factors; and Puf5p is associated with mRNAs encoding chromatin modifiers and components of the spindle pole body. We identified distinct sequence motifs in the 3'-untranslated regions of the mRNAs bound by Puf3p, Puf4p, and Puf5p. Three-hybrid assays confirmed the role of these motifs in specific RNA-protein interactions in vivo. The results suggest that combinatorial tagging of transcripts by specific RNA-binding proteins may be a general mechanism for coordinated control of the localization, translation, and decay of mRNAs and thus an integral part of the global gene expression program. This SuperSeries is composed of the SubSeries listed below.
Project description:PUF family proteins are among the best characterized regulatory RNA-binding proteins in non-mammalian species, but relatively little is known about mRNA targets or functions of mammalian PUF proteins. In this study, we used ribonomic analysis to identify and analyze mRNAs associated with ribonucleoproteins containing an endogenous human PUF protein, Pum1. Pum1 associated mRNAs were highly enriched for genes encoding proteins that function in transcriptional regulation and cell cycle/proliferation, results consistent with the post-transcriptional RNA regulon model and the proposed ancestral functions of PUF proteins in stem cell biology. Analysis of 3’UTR sequences of Pum1 associated mRNAs revealed a core Pum1 consensus sequence, UGUAHAUA. Pum1 knockdown demonstrated that Pum1 enhances decay of associated mRNAs, and re-localization of Pum1 to stress granules suggested that Pum1 functions in repression of translation. This study is the first in vivo genome-wide mRNA target identification of a mammalian PUF protein and provides direct evidence that human PUF proteins regulate stability of associated mRNAs. Comparison of Pum1 associated mRNAs to mRNA targets of PUF proteins from S. cerevisiae and Drosophila demonstrates how a well conserved RNA-binding domain and cognate binding sequence have been evolutionarily rewired to regulate the collective expression of different sets of functionally related genes. Keywords: RIP-chip
Project description:PUF proteins have become a leading scaffold for designing RNA-binding proteins to contact and control RNAs at will. We analyze the effects of that reengineering across the transcriptome in vivo for the first time. We show, by HITS-CLIP and PAR-CLIP, that S. cerevisiae Puf2p, a non-canonical PUF protein, binds more than 1000 mRNA targets. Puf2p binds multiple UAAU elements, unlike canonical PUF proteins. We also perform CLIP-seq on truncations of Puf2p, showing that its prion domain is dispensable for WT binding. We design a modified Puf2p to bind UAAG rather than UAAU, which allows us to align the protein with the binding site. In vivo, the redesigned protein binds UAAG sites. Its altered specificity redistributes the protein away from 3’UTRs, such that the protein tracks with its sites and binds throughout the mRNA. We use RNA-seq to determine that R1 SNE Puf2p represses a novel RNA network.