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Integrity of SRP RNA is ensured by La and the nuclear RNA quality control machinery

Lookup NU author(s): Eileen Leung, Dr Claudia SchneiderORCiD, Fu Yan, Hatem Mohi El Din, Dr Victoria Doronina, Dr Nick Watkins, Dr Jeremy Brown

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Abstract

The RNA component of signal recognition particle (SRP) is transcribed by RNA polymerase III, and most steps in SRP biogenesis occur in the nucleolus. Here, we examine processing and quality control of the yeast SRP RNA (scR1). In common with other pol III transcripts, scR1 terminates in a U-tract, and mature scR1 retains a U4-5 sequence at its 3' end. In cells lacking the exonuclease Rex1, scR1 terminates in a longer U5-6 tail that presumably represents the primary transcript. The 3' U-tract of scR1 is protected from aberrant processing by the La homologue, Lhp1 and overexpressed Lhp1 apparently competes with both the RNA surveillance system and SRP assembly factors. Unexpectedly, the TRAMP and exosome nuclear RNA surveillance complexes are also implicated in protecting the 3' end of scR1, which accumulates in the nucleolus of cells lacking the activities of these complexes. Misassembled scR1 has a primary degradation pathway in which Rrp6 acts early, followed by TRAMP-stimulated exonuclease degradation by the exosome. We conclude that the RNA surveillance machinery has key roles in both SRP biogenesis and quality control of the RNA, potentially facilitating the decision between these alternative fates.


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Author(s): Leung E, Schneider C, Yan F, Mohi-El-Din H, Kudla G, Tuck A, Wlotzka W, Doronina VA, Bartley R, Watkins NJ, Tollervey D, Brown JD

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Nucleic Acids Research

Year: 2014

Volume: 42

Issue: 16

Pages: 10698-10710

Print publication date: 15/09/2014

Online publication date: 26/08/2014

Acceptance date: 07/08/2014

Date deposited: 08/10/2014

ISSN (print): 0305-1048

ISSN (electronic): 1362-4962

Publisher: Oxford University Press

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/nar/gku761

DOI: 10.1093/nar/gku761

PubMed id: 25159613


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Funder referenceFunder name
Darwin Trust
BBSRC
077248Wellcome Trust
092076Wellcome Trust
086587Wellcome Trust
BB/D00816/1U.K. Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
UF100666Royal Society University Research Fellowship

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