Identification of a regulated pathway for nuclear pre-mRNA turnover |
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Authors: | Bousquet-Antonelli C Presutti C Tollervey D |
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Institution: | Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology ICMB, University of Edinburgh, Scotland. |
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Abstract: | We have identified a nuclear pathway that rapidly degrades unspliced pre-mRNAs in yeast. This involves 3'-->5' degradation by the exosome complex and 5'-->3' degradation by the exonuclease Rat1p. 3'-->5' degradation is normally the major pathway and is regulated in response to carbon source. Inhibition of pre-mRNA degradation resulted in increased levels of pre-mRNAs and spliced mRNAs. When splicing was inhibited by mutation of a splicing factor, inhibition of turnover resulted in 20- to 50-fold accumulation of pre-mRNAs, accompanied by increased mRNA production. Splicing of a reporter construct with a 3' splice site mutation was also increased on inhibition of turnover, showing competition between degradation and splicing. We propose that nuclear pre-mRNA turnover represents a novel step in the regulation of gene expression. |
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