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Gillis A, Berry S. Global control of RNA polymerase II. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA. GENE REGULATORY MECHANISMS 2024; 1867:195024. [PMID: 38552781 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2024.195024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2023] [Revised: 03/15/2024] [Accepted: 03/18/2024] [Indexed: 04/11/2024]
Abstract
RNA polymerase II (Pol II) is the multi-protein complex responsible for transcribing all protein-coding messenger RNA (mRNA). Most research on gene regulation is focused on the mechanisms controlling which genes are transcribed when, or on the mechanics of transcription. How global Pol II activity is determined receives comparatively less attention. Here, we follow the life of a Pol II molecule from 'assembly of the complex' to nuclear import, enzymatic activity, and degradation. We focus on how Pol II spends its time in the nucleus, and on the two-way relationship between Pol II abundance and activity in the context of homeostasis and global transcriptional changes.
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Affiliation(s)
- Alexander Gillis
- EMBL Australia Node in Single Molecule Science, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia; UNSW RNA Institute, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia; Department of Molecular Medicine, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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- EMBL Australia Node in Single Molecule Science, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia; UNSW RNA Institute, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia; Department of Molecular Medicine, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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Félix-Pérez T, Mora-García M, Rebolloso-Gómez Y, DelaGarza-Varela A, Castro-Velázquez G, Peña-Gómez SG, Riego-Ruiz L, Sánchez-Olea R, Calera MR. Translation initiation factor eIF1A rescues hygromycin B sensitivity caused by deleting the carboxy-terminal tail in the GPN-loop GTPase Npa3. FEBS J 2024. [PMID: 38431777 DOI: 10.1111/febs.17106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2023] [Revised: 12/20/2023] [Accepted: 02/20/2024] [Indexed: 03/05/2024]
Abstract
The essential yeast protein GPN-loop GTPase 1 (Npa3) plays a critical role in RNA polymerase II (RNAPII) assembly and subsequent nuclear import. We previously identified a synthetic lethal interaction between a mutant lacking the carboxy-terminal 106-amino acid tail of Npa3 (npa3ΔC) and a bud27Δ mutant. As the prefoldin-like Bud27 protein participates in ribosome biogenesis and translation, we hypothesized that Npa3 may also regulate these biological processes. We investigated this proposal by using Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains episomally expressing either wild-type Npa3 or hypomorphic mutants (Npa3ΔC, Npa3K16R, and Npa3G70A). The Npa3ΔC mutant fully supports RNAPII nuclear localization and activity. However, the Npa3K16R and Npa3G70A mutants only partially mediate RNAPII nuclear targeting and exhibit a higher reduction in Npa3 function. Cell proliferation in these strains displayed an increased sensitivity to protein synthesis inhibitors hygromycin B and geneticin/G418 (npa3G70A > npa3K16R > npa3ΔC > NPA3 cells) but not to transcriptional elongation inhibitors 6-azauracil, mycophenolic acid or 1,10-phenanthroline. In all three mutant strains, the increase in sensitivity to both aminoglycoside antibiotics was totally rescued by expressing NPA3. Protein synthesis, visualized by quantifying puromycin incorporation into nascent-polypeptide chains, was markedly more sensitive to hygromycin B inhibition in npa3ΔC, npa3K16R, and npa3G70A than NPA3 cells. Notably, high-copy expression of the TIF11 gene, that encodes the eukaryotic translation initiation factor 1A (eIF1A) protein, completely suppressed both phenotypes (of reduced basal cell growth and increased sensitivity to hygromycin B) in npa3ΔC cells but not npa3K16R or npa3G70A cells. We conclude that Npa3 plays a critical RNAPII-independent and previously unrecognized role in translation initiation.
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- Tania Félix-Pérez
- Instituto de Física, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, Mexico
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- División de Biología Molecular, IPICYT, San Luis Potosí, Mexico
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- Instituto de Física, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, Mexico
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Goldtzvik Y, Sen N, Lam SD, Orengo C. Protein diversification through post-translational modifications, alternative splicing, and gene duplication. Curr Opin Struct Biol 2023; 81:102640. [PMID: 37354790 DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2023.102640] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2023] [Revised: 05/05/2023] [Accepted: 05/24/2023] [Indexed: 06/26/2023]
Abstract
Proteins provide the basis for cellular function. Having multiple versions of the same protein within a single organism provides a way of regulating its activity or developing novel functions. Post-translational modifications of proteins, by means of adding/removing chemical groups to amino acids, allow for a well-regulated and controlled way of generating functionally distinct protein species. Alternative splicing is another method with which organisms possibly generate new isoforms. Additionally, gene duplication events throughout evolution generate multiple paralogs of the same genes, resulting in multiple versions of the same protein within an organism. In this review, we discuss recent advancements in the study of these three methods of protein diversification and provide illustrative examples of how they affect protein structure and function.
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- Yonathan Goldtzvik
- Department of Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London, London, United Kingdom. https://twitter.com/@NeeladriSen
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- Department of Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London, London, United Kingdom; Department of Applied Physics, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Malaysia
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- Department of Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London, London, United Kingdom.
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Ma L, Wang L, Gao M, Zhang X, Zhao X, Xie D, Zhang J, Wang Z, Hou L, Zeng F. Rtr1 is required for Rpb1-Rpb2 assembly of RNAPII and prevents their cytoplasmic clump formation. FASEB J 2022; 36:e22585. [PMID: 36190433 DOI: 10.1096/fj.202200698rr] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2022] [Revised: 09/03/2022] [Accepted: 09/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
Abstract
RNA polymerase II (RNAPII) is an essential machinery for catalyzing mRNA synthesis and controlling cell fate in eukaryotes. Although the structure and function of RNAPII have been relatively defined, the molecular mechanism of its assembly process is not clear. The identification and functional analysis of assembly factors will provide new understanding to transcription regulation. In this study, we identify that RTR1, a known transcription regulator, is a new multicopy genetic suppressor of mutants of assembly factors Gpn3, Gpn2, and Rba50. We demonstrate that Rtr1 is directly required to assemble the two largest subunits of RNAPII by coordinating with Gpn3 and Npa3. Deletion of RTR1 leads to cytoplasmic clumping of RNAPII subunit and multiple copies of RTR1 can inhibit the formation of cytoplasmic clump of RNAPII subunit in gpn3-9 mutant, indicating a new layer function of Rtr1 in checking proper assembly of RNAPII. In addition, we find that disrupted activity of Rtr1 phosphatase does not trigger the formation of cytoplasmic clump of RNAPII subunit in a catalytically inactive mutant of RTR1. Based on these results, we conclude that Rtr1 cooperates with Gpn3 and Npa3 to assemble RNAPII core.
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- Lujie Ma
- State Key Laboratory of North China Crop Improvement and Regulation, Baoding, China.,College of Life Sciences, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, China
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- State Key Laboratory of North China Crop Improvement and Regulation, Baoding, China.,College of Science & Technology, Hebei Agricultural University, Cangzhou, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, China
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- State Key Laboratory of North China Crop Improvement and Regulation, Baoding, China.,College of Life Sciences, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, China
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Synthetic negative genome screen of the GPN-loop GTPase NPA3 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Curr Genet 2022; 68:343-360. [PMID: 35660944 DOI: 10.1007/s00294-022-01243-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2021] [Revised: 04/21/2022] [Accepted: 04/30/2022] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
Abstract
The GPN-loop GTPase Npa3 is encoded by an essential gene in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Npa3 plays a critical role in the assembly and nuclear accumulation of RNA polymerase II (RNAPII), a function that may explain its essentiality. Genetic interactions describe the extent to which a mutation in a particular gene affects a specific phenotype when co-occurring with an alteration in a second gene. Discovering synthetic negative genetic interactions has long been used as a tool to delineate the functional relatedness between pairs of genes participating in common or compensatory biological pathways. Previously, our group showed that nuclear targeting and transcriptional activity of RNAPII were unaffected in cells expressing exclusively a C-terminal truncated mutant version of Npa3 (npa3∆C) lacking the last 106 residues naturally absent from the single GPN protein in Archaea, but universally conserved in all Npa3 orthologs of eukaryotes. To gain insight into novel cellular functions for Npa3, we performed here a genome-wide Synthetic Genetic Array (SGA) study coupled to bulk fluorescence monitoring to identify negative genetic interactions of NPA3 by crossing an npa3∆C strain with a 4,389 nonessential gene-deletion collection. This genetic screen revealed previously unknown synthetic negative interactions between NPA3 and 15 genes. Our results revealed that the Npa3 C-terminal tail extension regulates the participation of this essential GTPase in previously unknown biological processes related to mitochondrial homeostasis and ribosome biogenesis.
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Npa3-Gpn3 cooperate to assemble RNA polymerase II and prevent clump of its subunits in the cytoplasm. Int J Biol Macromol 2022; 206:837-848. [PMID: 35314265 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2022.03.081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2022] [Revised: 03/11/2022] [Accepted: 03/13/2022] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
Abstract
RNA polymerase II (RNAPII) is an essential machinery in eukaryotes that catalyzes mRNA synthesis and controls cell fate. Although the structure and function of RNAPII are relatively well defined, the molecular mechanism of its assembly process is poorly understood. Three members of GPN-loop GTPase family Npa3/Gpn1, Gpn2, and Gpn3 participate in the biogenesis of RNAPII with non-redundant roles. In this study, we demonstrate that Gpn3 and Npa3 directly participate in the assembly of the two largest subunits during biogenesis of RNAPII. When Gpn3 is defective, assembly of RNAPII is disrupted, leading to cytoplasmic foci of RNAPII subunits. Long-term assembly factor defects will lead to the accumulation of different kind of newly synthesized RNAPII subunits in the cytoplasm to form foci, and this can be prevented by recovery of the defective assembly factor. Cytoplasmic foci of RNAPII subunits in mutants of these assembly factors reveals a new cellular rescue response named the 'RNAPII assembly stress response'.
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Xie D, Zhao X, Ma L, Wang L, Li P, Cheng H, Li Z, Zeng P, Zhang J, Zeng F. Rba50 and Gpn2 recruit the second largest subunits for the assembly of RNA polymerase II and III. Int J Biol Macromol 2022; 204:565-575. [PMID: 35176321 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2022.02.052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2022] [Revised: 02/09/2022] [Accepted: 02/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
Abstract
Although remarkable progress has been made toward understanding the structures of eukaryotic RNA polymerases, the pathways and factors that facilitate their assembly remain unresolved. Essential proteins Rba50 and Gpn2 are required for Rpb3 subcomplex assembly, but whether they participate in subsequent assembly steps is unknown. Herein, we performed comprehensive genetic screens to explore Rba50 function. We identified two unique extragenic rba50-3-suppressing mutations that map to genes encoding the Rba50-interacting protein Gpn2, and Rpb2, the second largest subunit of RNAPII. Both gpn2-R347S and rpb2-V1171G variants bypass Rpb1 cytoplasmic arrest and temperature-sensitive growth defects of the rba50-3 mutant. GPN2 and RPB2 were also identified as novel multicopy suppressors of the rba50-3 mutant. Rapid depletion of Rba50 affected Rpb3-Rpb2 association during RNAPII assembly. Importantly, we demonstrated that Gpn2 facilitates the association of Rba50 and Rpb2. Our results imply that Rba50-Gpn2 interaction is essential for Rpb2 recruitment during RNAPII assembly following Rpb3 subcomplex assembly. Furthermore, the Rba50-Gpn2 complex appears to play a similar role in the assembly of RNAPIII. We therefore propose a model in which Rba50 interacts with Gpn2 and thereby promotes loading of the second largest subunit of RNAP II and III onto the previously assembled subcomplex.
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- Debao Xie
- State Key Laboratory of North China Crop Improvement and Regulation, Baoding, Hebei 071001, China; College of Life Sciences, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, Hebei 071001, China
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- State Key Laboratory of North China Crop Improvement and Regulation, Baoding, Hebei 071001, China; College of Life Sciences, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, Hebei 071001, China
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- State Key Laboratory of North China Crop Improvement and Regulation, Baoding, Hebei 071001, China; College of Life Sciences, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, Hebei 071001, China
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- State Key Laboratory of North China Crop Improvement and Regulation, Baoding, Hebei 071001, China; College of Life Sciences, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, Hebei 071001, China
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- State Key Laboratory of North China Crop Improvement and Regulation, Baoding, Hebei 071001, China; College of Life Sciences, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, Hebei 071001, China
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- State Key Laboratory of North China Crop Improvement and Regulation, Baoding, Hebei 071001, China; College of Life Sciences, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, Hebei 071001, China
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- State Key Laboratory of North China Crop Improvement and Regulation, Baoding, Hebei 071001, China; College of Life Sciences, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, Hebei 071001, China
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- State Key Laboratory of North China Crop Improvement and Regulation, Baoding, Hebei 071001, China; College of Life Sciences, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, Hebei 071001, China
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- State Key Laboratory of North China Crop Improvement and Regulation, Baoding, Hebei 071001, China; College of Life Sciences, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, Hebei 071001, China
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- State Key Laboratory of North China Crop Improvement and Regulation, Baoding, Hebei 071001, China; College of Life Sciences, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, Hebei 071001, China.
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Ball CB, Parida M, Santana JF, Spector BM, Suarez GA, Price DH. Nuclear export restricts Gdown1 to a mitotic function. Nucleic Acids Res 2022; 50:1908-1926. [PMID: 35048979 PMCID: PMC8887472 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkac015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2021] [Revised: 12/22/2021] [Accepted: 01/14/2022] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
Abstract
Approximately half of purified mammalian RNA polymerase II (Pol II) is associated with a tightly interacting sub-stoichiometric subunit, Gdown1. Previous studies have established that Gdown1 inhibits transcription initiation through competitive interactions with general transcription factors and blocks the Pol II termination activity of transcription termination factor 2 (TTF2). However, the biological functions of Gdown1 remain poorly understood. Here, we utilized genetic, microscopic, and multi-omics approaches to functionally characterize Gdown1 in three human cell lines. Acute depletion of Gdown1 caused minimal direct effects on transcription. We show that Gdown1 resides predominantly in the cytoplasm of interphase cells, shuttles between the cytoplasm and nucleus, and is regulated by nuclear export. Gdown1 enters the nucleus at the onset of mitosis. Consistently, genetic ablation of Gdown1 is associated with partial de-repression of mitotic transcription, and Gdown1 KO cells present with evidence of aberrant mitoses coupled to p53 pathway activation. Evidence is presented demonstrating that Gdown1 modulates the combined functions of purified productive elongation factors PAF1C, RTF1, SPT6, DSIF and P-TEFb in vitro. Collectively, our findings support a model wherein the Pol II-regulatory function of Gdown1 occurs during mitosis and is required for genome integrity.
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- Christopher B Ball
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
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Meng Y, Zeng F, Hu J, Li P, Xiao S, Zhou L, Gong J, Liu Y, Hao Z, Cao Z, Dong J. Novel factors contributing to fungal pathogenicity at early stages of Setosphaeria turcica infection. MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY 2022; 23:32-44. [PMID: 34628700 PMCID: PMC8659557 DOI: 10.1111/mpp.13140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2021] [Revised: 09/07/2021] [Accepted: 09/07/2021] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
Abstract
The fungal pathogen Setosphaeria turcica causes leaf blight on maize, which leads to considerable crop losses. However, how S. turcica establishes sustained systemic infection is largely unknown. Here, we report several novel factors contributing to S. turcica pathogenicity, identified using a genomic and transcriptional screen at different stages of S. turcica appressorium development. We identified two cytoskeleton regulators, SLM1 and SLM2, that are crucial for hypha and appressorium development. The SLM1 and SLM2 transcripts accumulated during germling stage but their levels were notably reduced at the appressorium stage. Deletion of SLM2 dramatically affected cell morphology, penetration ability, and pathogenicity. We also identified three different types of S. turcica glycosyl hydrolases that are critical for plant cell wall degradation. Their transcripts accumulated during the appressorium infection stage induced by cellophane and maize leaf. Most importantly, we characterized a novel and specific S. turcica effector, appressorium-coupled effector 1 (StACE1), whose expression is coupled to appressorium formation in S. turcica. This protein is required for maize infection and induces cell death on expression in Nicotiana benthamiana. These observations suggest that the phytopathogen S. turcica is primed in advance with multiple strategies for maize infection, which are coupled to appressorium formation at the early infection stages.
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- Yanan Meng
- State Key Laboratory of North China Crop Improvement and RegulationBaodingChina
- College of Life SciencesHebei Agricultural UniversityBaodingChina
- Key Laboratory of Hebei Province for Plant Physiology and Molecular PathologyHebeiChina
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- State Key Laboratory of North China Crop Improvement and RegulationBaodingChina
- College of Life SciencesHebei Agricultural UniversityBaodingChina
- Key Laboratory of Hebei Province for Plant Physiology and Molecular PathologyHebeiChina
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- State Key Laboratory of North China Crop Improvement and RegulationBaodingChina
- College of Life SciencesHebei Agricultural UniversityBaodingChina
- Key Laboratory of Hebei Province for Plant Physiology and Molecular PathologyHebeiChina
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- State Key Laboratory of North China Crop Improvement and RegulationBaodingChina
- College of Life SciencesHebei Agricultural UniversityBaodingChina
- Key Laboratory of Hebei Province for Plant Physiology and Molecular PathologyHebeiChina
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- State Key Laboratory of North China Crop Improvement and RegulationBaodingChina
- College of Life SciencesHebei Agricultural UniversityBaodingChina
- Key Laboratory of Hebei Province for Plant Physiology and Molecular PathologyHebeiChina
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- State Key Laboratory of North China Crop Improvement and RegulationBaodingChina
- College of Life SciencesHebei Agricultural UniversityBaodingChina
- Key Laboratory of Hebei Province for Plant Physiology and Molecular PathologyHebeiChina
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- Key Laboratory of Hebei Province for Plant Physiology and Molecular PathologyHebeiChina
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- State Key Laboratory of North China Crop Improvement and RegulationBaodingChina
- College of Life SciencesHebei Agricultural UniversityBaodingChina
- Key Laboratory of Hebei Province for Plant Physiology and Molecular PathologyHebeiChina
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- State Key Laboratory of North China Crop Improvement and RegulationBaodingChina
- College of Life SciencesHebei Agricultural UniversityBaodingChina
- Key Laboratory of Hebei Province for Plant Physiology and Molecular PathologyHebeiChina
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- State Key Laboratory of North China Crop Improvement and RegulationBaodingChina
- Key Laboratory of Hebei Province for Plant Physiology and Molecular PathologyHebeiChina
- College of Plant ProtectionHebei Agricultural UniversityBaodingChina
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- State Key Laboratory of North China Crop Improvement and RegulationBaodingChina
- Key Laboratory of Hebei Province for Plant Physiology and Molecular PathologyHebeiChina
- College of Plant ProtectionHebei Agricultural UniversityBaodingChina
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Garrido-Godino AI, Gutiérrez-Santiago F, Navarro F. Biogenesis of RNA Polymerases in Yeast. Front Mol Biosci 2021; 8:669300. [PMID: 34026841 PMCID: PMC8136413 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2021.669300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2021] [Accepted: 03/31/2021] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
Abstract
Eukaryotic RNA polymerases (RNA pols) transcriptional processes have been extensively investigated, and the structural analysis of eukaryotic RNA pols has been explored. However, the global assembly and biogenesis of these heteromultimeric complexes have been narrowly studied. Despite nuclear transcription being carried out by three RNA polymerases in eukaryotes (five in plants) with specificity in the synthesis of different RNA types, the biogenesis process has been proposed to be similar, at least for RNA pol II, to that of bacteria, which contains only one RNA pol. The formation of three different interacting subassembly complexes to conform the complete enzyme in the cytoplasm, prior to its nuclear import, has been assumed. In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, recent studies have examined in depth the biogenesis of RNA polymerases by characterizing some elements involved in the assembly of these multisubunit complexes, some of which are conserved in humans. This study reviews the latest studies governing the mechanisms and proteins described as being involved in the biogenesis of RNA polymerases in yeast.
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- Ana I Garrido-Godino
- Departamento de Biología Experimental-Genética, Universidad de Jaén, Jaén, Spain
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- Departamento de Biología Experimental-Genética, Universidad de Jaén, Jaén, Spain.,Centro de Estudios Avanzados en Aceite de Oliva y Olivar, Universidad de Jaén, Jaén, Spain
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