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The Nrd1-like protein Seb1 coordinates cotranscriptional 3′ end processing and polyadenylation site selection

Lemay, J-F; Marguerat, S; Larochelle, M; Liu, X; Van Nues, R; Hunyadkurti, J; Hoque, M; ... Bachand, F; + view all (2016) The Nrd1-like protein Seb1 coordinates cotranscriptional 3′ end processing and polyadenylation site selection. Genes and Development , 30 (13) pp. 1558-1572. 10.1101/gad.280222.116. Green open access

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Abstract

Termination of RNA polymerase II (RNAPII) transcription is associated with RNA 3′ end formation. For coding genes, termination is initiated by the cleavage/polyadenylation machinery. In contrast, a majority of noncoding transcription events in Saccharomyces cerevisiae does not rely on RNA cleavage for termination but instead terminates via a pathway that requires the Nrd1–Nab3–Sen1 (NNS) complex. Here we show that the Schizosaccharomyces pombe ortholog of Nrd1, Seb1, does not function in NNS-like termination but promotes polyadenylation site selection of coding and noncoding genes. We found that Seb1 associates with 3′ end processing factors, is enriched at the 3′ end of genes, and binds RNA motifs downstream from cleavage sites. Importantly, a deficiency in Seb1 resulted in widespread changes in 3′ untranslated region (UTR) length as a consequence of increased alternative polyadenylation. Given that Seb1 levels affected the recruitment of conserved 3′ end processing factors, our findings indicate that the conserved RNA-binding protein Seb1 cotranscriptionally controls alternative polyadenylation.

Type: Article
Title: The Nrd1-like protein Seb1 coordinates cotranscriptional 3′ end processing and polyadenylation site selection
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1101/gad.280222.116
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/gad.280222.116
Language: English
Additional information: Copyright © 2016 Lemay et al.; Published by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press. This article is distributed exclusively by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press for the first six months after the full-issue publication date (see http://genesdev.cshlp.org/site/misc/terms.xhtml). After six months, it is available under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International), as described at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.
Keywords: 3′ end processing, Nrd1 polyadenylation, S. pombe, Seb1, transcription termination
UCL classification: UCL
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UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > Div of Biosciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > Div of Biosciences > Genetics, Evolution and Environment
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UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Cancer Institute
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Cancer Institute > Research Department of Cancer Bio
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1504684
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