Publikationsdatum:
2015-05-15
Beschreibung:
It is generally believed that splicing removes introns as single units from precursor messenger RNA transcripts. However, some long Drosophila melanogaster introns contain a cryptic site, known as a recursive splice site (RS-site), that enables a multi-step process of intron removal termed recursive splicing. The extent to which recursive splicing occurs in other species and its mechanistic basis have not been examined. Here we identify highly conserved RS-sites in genes expressed in the mammalian brain that encode proteins functioning in neuronal development. Moreover, the RS-sites are found in some of the longest introns across vertebrates. We find that vertebrate recursive splicing requires initial definition of an 'RS-exon' that follows the RS-site. The RS-exon is then excluded from the dominant mRNA isoform owing to competition with a reconstituted 5' splice site formed at the RS-site after the first splicing step. Conversely, the RS-exon is included when preceded by cryptic promoters or exons that fail to reconstitute an efficient 5' splice site. Most RS-exons contain a premature stop codon such that their inclusion can decrease mRNA stability. Thus, by establishing a binary splicing switch, RS-sites demarcate different mRNA isoforms emerging from long genes by coupling cryptic elements with inclusion of RS-exons.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4471124/" target="_blank"〉〈img src="https://static.pubmed.gov/portal/portal3rc.fcgi/4089621/img/3977009" border="0"〉〈/a〉 〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4471124/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Sibley, Christopher R -- Emmett, Warren -- Blazquez, Lorea -- Faro, Ana -- Haberman, Nejc -- Briese, Michael -- Trabzuni, Daniah -- Ryten, Mina -- Weale, Michael E -- Hardy, John -- Modic, Miha -- Curk, Tomaz -- Wilson, Stephen W -- Plagnol, Vincent -- Ule, Jernej -- 104682/Wellcome Trust/United Kingdom -- 206726/European Research Council/International -- 617837/European Research Council/International -- G0802462/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom -- G0901254/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom -- MC_U105185858/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom -- U105185858/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom -- Wellcome Trust/United Kingdom -- England -- Nature. 2015 May 21;521(7552):371-5. doi: 10.1038/nature14466. Epub 2015 May 13.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉1] Department of Molecular Neuroscience, UCL Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG, UK [2] MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge CB2 0QH, UK. ; University College London Genetics Institute, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK. ; Department of Molecular Neuroscience, UCL Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG, UK. ; Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK. ; 1] MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge CB2 0QH, UK [2] Institute for Clinical Neurobiology, University of Wurzburg, Versbacherstr. 5, 97078, Wurzburg, Germany. ; 1] Department of Molecular Neuroscience, UCL Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG, UK [2] Department of Genetics, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh 11211, Saudi Arabia. ; 1] Department of Molecular Neuroscience, UCL Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG, UK [2] Department of Medical &Molecular Genetics, King's College London, Guy's Hospital, London SE1 9RT, UK. ; Department of Medical &Molecular Genetics, King's College London, Guy's Hospital, London SE1 9RT, UK. ; 1] MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge CB2 0QH, UK [2] Institute of Stem Cell Research, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Helmholtz Center Munich, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany. ; Faculty of Computer and Information Science, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25970246" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Schlagwort(e):
Animals
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Ankyrins/genetics
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Base Sequence
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Brain/cytology/metabolism
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Cell Adhesion Molecules/genetics
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Codon, Terminator/genetics
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Drosophila melanogaster/genetics
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Exons/genetics
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Female
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Frontal Lobe/cytology/metabolism
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Humans
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Immunoglobulins/genetics
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Introns/genetics
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Male
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Promoter Regions, Genetic/genetics
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RNA Isoforms/genetics/metabolism
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RNA Splice Sites/genetics
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RNA Splicing/*genetics
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RNA Stability/genetics
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Vertebrates/*genetics
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Zebrafish/embryology/genetics
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Zebrafish Proteins/genetics
Print ISSN:
0028-0836
Digitale ISSN:
1476-4687
Thema:
Biologie
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Chemie und Pharmazie
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Medizin
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Allgemeine Naturwissenschaft
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Physik
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