Alternative polyadenylation in a family of paralogousEPB41genes generates protein 4.1 diversity
| Autor: | Miguel A. Alonso, Ana Ruiz-Saenz, Isabel Correas, Laura Rangel, Eva Lospitao |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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0301 basic medicine
DNA Complementary Transcription Genetic Polyadenylation Biology 03 medical and health sciences Humans Coding region RNA Messenger 3' Untranslated Regions Molecular Biology Gene Genetics Base Sequence 030102 biochemistry & molecular biology Three prime untranslated region Neuropeptides Alternative splicing Intron Brain Membrane Proteins Exons Cell Biology Introns Alternative Splicing Cytoskeletal Proteins 030104 developmental biology Gene Expression Regulation Membrane protein Organ Specificity RNA splicing Research Paper |
| Zdroj: | RNA Biology. 14:236-244 |
| ISSN: | 1555-8584 1547-6286 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/15476286.2016.1270003 |
| Popis: | Alternative polyadenylation (APA) is a step in mRNA 3'-end processing that contributes to the complexity of the transcriptome by generating isoforms that differ in either their coding sequence or their 3'-untranslated regions (UTRs). The EPB41 genes, EPB41, EPB41L2, EPB41L3 and EPB41L1, encode an impressively complex array of structural adaptor proteins (designated 4.1R, 4.1G, 4.1B and 4.1N, respectively) by using alternative transcriptional promoters and tissue-specific alternative pre-mRNA splicing. The great variety of 4.1 proteins mainly results from 5'-end and internal processing of the EPB41 pre-mRNAs. Thus, 4.1 proteins can vary in their N-terminal extensions but all contain a highly homologous C-terminal domain (CTD). Here we study a new group of EPB41-related mRNAs that originate by APA and lack the exons encoding the CTD characteristic of prototypical 4.1 proteins, thereby encoding a new type of 4.1 protein. For the EPB41 gene, this type of processing was observed in all 11 human tissues analyzed. Comparative genomic analysis of EPB41 indicates that APA is conserved in various mammals. In addition, we show that APA also functions for the EPB41L2, EPB41L3 and EPB41L1 genes, but in a more restricted manner in the case of the latter 2 than it does for the EPB41 and EPB41L2 genes. Our study shows alternative polyadenylation to be an additional mechanism for the generation of 4.1 protein diversity in the already complex EPB41-related genes. Understanding the diversity of EPB41 RNA processing is essential for a full appreciation of the many 4.1 proteins expressed in normal and pathological tissues. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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