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Regulation of transcription termination by glucosylated hydroxymethyluracil, base J, in Leishmania major and Trypanosoma brucei
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- Base J, beta-d-glucosyl-hydroxymethyluracil, is an epigenetic modification of thymine in the nuclear DNA of flagellated protozoa of the order Kinetoplastida. J is enriched at sites involved in RNA polymerase ( RNAP) II initiation and termination. Reduction of J in Leishmania tarentolae via growth in BrdU resulted in cell death and indicated a role of J in the regulation of RNAP II termination. To further explore J function in RNAP II termination among kinetoplastids and avoid indirect effects associated with BrdU toxicity and genetic deletions,Base J, beta-d-glucosyl-hydroxymethyluracil, is an epigenetic modification of thymine in the nuclear DNA of flagellated protozoa of the order Kinetoplastida. J is enriched at sites involved in RNA polymerase ( RNAP) II initiation and termination. Reduction of J in Leishmania tarentolae via growth in BrdU resulted in cell death and indicated a role of J in the regulation of RNAP II termination. To further explore J function in RNAP II termination among kinetoplastids and avoid indirect effects associated with BrdU toxicity and genetic deletions, we inhibited J synthesis in Leishmania major and Trypanosoma brucei using DMOG. Reduction of J in L. major resulted in genome-wide defects in transcription termination at the end of polycistronic gene clusters and the generation of antisense RNAs, without cell death. In contrast, loss of J in T. brucei did not lead to genome-wide termination defects; however, the loss of J at specific sites within polycistronic gene clusters led to altered transcription termination and increased expression of downstream genes. Thus, J regulation of RNAP II transcription termination genome-wide is restricted to Leishmania spp., while in T. brucei it regulates termination and gene expression at specific sites within polycistronic gene clusters.…
Author: | David Reynolds, Laura Cliffe, Dr. Konrad U. FörstnerORCiDGND, Chung-Chau Hon, T. Nicolai Siegel, Robert Sabatini |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-117863 |
Document Type: | Journal article |
Faculties: | Medizinische Fakultät / Institut für Molekulare Infektionsbiologie |
Language: | English |
Parent Title (English): | Nucleic Acids Research |
Year of Completion: | 2014 |
Volume: | 42 |
Issue: | 15 |
Pagenumber: | 9717-9729 |
Source: | Nucleic Acids Research, 2014, Vol. 42, No. 15, 9717–9729. doi:10.1093/nar/gku714 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gku714 |
Pubmed Id: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25104019 |
Dewey Decimal Classification: | 6 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 61 Medizin und Gesundheit / 610 Medizin und Gesundheit |
Tag: | 5-bromodeoxyuridine; DNA glycosation; RNA-polymerase-II; SWI2/SNF2-like protein; gene expression; genome; hela cells; messenger RNA; polycistronic transcription; variant surface glycoprotein |
Release Date: | 2015/08/29 |
Licence (German): | CC BY: Creative-Commons-Lizenz: Namensnennung |