Targeted 3' processing of antisense transcripts triggers Arabidopsis FLC chromatin silencing
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Targeted 3' processing of antisense transcripts triggers Arabidopsis FLC chromatin silencing. / Liu, Fuquan; Marquardt, Sebastian; Lister, Clare; Swiezewski, Szymon; Dean, Caroline.
In: Science (New York, N.Y.), Vol. 327, No. 5961, 2010, p. 94-7.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Targeted 3' processing of antisense transcripts triggers Arabidopsis FLC chromatin silencing
AU - Liu, Fuquan
AU - Marquardt, Sebastian
AU - Lister, Clare
AU - Swiezewski, Szymon
AU - Dean, Caroline
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - Noncoding RNA is emerging as an important regulator of gene expression in many organisms. We are characterizing RNA-mediated chromatin silencing of the Arabidopsis major floral repressor gene, FLC. Through suppressor mutagenesis, we identify a requirement for CstF64 and CstF77, two conserved RNA 3'-end-processing factors, in FLC silencing. However, FLC sense transcript 3' processing is not affected in the mutants. Instead, CstF64 and CstF77 are required for 3' processing of FLC antisense transcripts. A specific RNA-binding protein directs their activity to a proximal antisense polyadenylation site. This targeted processing triggers localized histone demethylase activity and results in reduced FLC sense transcription. Targeted 3' processing of antisense transcripts may be a common mechanism triggering transcriptional silencing of the corresponding sense gene.
AB - Noncoding RNA is emerging as an important regulator of gene expression in many organisms. We are characterizing RNA-mediated chromatin silencing of the Arabidopsis major floral repressor gene, FLC. Through suppressor mutagenesis, we identify a requirement for CstF64 and CstF77, two conserved RNA 3'-end-processing factors, in FLC silencing. However, FLC sense transcript 3' processing is not affected in the mutants. Instead, CstF64 and CstF77 are required for 3' processing of FLC antisense transcripts. A specific RNA-binding protein directs their activity to a proximal antisense polyadenylation site. This targeted processing triggers localized histone demethylase activity and results in reduced FLC sense transcription. Targeted 3' processing of antisense transcripts may be a common mechanism triggering transcriptional silencing of the corresponding sense gene.
KW - Arabidopsis
KW - Arabidopsis Proteins
KW - Chromatin
KW - Cleavage Stimulation Factor
KW - Epistasis, Genetic
KW - Flowers
KW - Gene Expression Regulation, Plant
KW - Gene Silencing
KW - Histone Deacetylases
KW - MADS Domain Proteins
KW - Models, Genetic
KW - Polyadenylation
KW - RNA Processing, Post-Transcriptional
KW - RNA, Antisense
KW - RNA, Plant
KW - RNA-Binding Proteins
KW - Suppression, Genetic
KW - Transcription, Genetic
KW - mRNA Cleavage and Polyadenylation Factors
KW - Journal Article
KW - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
U2 - 10.1126/science.1180278
DO - 10.1126/science.1180278
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 19965720
VL - 327
SP - 94
EP - 97
JO - Science
JF - Science
SN - 0036-8075
IS - 5961
ER -
ID: 183164664