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Effect of hnRNP-like protein THO4 on growth and mRNA export in fission yeast

분열효모에서 hnRNP-유사 단백질인 THO4가 생장 및 mRNA 방출에 미치는 영향

  • Park, Jin Hee (School of Biological Science and Chemistry, Sungshin Women's University) ;
  • Lee, Sojeong (School of Biological Science and Chemistry, Sungshin Women's University) ;
  • Yoon, Jin Ho (School of Biological Science and Chemistry, Sungshin Women's University)
  • 박진희 (성신여자대학교 생명과학.화학부) ;
  • 이소정 (성신여자대학교 생명과학.화학부) ;
  • 윤진호 (성신여자대학교 생명과학.화학부)
  • Received : 2018.05.25
  • Accepted : 2018.06.11
  • Published : 2018.06.30
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Abstract

The evolutionally conserved TREX complex member, Yra1/ALY, belongs to the REF (RNA and export factor binding proteins) family of hnRNP-like proteins, which has been implicated in multiple processes including transcription, nuclear RNA stability, and mRNA export. Fission yeast, Schizosaccharomyces pombe, genome encodes two members of REF proteins. In addition to Mlo3 known previously as an mRNA export factor, there is the other REF protein, Tho4, which is predicted as a component of THO complex. Here we showed that deletion of tho4 (SPBC106.12c) gene does not inhibit both growth and nuclear mRNA export. However, overexpression of tho4 displays growth retardation and slight accumulation of $poly(A)^+$ RNA in the nucleus. Neither ${\Delta}tho4$ ${\Delta}mlo3$ nor ${\Delta}tho4$ ${\Delta}mex67$ double mutants exhibit additive growth defect. Moreover, yeast two-hybrid and co-immunoprecipitation analysis did not show that the Tho4 protein interacted with any members of TREX complex and mRNA export factor Rae1. Contrary to expectation, these observations support that the S. pombe Tho4 is not a component of TREX complex, and not directly involved in bulk mRNA export from the nucleus.

진화적으로 보존된 TREX 복합체의 구성요소인 Yra1/ALY는 hnRNP-유사 단백질의 REF (RNA와 방출인자 결합단백질) 계열에 속하는 단백질로서 전사, 핵 RNA의 안정성, mRNA의 핵에서 방출 등 여러 과정에 관여하는 것으로 알려져 있다. 분열효모 Schizosaccharomyces pombe의 게놈에는 2개의 REF 단백질을 암호화하고 있다. 이미 mRNA 방출인자로 알려진 Mlo3 이외에 THO 복합체의 구성인자로 예측되는 Tho4이 존재한다. 본 연구에서 tho4 (SPBC106.12c) 유전자의 결실이 생장과 mRNA의 방출에 영향을 주지 않는다는 것을 알았다. 그러나 tho4 유전자를 과발현시키면 생장이 늦어지고 $poly(A)^+$ RNA가 핵 안에 약간 축적되었다. ${\Delta}tho4$ ${\Delta}mlo3$와 ${\Delta}tho4$ ${\Delta}mex67$ 이 중 돌연변이는 어느 것도 추가적인 생장 결함을 보이지 않았다. 또한 Yeast two-hybrid와 공동침전(Co-immunoprecipitation) 분석에서 Tho4는 THO/TREX 복합체의 다른 구성인자들과 어떠한 상호작용도 보이지 않았다. 이와 같은 관찰결과들은 S. pombe의 Tho4 단백질이 기대와는 다르게THO/TREX 복합체의 구성인자가 아니며, mRNA 방출에도 직접 관여하지 않음을 의미한다.

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