scholarly journals Coordinated Dynamics of RNA Splicing Speckles in the Nucleus

2015 ◽  
Vol 231 (6) ◽  
pp. 1269-1275 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qiao Zhang ◽  
Krishna P. Kota ◽  
Samer G. Alam ◽  
Jeffrey A. Nickerson ◽  
Richard B. Dickinson ◽  
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2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Saikat Bhattacharya ◽  
Michaella J. Levy ◽  
Ning Zhang ◽  
Hua Li ◽  
Laurence Florens ◽  
...  

AbstractHeterogeneous ribonucleoproteins (hnRNPs) are RNA binding molecules that are involved in key processes such as RNA splicing and transcription. One such hnRNP protein, hnRNP L, regulates alternative splicing (AS) by binding to pre-mRNA transcripts. However, it is unclear what factors contribute to hnRNP L-regulated AS events. Using proteomic approaches, we identified several key factors that co-purify with hnRNP L. We demonstrate that one such factor, the histone methyltransferase SETD2, specifically interacts with hnRNP L in vitro and in vivo. This interaction occurs through a previously uncharacterized domain in SETD2, the SETD2-hnRNP Interaction (SHI) domain, the deletion of which, leads to a reduced H3K36me3 deposition. Functionally, SETD2 regulates a subset of hnRNP L-targeted AS events. Our findings demonstrate that SETD2, by interacting with Pol II as well as hnRNP L, can mediate the crosstalk between the transcription and the splicing machinery.


2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuting Wang ◽  
Qin Zou ◽  
Fajin Li ◽  
Wenwei Zhao ◽  
Hui Xu ◽  
...  

AbstractA major part of the transcriptome complexity is attributed to multiple types of DNA or RNA fusion events, which take place within a gene such as alternative splicing or between different genes such as DNA rearrangement and trans-splicing. In the present study, using the RNA deep sequencing data, we systematically survey a type of non-canonical fusions between the RNA transcripts from the two opposite DNA strands. We name the products of such fusion events cross-strand chimeric RNA (cscRNA). Hundreds to thousands of cscRNAs can be found in human normal tissues, primary cells, and cancerous cells, and in other species as well. Although cscRNAs exhibit strong tissue-specificity, our analysis identifies thousands of recurrent cscRNAs found in multiple different samples. cscRNAs are mostly originated from convergent transcriptions of the annotated genes and their anti-sense DNA. The machinery of cscRNA biogenesis is unclear, but the cross-strand junction events show some features related to RNA splicing. The present study is a comprehensive survey of the non-canonical cross-strand RNA junction events, a resource for further characterization of the originations and functions of the cscRNAs.


1993 ◽  
Vol 268 (3) ◽  
pp. 2268
Author(s):  
C.A. Johnson ◽  
P. Densen ◽  
R.K. Hurford ◽  
H.R. Colten ◽  
R.A. Wetsel

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