Hypermethylated capped selenoprotein mRNAs in mammals

ABSTRACT: Mammalian mRNAs are generated by complex and coordinated biogenesis pathways and acquire 5'-end m7G caps that play fundamental roles in processing and translation. Here we show that several selenoprotein mRNAs are not recognized efficiently by translation initiation factor eIF4E because they bear a hypermethylated cap. This cap modification is acquired via a 5M-bM-^@M-^Yend maturation pathway similar to that of the small nucle(ol)ar RNAs (sn- and snoRNAs). Our findings also establish that the trimethylguanosine synthase 1 (Tgs1) interacts with selenoprotein mRNAs for cap hypermethylation and that assembly chaperones and core proteins devoted to sn- and snoRNP maturation contribute to recruiting Tgs1 to selenoprotein mRNPs. We further demonstrate that the hypermethylated-capped selenoprotei

ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens

SUBMITTER: Edouard BERTRAND 

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-57625 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress