Accumulation of noncoding RNA due to an RNase P defect in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

ABSTRACT: To investigate the possible range of additional RNase P substrates in vivo a strand-specific, high-density microarray was used to analyze what RNA accumulates with a mutation in the catalytic RNA subunit of nuclear RNase P in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. A wide variety of noncoding RNAs were shown to accumulate, suggesting nuclear RNase P participates in the turnover of normally unstable nuclear RNAs. In some cases, the accumulated noncoding RNAs were shown to be antisense to transcripts that commensurately decreased in abundance. Pre-mRNAs containing introns also accumulated broadly, consistent with either compromised splicing or failure to efficiently turnover pre-mRNAs that do not enter the splicing pathway. Taken together with the high complexity of the nuclear RNase P holoenzyme and its relatively non-specific capacity to bind and cleave mixed sequence RNAs, these data suggest nuclear RNase P facilitates turnover of nuclear RNAs in addition to its role in pre-tRNA biogenesis.

ORGANISM(S): Saccharomyces cerevisiae

SUBMITTER: Michael Marvin 

PROVIDER: E-MEXP-3140 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress