Conserved sequence-specific lincRNA-steroid receptor interactions drive transcriptional repression and direct cell fate.

ABSTRACT: The majority of the eukaryotic genome is transcribed, generating a significant number of long intergenic noncoding RNAs (lincRNAs). Although lincRNAs represent the most poorly understood product of transcription, recent work has shown lincRNAs fulfill important cellular functions. In addition to low sequence conservation, poor understanding of structural mechanisms driving lincRNA biology hinders systematic prediction of their function. Here we report the molecular requirements for the recognition of steroid receptors (SRs) by the lincRNA growth arrest-specific 5 (Gas5), which regulates steroid-mediated transcriptional regulation, growth arrest and apoptosis. We identify the functional Gas5-SR interface and generate point mutations that ablate the SR-Gas5 lincRNA interaction, altering Gas5

SUBMITTER: Hudson WH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4280027 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature