The Lsm1-7 complex transiently interacts with the decapping machinery and plays a minor role in unstable mRNA degradation
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ABSTRACT: Like-SM proteins (Lsm) assemble into heptameric complexes that are conserved in eukaryotes. The Lsm2-8 complex is involved in the function of spliceosomal RNAs, whereas the Lsm1-7/Pat1 complex associates with decapping complexes in the cytoplasm. It was proposed that the role of Lsm1-7 is to recruit the decapping machinery to unstable mRNA that are rapidly deadenylated. However, the role of deadenylation in RNA stability has been challenged by recent studies in yeast and other organisms. To better understand the potential role of Lsm1 in the degradation of unstable transcripts, we investigated the effects of rapid depletion of Lsm1 in an inducible degron system on transcripts degraded by decapping activation during nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD). In contrast to previous studies that used deletion of LSM1, Lsm1 depletion, led to a slight increase in the abundance of NMD substrates, similar to what is observed following a minimal perturbation of decapping.
ORGANISM(S): Saccharomyces cerevisiae
PROVIDER: GSE303057 | GEO | 2025/07/31
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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