Project description:Mobile genetic elements threaten genome integrity in all organisms. MUT-2/RDE-3 is a ribonucleotidyltransferase required for transposon silencing and RNA interference (RNAi) in C. elegans. When tethered to RNAs in heterologous expression systems, RDE-3 can add long stretches of alternating non-templated uridine (U) and guanosine (G) ribonucleotides to the 3’ termini of these RNAs (polyUG or pUG tails). Here, we show that, in its natural context in C. elegans, RDE-3 adds pUG tails to transposon RNAs, as well as to targets of RNAi. pUG tails with more than 16 perfectly alternating 3’ U and G nucleotides convert RNA fragments into agents of gene silencing. pUG tails promote gene silencing by recruiting RNA-dependent RNA Polymerases (RdRPs), which use pUG-tailed RNAs (pUG RNAs) as templates to synthesize small interfering RNAs (siRNAs). Our results show that cycles of pUG RNA-templated siRNA synthesis and siRNA-directed mRNA pUGylation underlie dsRNA-directed transgenerational epigenetic inheritance in the C. elegans germline. We speculate that this pUG RNA/siRNA silencing loop allows parents to inoculate progeny against the expression of unwanted or parasitic genetic elements.

2020-05-12 | GSE148133 | GEO

poly(UG)-tailed RNAs in Genome Protection and Epigenetic Inheritance [ncRNA-Seq]

2020-05-12 | GSE148074 | GEO

poly(UG)-tailed RNAs in Genome Protection and Epigenetic Inheritance [RNA-Seq]

2020-05-12 | GSE146618 | GEO

poly(UG)-tailed RNAs in genome protection and epigenetic inheritance.

Project description: Not available

| S-EPMC8396162 | biostudies-literature

poly(UG)-tailed RNAs in Genome Protection and Epigenetic Inheritance

Project description:This SuperSeries is composed of the SubSeries listed below.

2020-05-12 | GSE148134 | GEO

Unbiased screen of RNA tailing enzymes reveals a poly(UG) polymerase required for genome integrity and RNA silencing

Project description:Ribonucleotidyl transferases (rNTases) add non-templated ribonucleotides to diverse RNAs. We developed a screening strategy in S. cerevisiae to identify sequences added by candidate enzymes from different organisms at single-nucleotide resolution. The rNTase activities of 19 previously unexplored enzymes were determined. In addition to poly(A)- and poly(U)-adding enzymes, we identified a C-adding enzyme that is likely part of a two-enzyme system that adds CCA to tRNAs in a eukaryote; a nucleotidyl transferase that adds nucleotides to RNA without apparent nucleotide preference; and a poly(UG) polymerase, C. elegans MUT-2, which adds alternating U and G nucleotides to form poly(UG) tails. MUT-2 is known to be required for certain forms of RNA silencing, and mutations in the enzyme that are defective in silencing also fail to add poly(UG) tails in our assay. We propose that MUT-2 poly(UG) polymerase activity is required to promote genome integrity and RNA silencing.

2018-12-08 | GSE123478 | GEO

URT1-mediated uridylation shapes poly(A) tails in Arabidopsis

Project description:Using 3' RACE-seq method, we show that the Arabidopsis TUTase URT1 shapes poly(A) tail profiles by reducing the accumulation of short-tailed mRNAs in planta. We took advantage of the depth of this method to precisely compare polyadenylation and uridylation profiles for 22 mRNAs analyzed in two biological replicates of wild-type and urt1 plants in Arabidopsis

2020-05-28 | GSE148406 | GEO

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