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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
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Transcript Termination by RNA polymerase I in the fission yeast, Schizosaccharomyces pombe

Vazin, Mahsa 24 July 2013 (has links)
Several mechanisms have been proposed for the pol I transcript termination in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Two well known models are “Pause and Release” and “Torpedo”. Each mechanism explains the role of some of the cis- and trans-factors in transcript termination and the eventual maturation of the ribosomal RNA, but neither mechanism can explain all the experimental observations. A recent study has suggested that each of the two mechanisms can terminate the pol I transcription independently but with significantly less efficiency than the presence of both mechanisms. To help clarify the reasons for the discrepancies in these data, in this study the suggested mechanisms were examined further in three areas by using alternative techniques. First, the effect of uracil concentration or selection times on the transformation frequency of alternative 3’external transcribed spacer (3’ETS) constructs were assessed. Consistent with the previous results a construct containing the full 3’ETS showed the higher transformation frequencies compared with a construct containing only the hairpin or only the termination sites. However, results showed neither the uracil concentration nor selection times have a significant effect on the transformation frequency. Second, to further confirm the “pause and release” mechanism, the termination sites identified by S1 nuclease studies were analyzed using ligation-mediated RT-PCR. The 3’ terminus of the mature 25S rRNA was demonstrated readily but, unexpectedly, the 3’termini of the 3’ETS precursor molecules were not detected, possibly because of their specific structure. Finally, the 3’ extended rRNA precursors were studied by semi-quantitative RT-PCR. These appeared not to correspond with past nuclease protection analyses nor did they demonstrate downstream exonuclease function, observations which question our current understanding of Pol I transcript termination.
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Molecular Cloning and Functional Characterization of Factors Involved in Post-transcriptional Gene Expression

Jin, Shao-Bo January 2004 (has links)
<p>Gene expression in the eukaryotic cell is a fundamental cellular process, which consists of several distinct steps but extensively coupled to each other. From site of transcription in the nucleus to the cytoplasm, both mRNA and rRNA are associated with a proper set of proteins. These proteins influence RNA processing, transport as well as ribosome maturation. We have tried to take advantage of different model systems to understand the process of eukaryotic gene expression at the post-transcription level. To this end, we have focused on identification and characterization of several specific proteins in the context of mRNP and rRNP particles.</p><p>We have characterized a novel yeast gene MRD1, which encodes a protein with five RNA-binding domains (RBDs) and is essential for viability. Mrd1p is present in the nucleolus and the nucleoplasm. Depletion of Mrd1p leads to a decrease in the synthesis of 18S rRNA and 40S ribosomal subunits. Mrd1p associates with the 35S prerRNA and the U3 snoRNA and is required for the initial processing of pre-rRNA at the A<sub>0</sub>-A<sub>2</sub> sites. The presence of five RBDs in Mrd1p suggests that Mrd1p may function to correctly fold pre-rRNA, a requisite for proper cleavage.</p><p>Meanwhile, an MRD1 homologue, Ct-RBD-1 with six RBDs, has also been identified and shown to involve in ribosome biogenesis in Chironomus tentans. Ct-RBD-1 binds pre-rRNA in vitro and anti-Ct-RBD-1 antibodies repress pre-rRNA processing in vivo. Ct-RBD-1 is mainly located in the nucleolus in an RNA polymerase I transcription-dependent manner, but it is also present in discrete foci in the interchromatin and in the cytoplasm. In the cytoplasm, Ct-RBD-1 is associated with ribosomes and, preferentially, with the 40S ribosomal subunit. Our data suggest that Ct-RBD-1 plays a role in structurally coordinating pre-rRNA during ribosome biogenesis and that this function is conserved in all eukaryotes.</p><p>We have characterized a novel abundant nucleolar protein, p100 in C. tentans. The p100 protein is located in the fibrillar compartment of the nucleolus, and remains in the nucleolus after digestion with nucleases. This indicates that p100 might be a constituent of the nucleolar proteinaceous framework. Remarkably, p100 is also localized in the brush border in the apical part of the salivary gland cell. These results suggest that it could be involved in coordination of the level of protein production and export from the cell through regulation of the level of rRNA production in the nucleolus.</p><p>We have characterized a Dbp5 homologue in C. tentans, Ct-Dbp5. The protein becomes associated with nascent pre-mRNAs at a large number of active genes, including the Balbiani ring (BR) genes. Ct-Dbp5 is bound to nascent BR pre-mRNP particles and accompanies them through the nucleoplasm and the nuclear pore into the cytoplasm. Nuclear accumulation of Ct-Dbp5 takes place when synthesis and/or export of mRNA are inhibited. Our results indicate that most or all of the shuttling Ct-Dbp5 exiting from the nucleus associated with mRNP. Furthermore, Ct-Dbp5 is present along the mRNP fibril extending into the cytoplasm, supporting the view that Ct-Dbp5 is involved in restructuring the mRNP prior to translation.</p><p>We have shown that the export receptor CRM1 in C. tentans is associated with BR pre-mRNP while transcription takes place. We have also shown that the GTPase Ran binds to BR pre-mRNP, but its binding mainly in the interchromatin. Although both CRM1 and Ran accompany BR pre-mRNP through the nuclear pore, Leptomycin B treatment reveals that a NES-CRM1-RanGTP complex is not essential for export of the BR mRNP. Our results suggest that several export receptors associate with BR mRNP and that these receptors might have redundant functions in the nuclear export of BR mRNP.</p><p>We have analyzed four SR proteins, SC35, ASF/SF2, 9G8 and hrp45, in C. tentans. All four SR proteins genes are expressed in salivary gland cells and in several other tissues in a tissue specific pattern. We found that about 90% of all nascent pre-mRNAs bind all four SR proteins, and that approximately 10% of the pre-mRNAs associate with different subsets of the four SR proteins, suggesting that not all of four SR proteins are needed for processing of pre-mRNA. None of three examined SR proteins leave BR pre-mRNP as splicing is completed. Instead, 9G8 accompanies the mRNP to the cytoplasm, while SC35 and hrp45 leave the BR mRNP at the nuclear side of the nuclear pore complex.</p>
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Caracterização da função da proteína Nop53p de Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Study of the function of the protein Nop53p in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Granato, Daniela Campos 07 December 2007 (has links)
Em eucariotos, o processamento de pré-rRNA depende de vários fatores como endonucleases, exonucleases, RNA helicases, enzimas modificadoras de rRNA e componentes de snoRNPs. Com o objetivo de caracterizar novas proteínas envolvidas no processamento de pré-rRNA, foi identificada a proteína Nop53p interagindo com a proteína nucleolar Nop17p a partir de uma varredura da biblioteca de cDNAs de Saccharomyces cerevisiae. A cepa condicional contendo a seqüência da ORF NOP53 sob controle do promotor de galactose não cresce em meio contendo glicose, indicando que Nop53p seja uma proteína essencial para a viabilidade celular. Os resultados deste trabalho demonstram que Nop53p está envolvida nas etapas iniciais de clivagem do pré-rRNA, assim como nas clivagens responsáveis pela formação dos rRNAs maduros 5.8S e 25S. Análise mais detalhada do processamento de pré-RNA por Northern blot e \"pulse-chase labeling\", revelou também que Nop53p afeta principalmente o processamento do rRNA intermediário 27S, que origina os rRNAs maduros 5.8S e 25S. Nop53p participa do processamento desses rRNAs afetando a poliadenilação dos precursores dos rRNAs 5.8S e 25S. Experimentos de co-imunoprecipitação de RNA com a proteína de fusão ProtA-Nop53p confirmaram o envolvimento de Nop53p no processamento do 27S rRNA, indicando que essa proteína possa ligar RNA diretamente. A capacidade de Nop53p de ligar RNA foi confirmada através de testes in vitro, enquanto que ensaios de co-imunoprecipitação de cromatina revelaram que Nop53p liga-se ao rRNA 5.8S durante a transcrição. Nop53p regula a função do exossomo através da sua interação direta com a subunidade exclusivamente nuclear deste complexo, Rrp6p. / In eukaryotes, the rRNA processing depends on several factors, such as, endonucleases, exonucleases, RNA helicases, rRNA modifying enzymes and components of the snoRNPs. With the purpose of characterizing new proteins involved in pre-rRNA processing, Nop53p was identified interacting with the nucleolar protein Nop17p in a two hybrid assay. The conditional yeast strain containing the sequence of the ORF NOP53 under the control of the galactose promoter cannot grow in medium containing glucose, indicating that the protein is essential for cell viability. The results of this work demonstrate that Nop53p is involved in the initial steps of pre-rRNA processing and in the cleavages responsible for the formation of the mature rRNAs 5.8S and 25S. A more detailed analysis of the pre-rRNA processing, by Northern blot and pulse-chase labeling, revealed that Nop53p affects the processing of the 27S precursor, that originates the rRNAs 5.8S and 25S. Nop53p participates in the processing of these RNAs by affecting the polyadenylation of the precursors of the rRNAs 5.8S and 25S. RNA co-imunoprecipitation assays with the fusion protein A-Nop53p confirmed the involvement of Nop53p in the processing of the 27S pre-rRNA, indicating that the protein may interact directly with the RNA. The capacity of Nop53p to bind RNA was confirmed by in vitro assays, while chromatin imunoprecipitation assays demonstrated that Nop53p binds the 5.8S rRNA co- transcriptionally. Nop53p regulates the function of the exosome by interacting directly with the exclusively nuclear subunit of the complex, Rrp6p.
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A la recherche de nouvelles AgNORs: une famille de protéines nucléolaires conservées et marqueurs potentiels du cancers/The AgNORs: a groups of concerved nucleolar proteins and potential markers of cancer.

Galliot, Sonia 15 January 2010 (has links)
Comme le nucléole joue un rôle fondamental dans l’expression des protéines, via la synthèse des ARN ribosomiques, il n’est donc pas surprenant que des études aient révélé un lien étroit, entre des dysfonctionnements nucléolaires et l’origine de certaines maladies humaines. La découverte, il y a plusieurs années, d’un taux anormalement élevé de protéines nucléolaires dites argyrophiles ou AgNORs, dans les cellules tumorales, a permis d’envisager leur utilisation comme outil diagnostique ou pronostique du cancer. Détectées, de manière in vitro grâce à leur affinité pour l’argent, l’identification de quelques protéines AgNORs n’a pourtant pas permis d’établir une caractéristique commune à toutes les protéines argyrophiles détectées dans les extraits nucléolaires. Ainsi, bien que le test colorimétrique AgNOR soit utilisé dans de nombreux laboratoires académiques, l’absence d’identification de protéines AgNORs spécifiques du processus de cancérisation, a limité son utilisation en laboratoire clinique. Comme certaines limites technologiques et expérimentales ont limité leur caractérisation chez l’humain, nous avons donc décidé de reprendre les recherches sur ce sujet et de le réactualiser grâce aux avancées technologiques et scientifiques. Les protéines AgNORs étant étroitement liées à la biogenèse des ribosomes, nous avons donc décidé d’amorcer nos recherches chez la levure Saccharomyces cerevisiae, dans laquelle, la voie de biosynthèse des ribosomes a été particulièrement bien décrite. Devant l’intérêt biologique et médical de ces protéines, l’objectif de ce projet a donc été triple : 1-identifier des protéines AgNORs chez la levure 2-caractériser les propriétés physico-fonctionnelles et physico-chimiques de ces protéines AgNORs. 3-utiliser ces caractéristiques physico-chimiques pour rechercher de nouvelles AgNORs humaines, spécifiques de processus de cancérisation et potentiellement utilisables comme marqueurs tumoraux./The nucleolus is a subnuclear compartment that organized around ribosomal gene (rDNA) repeats NORs, which encode for ribosomal RNA. A peculiar group of acidic proteins which are highly argyrophilic are also localized at the same sites as NORs, thus allowing NORs to be very clearly and rapidly visualized by silver nitrate staining procedures. However, if three human argyrophilic proteins, UBF, C23 (nucleolin) and B23 (nucleophosmin), have been associated for staining of NOR, the exact number of AgNOR proteins and their intrinsic biochemical feature are unclear. Here, we have performed an heterologous screen in a genetically tractable eukaryotic organism (budding yeast) for the identification of novel AgNOR proteins and in vitro characterized an intrinsic feature that underlies silver binding and offers a strong predictive value for the identification of novel human AgNOR proteins.
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Accessory factors for ribosomal assembly

Lövgren, Mattias January 2004 (has links)
The assembly of ribosomal RNA (rRNA) and ribosomal proteins (r-proteins) into ribosomal subunits (30S and 50S) is a complex process. Transcription of rRNA requires antitermination proteins and the primary transcripts are processed by ribonucleases. R-proteins and rRNAs are chemically modified, the r-proteins bind to the rRNAs and the formed RNA-protein complexes are folded into mature ribosomal subunits. All these processes are well-coordinated and overlapping. Non-ribosomal factors are required for proper assembly and maturation of the ribosomal subunits. Two of these factors are the RimM and RbfA proteins, which bind to 30S subunits and are important for efficient processing of 16S rRNA. Lack of either RimM or RbfA results in a reduced amount of polysomes and a lower growth rate. An increased amount of RbfA can partially compensate for deficiencies shown by a RimM lacking mutant. Here, mutations that alter phylogenetically conserved amino acids in RimM have been constructed. One of these (rimM120), which resulted in the replacement of two adjacent tyrosines by alanines, reduced the growth rate three-fold and also decreased the processing efficiency of 16S rRNA. The RimM120 mutant protein showed a much reduced binding to the 30S subunits. Suppression of the rimM120 mutant was achieved by increased amount of the RimM120 protein, by overexpression of rbfA, or by mutations that changed r-protein S19 or 16S rRNA. A variant of r-protein S13, which was previously isolated as a suppressor to a deletion of rimM (∆rimM), suppressed also the rimM120 mutation. The wild-type RimM protein, but not the RimM120 protein, was shown to bind r-protein S19 in the 30S subunits. The changes in S13, S19 and 16S rRNA that compensated for the deficiencies shown by the rimM mutants are all located within a small region of the head of the 30S subunit, suggesting that this region is the likely target for the RimM action. To isolate RbfA variants that show reduced association with the 30S subunits, phylogenetically conserved, surface exposed amino acid residues of RbfA were changed to alanines or, in some instances, to amino acids of the opposite charge to that in the wild-type protein. Alterations of F5, R31, D46 and D100 had the largest effect on growth. Mutations in the metY-nusA-infB operon, isolated as suppressors to the ∆rimM mutant, were shown to increase the amounts of RbfA. In a ∆rimM mutant, all RbfA protein was found associated with the 30S subunits and no free RbfA was detected. The RlmB protein was shown to be the methyltransferase responsible for the formation of Gm2251 in 23S rRNA in Escherichia coli. Unlike a Saccharomyces cerevisiae mutant that lacks the orthologue to RlmB, Pet56p, which methylates mitochondrial rRNA, a ∆rlmB mutant did not show any defects in ribosomal assembly.
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Molecular Cloning and Functional Characterization of Factors Involved in Post-transcriptional Gene Expression

Jin, Shao-Bo January 2004 (has links)
Gene expression in the eukaryotic cell is a fundamental cellular process, which consists of several distinct steps but extensively coupled to each other. From site of transcription in the nucleus to the cytoplasm, both mRNA and rRNA are associated with a proper set of proteins. These proteins influence RNA processing, transport as well as ribosome maturation. We have tried to take advantage of different model systems to understand the process of eukaryotic gene expression at the post-transcription level. To this end, we have focused on identification and characterization of several specific proteins in the context of mRNP and rRNP particles. We have characterized a novel yeast gene MRD1, which encodes a protein with five RNA-binding domains (RBDs) and is essential for viability. Mrd1p is present in the nucleolus and the nucleoplasm. Depletion of Mrd1p leads to a decrease in the synthesis of 18S rRNA and 40S ribosomal subunits. Mrd1p associates with the 35S prerRNA and the U3 snoRNA and is required for the initial processing of pre-rRNA at the A0-A2 sites. The presence of five RBDs in Mrd1p suggests that Mrd1p may function to correctly fold pre-rRNA, a requisite for proper cleavage. Meanwhile, an MRD1 homologue, Ct-RBD-1 with six RBDs, has also been identified and shown to involve in ribosome biogenesis in Chironomus tentans. Ct-RBD-1 binds pre-rRNA in vitro and anti-Ct-RBD-1 antibodies repress pre-rRNA processing in vivo. Ct-RBD-1 is mainly located in the nucleolus in an RNA polymerase I transcription-dependent manner, but it is also present in discrete foci in the interchromatin and in the cytoplasm. In the cytoplasm, Ct-RBD-1 is associated with ribosomes and, preferentially, with the 40S ribosomal subunit. Our data suggest that Ct-RBD-1 plays a role in structurally coordinating pre-rRNA during ribosome biogenesis and that this function is conserved in all eukaryotes. We have characterized a novel abundant nucleolar protein, p100 in C. tentans. The p100 protein is located in the fibrillar compartment of the nucleolus, and remains in the nucleolus after digestion with nucleases. This indicates that p100 might be a constituent of the nucleolar proteinaceous framework. Remarkably, p100 is also localized in the brush border in the apical part of the salivary gland cell. These results suggest that it could be involved in coordination of the level of protein production and export from the cell through regulation of the level of rRNA production in the nucleolus. We have characterized a Dbp5 homologue in C. tentans, Ct-Dbp5. The protein becomes associated with nascent pre-mRNAs at a large number of active genes, including the Balbiani ring (BR) genes. Ct-Dbp5 is bound to nascent BR pre-mRNP particles and accompanies them through the nucleoplasm and the nuclear pore into the cytoplasm. Nuclear accumulation of Ct-Dbp5 takes place when synthesis and/or export of mRNA are inhibited. Our results indicate that most or all of the shuttling Ct-Dbp5 exiting from the nucleus associated with mRNP. Furthermore, Ct-Dbp5 is present along the mRNP fibril extending into the cytoplasm, supporting the view that Ct-Dbp5 is involved in restructuring the mRNP prior to translation. We have shown that the export receptor CRM1 in C. tentans is associated with BR pre-mRNP while transcription takes place. We have also shown that the GTPase Ran binds to BR pre-mRNP, but its binding mainly in the interchromatin. Although both CRM1 and Ran accompany BR pre-mRNP through the nuclear pore, Leptomycin B treatment reveals that a NES-CRM1-RanGTP complex is not essential for export of the BR mRNP. Our results suggest that several export receptors associate with BR mRNP and that these receptors might have redundant functions in the nuclear export of BR mRNP. We have analyzed four SR proteins, SC35, ASF/SF2, 9G8 and hrp45, in C. tentans. All four SR proteins genes are expressed in salivary gland cells and in several other tissues in a tissue specific pattern. We found that about 90% of all nascent pre-mRNAs bind all four SR proteins, and that approximately 10% of the pre-mRNAs associate with different subsets of the four SR proteins, suggesting that not all of four SR proteins are needed for processing of pre-mRNA. None of three examined SR proteins leave BR pre-mRNP as splicing is completed. Instead, 9G8 accompanies the mRNP to the cytoplasm, while SC35 and hrp45 leave the BR mRNP at the nuclear side of the nuclear pore complex.
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Differential uncoupling of 5' and 3' exonucleolytic activities as determined by mutational analysis of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae exoribonuclease, RAT1

Gupton, Leodis Darren 14 June 2011 (has links)
Eukaryotic gene expression requires hundreds of proteins and several RNA factors to facilitate nuclear RNA processing. These RNA processing events include RNA transcription, pre-mRNA splicing, pre-ribosomal RNA (pre-rRNA) processing and trafficking of RNA to its proper location in the cell. As we learn more about the molecular details of the factors governing these highly coordinated processes it is becoming increasingly clear that a subset of factors participate in multiple RNA processing pathways to ensure faithful gene expression. Our work completes the characterization of the Abelson pre-mRNA splicing mutants. We have discovered that the prp27-1 splicing mutant is a severe loss of function allele of RAT1, an essential 5’→3’ exoribonuclease. Several alleles of RAT1 have been previously isolated with each conferring an array of phenotypes thus making the elucidation of its essential in vivo function difficult. We set out to determine how mutations within a specific region determines the RNA processing pathway in which Rat1p has been implicated to function within. In our analysis of Rat1p function we discovered the prp27-1 allele exhibits novel 3’ end processing defects never reported in previous rat1 mutants. We performed mutational analysis to examine the coupling of 5’ and 3’ exonucleolytic activities in nuclear RNA processing events. Through our study we have discovered a means by which the cell coordinately regulates the nuclear RNA degradation complexes to ensure efficient processing of pre-RNAs for the faithful execution of eukaryotic gene expression. Additionally, we offer evidence in support of role for Rat1p in promoting mitotic events in vivo. / text
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Caracterização da função da proteína Nop53p de Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Study of the function of the protein Nop53p in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Daniela Campos Granato 07 December 2007 (has links)
Em eucariotos, o processamento de pré-rRNA depende de vários fatores como endonucleases, exonucleases, RNA helicases, enzimas modificadoras de rRNA e componentes de snoRNPs. Com o objetivo de caracterizar novas proteínas envolvidas no processamento de pré-rRNA, foi identificada a proteína Nop53p interagindo com a proteína nucleolar Nop17p a partir de uma varredura da biblioteca de cDNAs de Saccharomyces cerevisiae. A cepa condicional contendo a seqüência da ORF NOP53 sob controle do promotor de galactose não cresce em meio contendo glicose, indicando que Nop53p seja uma proteína essencial para a viabilidade celular. Os resultados deste trabalho demonstram que Nop53p está envolvida nas etapas iniciais de clivagem do pré-rRNA, assim como nas clivagens responsáveis pela formação dos rRNAs maduros 5.8S e 25S. Análise mais detalhada do processamento de pré-RNA por Northern blot e \"pulse-chase labeling\", revelou também que Nop53p afeta principalmente o processamento do rRNA intermediário 27S, que origina os rRNAs maduros 5.8S e 25S. Nop53p participa do processamento desses rRNAs afetando a poliadenilação dos precursores dos rRNAs 5.8S e 25S. Experimentos de co-imunoprecipitação de RNA com a proteína de fusão ProtA-Nop53p confirmaram o envolvimento de Nop53p no processamento do 27S rRNA, indicando que essa proteína possa ligar RNA diretamente. A capacidade de Nop53p de ligar RNA foi confirmada através de testes in vitro, enquanto que ensaios de co-imunoprecipitação de cromatina revelaram que Nop53p liga-se ao rRNA 5.8S durante a transcrição. Nop53p regula a função do exossomo através da sua interação direta com a subunidade exclusivamente nuclear deste complexo, Rrp6p. / In eukaryotes, the rRNA processing depends on several factors, such as, endonucleases, exonucleases, RNA helicases, rRNA modifying enzymes and components of the snoRNPs. With the purpose of characterizing new proteins involved in pre-rRNA processing, Nop53p was identified interacting with the nucleolar protein Nop17p in a two hybrid assay. The conditional yeast strain containing the sequence of the ORF NOP53 under the control of the galactose promoter cannot grow in medium containing glucose, indicating that the protein is essential for cell viability. The results of this work demonstrate that Nop53p is involved in the initial steps of pre-rRNA processing and in the cleavages responsible for the formation of the mature rRNAs 5.8S and 25S. A more detailed analysis of the pre-rRNA processing, by Northern blot and pulse-chase labeling, revealed that Nop53p affects the processing of the 27S precursor, that originates the rRNAs 5.8S and 25S. Nop53p participates in the processing of these RNAs by affecting the polyadenylation of the precursors of the rRNAs 5.8S and 25S. RNA co-imunoprecipitation assays with the fusion protein A-Nop53p confirmed the involvement of Nop53p in the processing of the 27S pre-rRNA, indicating that the protein may interact directly with the RNA. The capacity of Nop53p to bind RNA was confirmed by in vitro assays, while chromatin imunoprecipitation assays demonstrated that Nop53p binds the 5.8S rRNA co- transcriptionally. Nop53p regulates the function of the exosome by interacting directly with the exclusively nuclear subunit of the complex, Rrp6p.
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Etude de la biogenèse du ribosome chez l'Homme et de ses liens avec le cancer.

Langhendries, Jean-Louis 19 January 2016 (has links) (PDF)
Le ribosome est un macro complexe moléculaire en charge de la synthèse de toutes lesprotéines de la cellule. Depuis les premiers essais de reconstruction in vitro d’un ribosome procaryote,des générations de chercheurs se sont succédées durant plusieurs décennies pour tenter d’éluciderles voies par lesquelles les ribosomes sont assemblés par la cellule. Un regain d’intérêt pour l’étude dela biogenèse du ribosome est advenu récemment suite à la mise en évidence de maladies liées à desmutations dans des acteurs de la biogenèse du ribosome mais également, et surtout, suite à la miseen évidence du rôle fondamental du ribosome dans les processus de transformation oncogénique.Le ribosome est composé de deux sous-unités, une petite et une grande, formées, ellesmêmes,d’un assemblage intriqué d’ARN ribosomique et de protéines ribosomiques. La formation d’unribosome, appelée biogenèse du ribosome, est un processus complexe, intégré et extrêmementhiérarchisé impliquant, chez la levure, plus 200 facteurs accessoires. Bien que les principes sousjacentsà la biogenèse du ribosome eucaryote établis à partir d’études réalisées chez la levure semblentconservés chez l’Homme, de nombreux éléments suggèrent qu’elle y soit plus complexe. Ainsi, latransposition directe chez l’Homme des connaissances acquises chez la levure quant à la biogenèse duribosome serait, tout du moins partiellement, inexacte.Au cours de ma thèse, j’ai poursuivi différents objectifs s’intégrant tous dans le cadre de labiogenèse du ribosome eucaryote. D’une part, chez la levure, j’ai poursuivi la caractérisation du rôlede la protéine Las1 dans la biogenèse de la grande sous-unité ribosomique. D’autre part, chezl’Homme, mon objectif premier a été de participer à l’identification de nouveaux facteurs accessoiresimpliqués dans la biogenèse du ribosome et à la caractérisation fonctionnelle de certains d’entre eux.Dans un second temps, je me suis concentré sur l’implication de deux particules ribonucléoprotéiquesnucléolaires, appelées snoRNP, dans la biogenèse du ribosome mais également dans le développementtumoral. Finalement, le dernier objectif de ma thèse a été de participer, dans le cadre d’un projettransverse réalisé chez la levure et chez l’Homme, à l’étude d’une protéine en charge d’une desmodifications que portent les ARN ribosomiques.Pris ensemble, les différents objectifs que j’ai poursuivis au cours de ma thèse, permettent desavancées fondamentales dans la connaissance du processus de la biogenèse du ribosome chez leseucaryotes mais aussi dans la caractérisation de l’impact clinique de certains acteurs de cette voie. / Doctorat en Sciences / info:eu-repo/semantics/nonPublished
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tRNA Splicing Endonuclease: Novel and Essential Function Beyond tRNA Splicing and Subunit interactions

Dhungel, Nripesh 25 June 2012 (has links)
No description available.

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