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UV Irradiation Induces a Non-coding RNA that Functionally Opposes the Protein Encoded by the Same Gene

The transcription-related DNA damage response was analyzed on a genome-wide scale with great spatial and temporal resolution. Upon UV irradiation, a slowdown of transcript elongation and restriction of gene activity to the promoter-proximal ∼25 kb is observed. This is associated with a shift from ex...

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Autores principales: Williamson, Laura, Saponaro, Marco, Boeing, Stefan, East, Philip, Mitter, Richard, Kantidakis, Theodoros, Kelly, Gavin P., Lobley, Anna, Walker, Jane, Spencer-Dene, Bradley, Howell, Michael, Stewart, Aengus, Svejstrup, Jesper Q.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cell Press 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5332558/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28215706
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2017.01.019
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Sumario:The transcription-related DNA damage response was analyzed on a genome-wide scale with great spatial and temporal resolution. Upon UV irradiation, a slowdown of transcript elongation and restriction of gene activity to the promoter-proximal ∼25 kb is observed. This is associated with a shift from expression of long mRNAs to shorter isoforms, incorporating alternative last exons (ALEs) that are more proximal to the transcription start site. Notably, this includes a shift from a protein-coding ASCC3 mRNA to a shorter ALE isoform of which the RNA, rather than an encoded protein, is critical for the eventual recovery of transcription. The non-coding ASCC3 isoform counteracts the function of the protein-coding isoform, indicating crosstalk between them. Thus, the ASCC3 gene expresses both coding and non-coding transcript isoforms with opposite effects on transcription recovery after UV-induced DNA damage.