Gene/Protein Disease Symptom Drug Enzyme Compound
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Query: EC:3.1.26.3 (RNase III)
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RNA stability is an important component of gene expression, and antisense RNAs have been proposed to alter target RNA stability. We show here that the IS10 transposase mRNA, RNA-IN, is rendered unstable during control by the IS10 antisense RNA, RNA-OUT. Destabilization requires RNA-OUT/RNA-IN pairing and ribonuclease III cleavage. Independent of such cleavage, RNA-OUT is rendered unstable through disruption of its secondary structure. Pairing has no other obvious effects on RNA-IN transcription or stability. Nevertheless, RNA-IN destabilization is not required for antisense control in vivo. In the accompanying paper [Ma,C. and Simons, R.W. (1990) EMBO J., 9, 1267-1274 we show that pairing blocks ribosome binding to RNA-IN. Were it not for control at this level, destabilization would play a more prominent role.
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PMID:The IS10 transposase mRNA is destabilized during antisense RNA control. 169 Oct 96

IS10 transposition is regulated by an approximately 70 nt anti-sense RNA, RNA-OUT. RNA-OUT folds into a duplex 'stem-domain' topped by a loosely paired 'loop-domain'. The loop-domain is critical for RNA-RNA pairing per se; pairing initiates by interaction of the RNA-OUT loop with the 5' end of the target mRNA. We show here that RNA-OUT is unusually stable in vivo (half-life 60 min) and that this stability is conferred by specific features of the RNA-OUT stem-domain. One critical feature is stable base-pairing: mutations that disrupt stem pairing destabilize RNA-OUT in vivo and abolish anti-sense control; combinations of mutations that restore pairing also restore both stability and control. We propose that the stem renders RNA-OUT resistant to 3' exoribonucleases. Other features of the stem-domain prevent this essential duplex from being an effective substrate for double-strand nucleases: two single base mutations disrupt antisense control by making RNA-OUT susceptible to RNase III. Mutations in the loop region have little effect on RNA-OUT stability. Implications for IS10 biology and the design of efficient anti-sense RNAs are discussed.
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PMID:The unusual stability of the IS10 anti-sense RNA is critical for its function and is determined by the structure of its stem-domain. 248 Feb 35