m6A mRNA Destiny: Chained to the rhYTHm by the YTH-Containing Proteins

D Hazra, C Chapat, M Graille - Genes, 2019 - mdpi.com
The control of gene expression is a multi-layered process occurring at the level of DNA,
RNA, and proteins. With the emergence of highly sensitive techniques, new aspects of RNA …

The m6A Writer: Rise of a Machine for Growing Tasks

DL Balacco, M Soller - Biochemistry, 2018 - ACS Publications
The central dogma of molecular biology introduced by Crick describes a linear flow of
information from DNA to mRNA to protein. Since then it has become evident that RNA …

Nuclear mRNA decay: regulatory networks that control gene expression

X Rambout, LE Maquat - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2024 - nature.com
Proper regulation of mRNA production in the nucleus is critical for the maintenance of
cellular homoeostasis during adaptation to internal and environmental cues. Over the past …

The human ZC3H3 and RBM26/27 proteins are critical for PAXT-mediated nuclear RNA decay

T Silla, M Schmid, Y Dou, W Garland… - Nucleic acids …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Recruitment of the human ribonucleolytic RNA exosome to nuclear polyadenylated (pA+)
RNA is facilitated by the Poly (A) Tail eXosome Targeting (PAXT) connection. Besides its …

Chromosome-associated RNA–protein complexes promote pairing of homologous chromosomes during meiosis in Schizosaccharomyces pombe

DQ Ding, K Okamasa, Y Katou, E Oya… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Pairing of homologous chromosomes in meiosis is essential for sexual reproduction. We
have previously demonstrated that the fission yeast sme2 RNA, a meiosis-specific long …

N6-methyladenosine (m6A) reader Pho92 is recruited co-transcriptionally and couples translation to mRNA decay to promote meiotic fitness in yeast

RA Varier, T Sideri, C Capitanchik, Z Manova… - Elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
Abstract N6-methyladenosine (m6A) RNA modification impacts mRNA fate primarily via
reader proteins, which dictate processes in development, stress, and disease. Yet little is …

A scaffold lncRNA shapes the mitosis to meiosis switch

V Andric, A Nevers, D Hazra, S Auxilien… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) contribute to the regulation of gene expression in
response to intra-or extracellular signals but the underlying molecular mechanisms remain …

Structural analysis of Red1 as a conserved scaffold of the RNA-targeting MTREC/PAXT complex

AE Foucher, L Touat-Todeschini… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
To eliminate specific or aberrant transcripts, eukaryotes use nuclear RNA-targeting
complexes that deliver them to the exosome for degradation. S. pombe MTREC, and its …

Systematic analysis reveals the prevalence and principles of bypassable gene essentiality

J Li, HT Wang, WT Wang, XR Zhang, F Suo… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Gene essentiality is a variable phenotypic trait, but to what extent and how essential genes
can become dispensable for viability remain unclear. Here, we investigate 'bypass of …

A conserved dimer interface connects ERH and YTH family proteins to promote gene silencing

G Xie, TV Vo, G Thillainadesan, S Holla… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Gene regulatory mechanisms rely on a complex network of RNA processing factors to
prevent untimely gene expression. In fission yeast, the highly conserved ortholog of human …