NDLI: Elongator Protein 3b Negatively Regulates Ribosomal DNA Transcription in African Trypanosomes ▿ †

Content Provider	PubMed Central
Author	Alsford, Sam Horn, David
Copyright Year	2011
Abstract	Eukaryotic cells limit ribosomal DNA (rDNA) transcription by RNA polymerase I (RNAP-I) to maintain genome integrity. African trypanosomes present an excellent model for studies on RNAP-I regulation because they possess a bifunctional RNAP-I and because RNAP-II transcription appears unregulated. Since Elp3, the catalytic component of Elongator, controls RNAP-II transcription in yeast and human cells, we predicted a role for a trypanosome Elp3-related protein, ELP3a or ELP3b, in RNAP-I regulation. elp3b null and conditional strains specifically exhibited resistance to a transcription elongation inhibitor, suggesting that ELP3b negatively impacts elongation. Nascent RNA analysis and expression of integrated reporter cassettes supported this interpretation and revealed negative control of rDNA transcription. ELP3b specifically localized to the nucleolus, and ELP3b loss rendered cells hypersensitive to DNA damage and to translation inhibition, suggesting that anti-Elongator function was important to maintain genome integrity rather than to modulate ribosome production. Finally, ELP3b displayed discrimination between RNAP-I compartments in the same cell. Our results establish ELP3b as a major negative regulator of rDNA transcription and extend the roles of the Elp3-related proteins to RNAP-I transcription units. ELP3b is also the first trypanosome protein shown to distinguish between rDNA and variant surface glycoprotein transcription within different RNAP-I compartments.
Related Links	http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mcb.01026-10
Ending Page	1832
Page Count	11
Starting Page	1822
File Format	PDF
ISSN	02707306
e-ISSN	10985549
Journal	Molecular and Cellular Biology
Issue Number	9
Volume Number	31
Language	English
Publisher	American Society for Microbiology
Publisher Date	2011-05-01
Access Restriction	Open
Rights Holder	American Society for Microbiology
Subject Keyword	Cell Biology Molecular Biology Research in Higher Education
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Cell Biology Molecular Biology

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