NDLI: Recursive splicing in long vertebrate genes

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Author	Sibley, Christopher R. Emmett, Warren Blazquez, Lorea Faro, Ana Haberman, Nejc Briese, Michael Trabzuni, Daniah Mina, Ryten Weale, Michael E. Hardy, John Modic, Miha Curk, Tomaž Wilson, Stephen W. Plagnol, Vincent Ule, Jernej
Abstract	It is generally believed that splicing removes introns as single units from pre-mRNA transcripts. However, some long D. melanogaster introns contain a cryptic site, called a recursive splice site (RS-site), that enables a multi-step process of intron removal termed recursive splicing 1,2 . The extent to which recursive splicing occurs in other species and its mechanistic basis remain unclear. Here we identify highly conserved RS-sites in genes expressed in the mammalian brain that encode proteins functioning in neuronal development. Moreover, the RS-sites are found in some of the longest introns across vertebrates. We find that vertebrate recursive splicing requires initial definition of a “RS-exon” that follows the RS-site. The RS-exon is then excluded from the dominant mRNA isoform due to competition with a reconstituted 5′ splice site formed at the RS-site after the first splicing step. Conversely, the RS-exon is included when preceded by cryptic exons or promoters that are prevalent in long introns, but which fail to reconstitute an efficient 5′ splice site. Most RS-exons contain a premature stop codon such that their inclusion may decrease mRNA stability. Thus, by establishing a binary splicing switch, RS-sites demarcate different mRNA isoforms emerging from long genes by coupling inclusion of cryptic elements with RS-exons.
Related Links	http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature14466
Ending Page	375
Page Count	5
Starting Page	371
File Format	PDF
ISSN	00280836
e-ISSN	14764687
Journal	Nature
Issue Number	7552
Volume Number	521
Language	English
Publisher Date	2015-05-01
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	General Research in Higher Education
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Multidisciplinary

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