The deubiquitylase Ubp15 couples transcription to mRNA export.
Nuclear export of messenger RNAs (mRNAs) is intimately coupled to their synthesis. pre-mRNAs assemble into dynamic ribonucleoparticles as they are being transcribed, processed, and exported. The role of ubiquitylation in this process is increasingly recognized but, while a few E3 ligases have been shown to regulate nuclear export, evidence for ... deubiquitylases is currently lacking. Here we identified deubiquitylase Ubp15 as a regulator of nuclear export in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Ubp15 interacts with both RNA polymerase II and the nuclear pore complex, and its deletion reverts the nuclear export defect of E3 ligase Rsp5 mutants. The deletion of UBP15 leads to hyper-ubiquitylation of the main nuclear export receptor Mex67 and affects its association with THO, a complex coupling transcription to mRNA processing and involved in the recruitment of mRNA export factors to nascent transcripts. Collectively, our data support a role for Ubp15 in coupling transcription to mRNA export.
Mesh Terms:
Endopeptidases, Gene Deletion, Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal, Mass Spectrometry, Nuclear Pore, Nuclear Proteins, Nucleocytoplasmic Transport Proteins, RNA Polymerase II, RNA, Messenger, RNA-Binding Proteins, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins, Transcription, Genetic
Endopeptidases, Gene Deletion, Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal, Mass Spectrometry, Nuclear Pore, Nuclear Proteins, Nucleocytoplasmic Transport Proteins, RNA Polymerase II, RNA, Messenger, RNA-Binding Proteins, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins, Transcription, Genetic
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Date: Dec. 23, 2019
PubMed ID: 33226341
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