Structural highlights
Function
[SEN1_YEAST] ATP-dependent 5'->3' DNA/RNA helicase required for the expression and maturation of diverse classes of non-protein-coding RNAs like precursor tRNAs, rRNAs and small nuclear (snRNA) and nucleolar (snoRNA) RNAs. Directs RNA polymerase II transcription termination on snoRNAs as well as on several short protein-coding genes. May also play a role in transcription-coupled nucleotide excision repair.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [NRD1_YEAST] Plays a role in sequence-specific regulation of nuclear pre-mRNA abundance.
Publication Abstract from PubMed
The Nrd1-Nab3-Sen1 (NNS) complex carries out the transcription termination of non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) by RNA polymerase II (Pol II) in yeast, although the detailed interactions among its subunits remain obscure. Here we have identified three sequence motifs in Sen1 that mediate direct interactions with the Pol II CTD interaction domain (CID) of Nrd1, determined the crystal structures of these Nrd1 interaction motifs (NIMs) bound to the CID, and characterized the interactions in vitro and in yeast. Removal of all three NIMs abolishes NNS complex formation and gives rise to ncRNA termination defects.
Identification of Three Sequence Motifs in the Transcription Termination Factor Sen1 that Mediate Direct Interactions with Nrd1.,Zhang Y, Chun Y, Buratowski S, Tong L Structure. 2019 Apr 23. pii: S0969-2126(19)30127-3. doi:, 10.1016/j.str.2019.04.005. PMID:31104813[7]
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References
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- ↑ Ursic D, Chinchilla K, Finkel JS, Culbertson MR. Multiple protein/protein and protein/RNA interactions suggest roles for yeast DNA/RNA helicase Sen1p in transcription, transcription-coupled DNA repair and RNA processing. Nucleic Acids Res. 2004 Apr 30;32(8):2441-52. Print 2004. PMID:15121901 doi:https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkh561
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- ↑ Ursic D, Himmel KL, Gurley KA, Webb F, Culbertson MR. The yeast SEN1 gene is required for the processing of diverse RNA classes. Nucleic Acids Res. 1997 Dec 1;25(23):4778-85. PMID:9365256
- ↑ Rasmussen TP, Culbertson MR. The putative nucleic acid helicase Sen1p is required for formation and stability of termini and for maximal rates of synthesis and levels of accumulation of small nucleolar RNAs in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Mol Cell Biol. 1998 Dec;18(12):6885-96. PMID:9819377
- ↑ Zhang Y, Chun Y, Buratowski S, Tong L. Identification of Three Sequence Motifs in the Transcription Termination Factor Sen1 that Mediate Direct Interactions with Nrd1. Structure. 2019 Apr 23. pii: S0969-2126(19)30127-3. doi:, 10.1016/j.str.2019.04.005. PMID:31104813 doi:https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.str.2019.04.005
