MIWI-independent small RNAs (MSY-RNAs) bind to the RNA-binding protein, MSY2, in male germ cells

被引:20
作者
Xu, Mingang [1 ]
Medvedev, Sergey [2 ]
Yang, Juxiang [1 ]
Hecht, Norman B. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Penn, Sch Med, Ctr Res Reprod & Womens Hlth, Dept Obstet & Gynecol, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA
[2] Univ Penn, Dept Biol, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA
关键词
noncoding RNA; RNA-protein interactions; Y box proteins; spermatogenesis; NONCODING RNAS; MESSENGER-RNA; TESTIS; PIRNAS; TRANSCRIPTION; EXPRESSION; ABSENCE; CLIP;
D O I
10.1073/pnas.0903944106
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
The germ cell-specific DNA/RNA-binding protein MSY2 binds small RNAs (MSY-RNAs) that are approximate to 25-31 nt in length, often initiate with a 5' adenine, and are expressed in both germ cells and somatic cells. MSY-RNA levels do not decrease in Miwi or Msy2 null mice. Most MSY-RNAs map within annotated genes, but some are PIWI-interacting RNA (piRNA)-like and map to piRNA clusters. MSY-RNAs are in both nuclei and cytoplasm. In nuclei, MSY-RNAs are enriched in chromatin, and in the cytoplasm they are detected in both ribonucleoproteins and polysomes.
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页码:12371 / 12376
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