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Lecture 33: RNA Processessing Flashcards

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spliced functional RNA products

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generated after cleavage

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Processing of mRNA transcripts

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5’ capping (protect from degredation)
intron splicing (take out non coding regions)
polyadenylation (protect from degredation on 3’ end)
(also cleavage)

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how can multiple protein be derived from 1 gene

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alternative intron splcing

use of differential polyadenylation sites

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Micro RNAs

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short double stranded RNA molecs
interferring RNA molecs (RNAi)
target mRNA degredation or to interfere w/ translation
to decrease expression 
important for gene regulation
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where does RNA processing happen?

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in nucleus
after transcription
BEFORE exportation of mRNA to cytoplasm for translation

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what is nascent RNA

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pre RNA

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pre rna has…

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both exons (coding) and introns(non-coding)
need cleavage and religation to get mature RNA product
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rRNA and tRNA modifcations

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modification at ribonucleotide bases
to produce a variety of methylated products
structural roles
modified bases required for function

unlike mRNA!!! its just a sequence, a message to go to a protein

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S

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spedbergs
sedimentation properties
the larger the number, the more sedimentary it will be when ceterfuged

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rRNA processing

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in nucleolus

make mature 60S (large subunit) and 40S (small subunit) ribosomal complexes before exportation to cytoplasm

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modification of rRNA and tRNA

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bases modified at specific sites BEFORE processing
produces variety of methylated products

needed for function

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45S rRNA contains…

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28S, 18S, and 5.8S genes

portions that eventually encode the mature rRNA
rRNA modfication happens in nucleolus

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tRNA processing

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remove intron and add 3’CCA sequence
remove 5’ and 3’ sequences and an intron near anticodon sequence
base modification

adopts cloverleaf structure
3D: L structure
all have basically same shape

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to get amino acid attachment by a tRNA synthase enzyme we need…

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prescence of specific modifed bases
anticodon sequence
addition of CCA to 3’

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review figures on slide 6

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review figures on slide 6

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processing of mRNA transcript

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5’ gets gaunine cap
introns removed
add 80-250 adenine residues to 3’ end

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Ovalbumin gene: mRNA processessing

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77000 basepairs
one of first genes studied for processing
primary transcript is huge, extra RNA at 3’ end
add cap, splice, cleave, polyadenylate
end up w/ mature RNA of 1800 nucleotides long

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Proccessing seems wasteful: Why do it??

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so that we can get many different proteins out of just one gene
differential splicing

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mRNA Processing: CTD

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Carboxy terminal domain of RNA Pol II has 50 repeats of serine rich amino acid sequence that some become phosphorylated (after initiation of RNA synth)

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phosphorylated CTD region….

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binding site for enzymes needed for 
5' capping
intron splicing
3' polyadenylation 
so things can happen right away
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What is the advantage of mRNA processing factors binding to the phosphorylated CTD?

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they’re ready to work as its being made

makes things a lot faster

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5’ Capping: how

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cap synthing complex binds to CTD
catalyzes addition of GTP to 5’ NTP (4 step rxn; methylation of guanine base and ribose sugar of 5’ NTP (Adds cap)

5’ cap synth complex dissociates and is replaced by the cap binding complex

this dissociates when RNA Pol II disengages from DNA templaet

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why cap?

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to stop other enzymes from degrading the mRNA

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Self Splicing reactions

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intron has sequence that lets it adopt a structure that lets it catalyze the reaction to splice

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what enzyme catalyzes RNA splicing?
ribozymes
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What is splicing?
removal of introns
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group 1 introns
a few particular sequence must be conserved in order for the right orientation to facilitate this reactio intron is removed in rxn catalyzed by GTP mediated nucleophilic attack on RNA sequence in the intron bind to intron new 3' end, make new attack, cleave exons covalently joined again
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splice junctions
junctions between exons and introns | things need to be here for splicing
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Group 2 introns
a few particular sequence must be conserved in order for the right orientation to facilitate this reaction fungi nucleophile for reaction is hydroxyl group fron adenosine in the intron attacks lariat structure formed (HOWS ITS DIFFERNFT FROM GROUP 1) formation of 2'-5' phosphodiester linkage lariat structure gets released at the end happens only once per mRNA
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true or false: most introns are released by self splicing
False
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most introns are removed by...
action of small nuclear RNA (snRNA) within small ribonucleoproteins (snRNPs)
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5 snRNAs contained in snRNPs
``` U1 U2 U4 U5 U6 ``` snRNP happens when snRNAs associate with proteins
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What do snRNAs do?
mediate splicing reaction using sequences at the 5' and 3' splice junctions and w/in the intron
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U1
binds to 5' splice site
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U2
binds to branch site and forms part of catalytic center
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U4
binds to 5' splice site and then 3' splice site
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U5
masks catalytic activity of U6
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U6
catalyzes splicing
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what recognizes 5' splice junction?
U1 snRNP
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what recognizes intron branch site?
U2 snRNP
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what binds to U1 and U2 to form almost active splicesome complex?
U4/U6 snRNP and U5 snRPN
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what activates the inactive splicesome complex? Then what happens?
ATP mediated conformational changes this results in formation of active U2, U5, U6 splicesosome (U1 and U4 leave) lariat is formed, cleavage occurs, the intron gets released
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What are RNA catalyzed cleavage steps and lariat formation similar to?
mechanism for self cleavage by group II intronts
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Final step of splicing
splicesome and intron complex dissociate | 5' and 3' junctions of 2 adjacent exons are ligated together
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How do snRNPs know the difference between an exon and intron sequence? i.e. what makes splicing so precise?
Base pairing! (recognition by U1 and U2) | there IS structire to mRNA
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Polyadenylation
cleavage signal at 3' end of gene is transcribed, this marks transcript for cleavage by endonuclease transcript is released from DNA template polyA tail added by enzyme poly(A) polymerase
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what is splicesome associated with?
CTD of RNA Pol II so they are ready to act on intron as soon as it has been synthed this all hapens while the RNA is synthed
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why would the cell do all these modifications?
we have a lot more proteins than we have genes | we can do alternate RNA processing to get this diversity
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Ways to get diversity
alternate RNA processing | a little bit from things like antibodies and alternate start site
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2 primary mechanisms of alternate RNA processing
``` differential RNA splicing alternate Poly (A) sites ```
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how to get alternate RNA processing
skip splice sites combine splice sites regulatory splicesomes ignroe splice sites (tissue specific expression) when we also consider alternative poly (A) sites, there are huge numbers of possible mRNA transcripts could be random or due to the fact that different tissues recognize/use different things
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Defective spliceing and human disease
point mutation in intron | of beta globin gene has been linked to decreaed hemoglobin (thalassemia) due to degredation of an abnromaly spliced mRNA
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what kind of mutations cause defects in alternative splicing
point mutations | deletions
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micro RNAs
noncoding RNAs in cells that are complementary to regions of "target" mRNA transcripts 22 nucleotides long and double stranded partially processed in nucleus and then cleaved by Dicer enzyme in cytoplasm
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Micro RNAs and function
interferring RNAs incorporated into RISC protein complexs to mediate mRNA cleavage or translational repression
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How might miRNA be useful to eukaryotic cells? (Hint: protection and regulation)
degrade RNA viruses and modulate expression of regulatory proteins down regulate mRNAs
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how MiRNAs work
``` make premiRNA in nucleus, export recognized by DIcer Direcer makes duplex from hairpin unwind duplex with helicase load with RISK, its MATURE! target either near perfect or partial complementarity ```
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partial complementarity of miRNA and RNA
repress translation from the RNA
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near perfect complementarity of miRNA and RNA
cleave the targeted RNA

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