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Citation

Gent, JI, Lamm, AT, Pavelec, DM, Maniar, JM, Parameswaran, P, Tao, L, Kennedy, S and Fire, AZ (2010) Distinct phases of siRNA synthesis in an endogenous RNAi pathway in C. elegans soma. Mol. Cell 37:679-89

Abstract

Endogenous RNA-directed RNA polymerases (RdRPs) are cellular components capable of synthesizing new complementary RNAs from existing RNA templates. We present evidence for successive engagement of two different RdRPs in an endogenous siRNA-based mechanism targeting specific mRNAs in C. elegans soma. In the initiation stage of this process, a group of mRNA species are chosen as targets for downregulation, leading to accumulation of rare 26 nt 5'-phosphorylated antisense RNAs that depend on the RdRP homolog RRF-3, the Argonaute ERGO-1, DICER, and a series of associated ("ERI") factors. This primary process leads to production of a much more abundant class of 22 nt antisense RNAs, dependent on a secondary RdRP (RRF-1) and associating with at least one distinct Argonaute (NRDE-3). The requirement for two RdRP/Argonaute combinations and initiation by a rare class of uniquely structured siRNAs in this pathway illustrate the caution and flexibility used as biological systems exploit the physiological copying of RNA.

Links

PubMed PMC2838994 Online version:10.1016/j.molcel.2010.01.012

Keywords

Animals; Caenorhabditis elegans/enzymology; Caenorhabditis elegans/genetics; Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins/genetics; Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins/metabolism; Eukaryotic Initiation Factors/metabolism; Exoribonucleases/metabolism; Mutation; Phosphorylation; RNA Interference; RNA Replicase/genetics; RNA Replicase/metabolism; RNA Stability; RNA, Messenger/metabolism; RNA, Small Interfering/biosynthesis; RNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism; Ribonuclease III/metabolism; Transcription, Genetic

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