A single m6A modification in U6 snRNA diversifies exon sequence at the 5’ splice site

Yuma Ishigami, Takayuki Ohira, Yui Isokawa, Yutaka Suzuki and Tsutomu Suzuki ()
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Yuma Ishigami: The University of Tokyo
Takayuki Ohira: The University of Tokyo
Yui Isokawa: The University of Tokyo
Yutaka Suzuki: The University of Tokyo
Tsutomu Suzuki: The University of Tokyo

Nature Communications, 2021, vol. 12, issue 1, 1-15

Abstract: Abstract N6-methyladenosine (m6A) is a modification that plays pivotal roles in RNA metabolism and function, although its functions in spliceosomal U6 snRNA remain unknown. To elucidate its role, we conduct a large-scale transcriptome analysis of a Schizosaccharomyces pombe strain lacking this modification and found a global change of pre-mRNA splicing. The most significantly impacted introns are enriched for adenosine at the fourth position pairing the m6A in U6 snRNA, and exon sequences weakly recognized by U5 snRNA. This suggests cooperative recognition of 5’ splice site by U6 and U5 snRNPs, and also a role of m6A facilitating efficient recognition of the splice sites weakly interacting with U5 snRNA, indicating that U6 snRNA m6A relaxes the 5’ exon constraint and allows protein sequence diversity along with explosively increasing number of introns over the course of eukaryotic evolution.

Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-23457-6

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