The conserved RNA-binding protein Seb1 promotes cotranscriptional ribosomal RNA processing by controlling RNA polymerase I progression

Maxime Duval, Carlo Yague-Sanz, Tomasz W. Turowski, Elisabeth Petfalski, David Tollervey and François Bachand ()
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Maxime Duval: Université de Sherbrooke
Carlo Yague-Sanz: Université de Sherbrooke
Tomasz W. Turowski: Polish Academy of Sciences
Elisabeth Petfalski: University of Edinburgh
David Tollervey: University of Edinburgh
François Bachand: Université de Sherbrooke

Nature Communications, 2023, vol. 14, issue 1, 1-14

Abstract: Abstract Transcription by RNA polymerase I (RNAPI) represents most of the transcriptional activity in eukaryotic cells and is associated with the production of mature ribosomal RNA (rRNA). As several rRNA maturation steps are coupled to RNAPI transcription, the rate of RNAPI elongation directly influences processing of nascent pre-rRNA, and changes in RNAPI transcription rate can result in alternative rRNA processing pathways in response to growth conditions and stress. However, factors and mechanisms that control RNAPI progression by influencing transcription elongation rate remain poorly understood. We show here that the conserved fission yeast RNA-binding protein Seb1 associates with the RNAPI transcription machinery and promotes RNAPI pausing states along the rDNA. The overall faster progression of RNAPI at the rDNA in Seb1-deficient cells impaired cotranscriptional pre-rRNA processing and the production of mature rRNAs. Given that Seb1 also influences pre-mRNA processing by modulating RNAPII progression, our findings unveil Seb1 as a pause-promoting factor for RNA polymerases I and II to control cotranscriptional RNA processing.

Date: 2023
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