Post-transcriptional gene silencing in a dynamic RNP world
Author:
Larivera Simone1, Neumeier Julia1, Meister Gunter1ORCID
Affiliation:
1. Regensburg Center for Biochemistry (RCB), Laboratory for RNA Biology, University of Regensburg , D-93053 , Regensburg , Germany
Abstract
Abstract
MicroRNA (miRNA)-guided gene silencing is a key regulatory process in various organisms and linked to many human diseases. MiRNAs are processed from precursor molecules and associate with Argonaute proteins to repress the expression of complementary target mRNAs. Excellent work by numerous labs has contributed to a detailed understanding of the mechanisms of miRNA function. However, miRNA effects have mostly been analyzed and viewed as isolated events and their natural environment as part of complex RNA-protein particles (RNPs) is often neglected. RNA binding proteins (RBPs) regulate key enzymes of the miRNA processing machinery and furthermore RBPs or readers of RNA modifications may modulate miRNA activity on mRNAs. Such proteins may function similarly to miRNAs and add their own contributions to the overall expression level of a particular gene. Therefore, post-transcriptional gene regulation might be more the sum of individual regulatory events and should be viewed as part of a dynamic and complex RNP world.
Funder
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Publisher
Walter de Gruyter GmbH
Subject
Clinical Biochemistry,Molecular Biology,Biochemistry
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