title: Promoter elements regulate cytoplasmic mRNA decay.
abstract: Promoters are DNA elements that enable transcription and its regulation by trans-acting factors. Here, we demonstrate that yeast promoters can also regulate mRNA decay after the mRNA leaves the nucleus. A conventional yeast promoter consists of a core element and an upstream activating sequence (UAS). We find that changing UASs of a reporter gene without altering the transcript sequence affects the transcript's decay kinetics. A short cis element, comprising two Rap1p-binding sites, and Rap1p itself, are necessary and sufficient to induce enhanced decay of the reporter mRNA. Furthermore, Rap1p stimulates both the synthesis and the decay of a specific population of endogenous mRNAs. We propose that Rap1p association with target promoter in the nucleus affects the composition of the exported mRNP, which in turn regulates mRNA decay in the cytoplasm. Thus, promoters can play key roles in determining mRNA levels and have the capacity to coordinate rates of mRNA synthesis and decay.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Microbiology, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 31096, Israel.
authors.forename: Almog
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bregman
authors.forename: Moran
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Avraham-Kelbert
authors.forename: Oren
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Barkai
authors.forename: Lea
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Duek
authors.forename: Adi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Guterman
authors.forename: Mordechai
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Choder
mesh_terms: D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000378:metabolism*; D015966:Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D020871:RNA Stability; D012261:Ribonucleoproteins / Q000378:metabolism; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D000089804:Shelterin Complex; D034501:Telomere-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: C440829:RAP1 protein, S cerevisiae; D012261:Ribonucleoproteins; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D000089804:Shelterin Complex; D034501:Telomere-Binding Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors