title: Rules that govern UPF1 binding to mRNA 3' UTRs.
abstract: Nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD), which degrades transcripts harboring a premature termination codon (PTC), depends on the helicase up-frameshift 1 (UPF1). However, mRNAs that are not NMD targets also bind UPF1. What governs the timing, position, and function of UPF1 binding to mRNAs remains unclear. We provide evidence that (i) multiple UPF1 molecules accumulate on the 3'-untranslated region (3' UTR) of PTC-containing mRNAs and to an extent that is greater per unit 3' UTR length if the mRNA is an NMD target; (ii) UPF1 binding begins ≥35 nt downstream of the PTC; (iii) enhanced UPF1 binding to the 3' UTR of PTC-containing mRNA relative to its PTC-free counterpart depends on translation; and (iv) the presence of a 3' UTR exon-junction complex (EJC) further enhances UPF1 binding and/or affinity. Our data suggest that NMD involves UPF1 binding along a 3' UTR whether the 3' UTR contains an EJC. This binding explains how mRNAs without a 3' UTR EJC but with an abnormally long 3' UTR can be NMD targets, albeit not as efficiently as their counterparts that contain a 3' UTR EJC.
authors: Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, School of Medicine and Dentistry, and Center for RNA Biology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14642, USA.
authors: Tatsuaki
authors: T
authors: Kurosaki
authors: Lynne E
authors: LE
authors: Maquat
mesh_terms: D020413:3' Untranslated Regions / Q000235:genetics*; D018389:Codon, Nonsense / Q000235:genetics; D005091:Exons / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D009711:Nucleotides / Q000378:metabolism; D010454:Peptide Termination Factors / Q000378:metabolism; D011485:Protein Binding / Q000235:genetics; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D020365:RNA Helicases; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D015534:Trans-Activators / Q000378:metabolism*; D055544:beta-Globins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D020413:3' Untranslated Regions; D018389:Codon, Nonsense; D009711:Nucleotides; D010454:Peptide Termination Factors; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D015534:Trans-Activators; D055544:beta-Globins; C087971:peptide-chain-release factor 3; D020365:RNA Helicases; C101828:UPF1 protein, human
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