E-MTAB-2907
3' UTR length and mRNP composition determine endocleavage efficiencies at termination codons
We aimed to study the cleavage sites of nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD) substrates. Therefore, we depleted the major exoribonuclease XRN1 in human cell culture, which degrades the 3' fragments generated by SMG6-mediated endonucleolytic cleavage. Different reporter mRNAs or endogenous NMD targets were investigated and the 3' fragments were cloned, amplified and subsequently subjected to high throughput sequencing.
We aimed to study the cleavage sites of nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD) substrates. Therefore, we depleted the major exoribonuclease XRN1 in human cell culture, which degrades the 3' fragments generated by SMG6-mediated endonucleolytic cleavage. Different reporter mRNAs or endogenous NMD targets were investigated and the 3' fragments were cloned, amplified and subsequently subjected to high throughput sequencing.