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Polyadenylation in eukaryotes is conventionally associated with increased nuclear export, translation, and stability of mRNAs. In contrast, recent studies suggest that the Trf4 and Trf5 proteins, members of a widespread family of noncanonical poly(A) polymerases, share an essential function in Saccharomyces cerevisiae that involves polyadenylation of nuclear RNAs as part of a pathway of exosome-mediated RNA turnover. Substrates for this pathway include aberrantly modified tRNAs and precursors of snoRNAs and rRNAs. Here we show that Cid14 is a Trf4/5 functional homolog in the distantly related fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Unlike trf4 trf5 double mutants, cells lacking Cid14 are viable, though they suffer an increased frequency of chromosome missegregation. The Cid14 protein is constitutively nucleolar and is required for normal nucleolar structure. A minor population of polyadenylated rRNAs was identified. These RNAs accumulated in an exosome mutant, and their presence was largely dependent on Cid14, in line with a role for Cid14 in rRNA degradation. Surprisingly, both fully processed 25S rRNA and rRNA processing intermediates appear to be channeled into this pathway. Our data suggest that additional substrates may include the mRNAs of genes involved in meiotic regulation. Polyadenylation-assisted nuclear RNA turnover is therefore likely to be a common eukaryotic mechanism affecting diverse biological processes.

Original publication

DOI

10.1128/MCB.26.5.1710-1721.2006

Type

Journal article

Journal

Mol Cell Biol

Publication Date

03/2006

Volume

26

Pages

1710 - 1721

Keywords

Base Sequence, Cell Nucleolus, Chromosome Segregation, DNA-Directed DNA Polymerase, DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases, Exoribonucleases, Exosome Multienzyme Ribonuclease Complex, Fungal Proteins, Gene Deletion, Meiosis, Metaphase, Mitosis, Molecular Sequence Data, Polyadenylation, Polynucleotide Adenylyltransferase, Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases, RNA, Ribosomal, Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins, Schizosaccharomyces, Schizosaccharomyces pombe Proteins, Sequence Homology, Amino Acid