Panoramix enforces piRNA-dependent cotranscriptional silencing

Yu, Y., Gu, J., Jin, Y., Luo, Y., Preall, J. B., Ma, J., Czech, B., Hannon, G. J. (October 2015) Panoramix enforces piRNA-dependent cotranscriptional silencing. Science, 350 (6258). pp. 339-42. ISSN 1095-9203 (Electronic)0036-8075 (Linking)

Abstract

The Piwi-interacting RNA (piRNA) pathway is a small RNA-based innate immune system that defends germ cell genomes against transposons. In Drosophila ovaries, the nuclear Piwi protein is required for transcriptional silencing of transposons, though the precise mechanisms by which this occurs are unknown. Here we show that the CG9754 protein is a component of Piwi complexes that functions downstream of Piwi and its binding partner, Asterix, in transcriptional silencing. Enforced tethering of CG9754 to nascent messenger RNA transcripts causes cotranscriptional silencing of the source locus and the deposition of repressive chromatin marks. We have named CG9754 "Panoramix," and we propose that this protein could act as an adaptor, scaffolding interactions between the piRNA pathway and the general silencing machinery that it recruits to enforce transcriptional repression.

Item Type: Paper
Subjects: bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing > DNA, RNA structure, function, modification > transcription
bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing > DNA, RNA structure, function, modification > genes, structure and function > gene silencing
bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing > DNA, RNA structure, function, modification > piRNA
CSHL Authors:
Communities: CSHL Cancer Center Program > Cancer Genetics and Genomics Program
CSHL Cancer Center Program > Gene Regulation and Inheritance Program
CSHL labs > Hannon lab
School of Biological Sciences > Publications
Depositing User: Matt Covey
Date: 16 October 2015
Date Deposited: 27 Oct 2015 19:40
Last Modified: 08 Jun 2021 13:13
PMCID: PMC4722808
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URI: https://repository.cshl.edu/id/eprint/31961

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