The DEAD box protein Dhh1 stimulates the decapping enzyme Dcp1

AUTOR(ES)

Fischer, Nicole

FONTE

Oxford University Press

RESUMO

An important control step in the regulation of cytoplasmic mRNA turnover is the removal of the m7G cap structure at the 5′ end of the message. Here, we describe the functional characterization of Dhh1, a highly conserved member of the family of DEAD box-containing proteins, as a regulator of mRNA decapping in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Dhh1 is a cytoplasmic protein and is shown to be in a complex with the mRNA degradation factor Pat1/Mtr1 and with the 5′–3′ exoribonuclease Xrn1. Dhh1 specifically affects mRNA turnover in the deadenylation-dependent decay pathway, but does not act on the degradation of nonsense-containing mRNAs. Cells that lack dhh1 accumulate degradation intermediates that have lost their poly(A) tail but contain an intact 5′ cap structure, suggesting that Dhh1 is required for efficient decapping in vivo. Furthermore, recombinant Dhh1 is able to stimulate the activity of the purified decapping enzyme Dcp1 in an in vitro decapping assay. We propose that the DEAD box protein Dhh1 regulates the access of the decapping enzyme to the m7G cap by modulating the structure at the 5′ end of mRNAs.

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