Abstract
AbstractThe SF3B complex, a multiprotein component of the U2 snRNP of the spliceosome, plays a crucial role in recognizing branch point sequence and facilitates spliceosome assembly and activation. Several chemicals that bind SF3B1 and PHF5A subunits of the SF3B complex inhibit splicing. We recently generated a splicing inhibitor-resistant SF3B1 mutant named SF3B1GEX1ARESISTANT 4 (SGR4) using CRISPR-mediated directed evolution, whereas splicing inhibitor-resistant mutant of PHF5A (Overexpression-PHF5A GEX1A Resistance, OGR) was generated by expressing an engineered version PHF5A-Y36C. Global analysis of splicing in wild type and these two mutants revealed the role of SF3B1 and PHF5A in splicing regulation. This analysis uncovered a set of genes whose intron retention is regulated by both proteins. Further analysis of these retained introns revealed that they are shorter, have a higher GC content, and contain shorter and weaker polypyrimidine tracts. Furthermore, splicing inhibition increased seedlings sensitivity to salt stress, consistent with emerging roles of splicing regulation in stress responses. In summary, we uncovered the functions of two members of the plant branch point recognition complex. The novel strategies described here should be broadly applicable in elucidating functions of splicing regulators, especially in studying the functions of redundant paralogs in plants.
Original language | English (US) |
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Journal | Communications Biology |
Volume | 4 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - May 5 2021 |
Bibliographical note
KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2021-05-10Acknowledgements: We would like to thank members of the genome engineering and synthetic biology laboratory at KAUST for their critical discussion and technical help in this work. This work is funded by KAUST-baseline funding to M.M.
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Overlapping roles of spliceosomal components SF3B1 and PHF5A in rice splicing regulation
Butt, H. (Creator), Bazin, J. (Creator), Alshareef, S. (Creator), Eid, A. (Creator), Benhamed, M. (Creator), Reddy, A. S. N. (Creator), Crespi, M. (Creator) & Mahfouz, M. M. (Creator), NCBI, May 31 2020
http://hdl.handle.net/10754/669199
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