A Dicer-Independent Route for Biogenesis of siRNAs that Direct DNA Methylation in Arabidopsis.

Abstract:

:DNA methylation directed by 24-nucleotide (nt) small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) plays critical roles in gene regulation and transposon silencing in Arabidopsis. 24-nt siRNAs are known to be processed from double-stranded RNAs by Dicer-like 3 (DCL3) and loaded into the effector Argonaute 4 (AGO4). Here we report a distinct class of siRNAs independent of DCLs (sidRNAs). sidRNAs are present as ladders of ∼ 20-60 nt in length, often having the same 5' ends but differing in 3' ends by 1-nt steps. We further show that sidRNAs are associated with AGO4 and capable of directing DNA methylation. Finally we show that sidRNA production depends on distributive 3'-5' exonucleases. Our findings suggest an alternative route for siRNA biogenesis. Precursor transcripts are bound by AGO4 and subsequently subjected to 3'-5' exonucleolytic trimming for maturation. We propose that sidRNAs generated through this route are the initial triggers of de novo DNA methylation.

journal_name

Mol Cell

journal_title

Molecular cell

authors

Ye R,Chen Z,Lian B,Rowley MJ,Xia N,Chai J,Li Y,He XJ,Wierzbicki AT,Qi Y

doi

10.1016/j.molcel.2015.11.015

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2016-01-21 00:00:00

pages

222-35

issue

2

eissn

1097-2765

issn

1097-4164

pii

S1097-2765(15)00907-7

journal_volume

61

pub_type

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