Abstract:
:To supply abundant ribosomes, multiple copies of ribosomal RNA genes (rDNA) are conserved from bacterial to human cells. In eukaryotic genomes, clusters of tandemly repeated rDNA units are present, and their number is stably maintained. Due to high level of transcription of rRNA genes, the repetitive structure is prone to rearrangement. In budding yeast, rDNA homeostasis can compensate for this by the regulation of recombination events that will change the copy number. The histone deacetylase Sir2 plays a key role in rDNA copy maintenance and its expression level determines a state of "maintenance" or "amplification" of rDNA copy number. We recently showed that Upstream Activating Factors (UAF) for RNA polymerase I act as a RNA polymerase II repressor of SIR2 transcription in response to rDNA copy loss. Furthermore, the amount of UAF, which is limited in the cell, determines the stable copy number of rDNA and is a molecular switch for rDNA recovery. In this mini-review, we propose a "Musical Chair" model for rDNA copy counting as mediated by UAF and Sir2. The model describes how a straightforward molecular mechanism can account for the "cellular memory" of the proper rDNA copy number.
journal_name
Curr Genetjournal_title
Current geneticsauthors
Iida T,Kobayashi Tdoi
10.1007/s00294-019-00956-0subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2019-08-01 00:00:00pages
883-885issue
4eissn
0172-8083issn
1432-0983pii
10.1007/s00294-019-00956-0journal_volume
65pub_type
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