How do cells count multi-copy genes?: "Musical Chair" model for preserving the number of rDNA copies.

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 Genet

journal_title

Current genetics

authors

Iida T,Kobayashi T

doi

10.1007/s00294-019-00956-0

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2019-08-01 00:00:00

pages

883-885

issue

4

eissn

0172-8083

issn

1432-0983

pii

10.1007/s00294-019-00956-0

journal_volume

65

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