Adaptive Evolution Targets a piRNA Precursor Transcription Network
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UMass Chan Affiliations
Graduate School of Biomedical SciencesProgram in Bioinformatics and Integrative Biology
Program in Molecular Medicine
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Journal ArticlePublication Date
2020-02-25Keywords
CtBPCutoff
TRF2
adaptive evolution
cross-species complementation
piRNA cluster transcriptional regulation
piRNA pathway
transposon silencing
Bioinformatics
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Genetic Phenomena
Genomics
Integrative Biology
Investigative Techniques
Nucleic Acids, Nucleotides, and Nucleosides
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In Drosophila, transposon-silencing piRNAs are derived from heterochromatic clusters and a subset of euchromatic transposon insertions, which are bound by the Rhino-Deadlock-Cutoff complex. The HP1 homolog Rhino binds to Deadlock, which recruits TRF2 to promote non-canonical transcription from both genomic strands. Cuff function is less well understood, but this Rai1 homolog shows hallmarks of adaptive evolution, which can remodel functional interactions within host defense systems. Supporting this hypothesis, Drosophila simulans Cutoff is a dominant-negative allele when expressed in Drosophila melanogaster, in which it traps Deadlock, TRF2, and the conserved transcriptional co-repressor CtBP in stable complexes. Cutoff functions with Rhino and Deadlock to drive non-canonical transcription. In contrast, CtBP suppresses canonical transcription of transposons and promoters flanking the major germline clusters, and canonical transcription interferes with downstream non-canonical transcription and piRNA production. Adaptive evolution thus targets interactions among Cutoff, TRF2, and CtBP that balance canonical and non-canonical piRNA precursor transcription.Source
Parhad SS, Yu T, Zhang G, Rice NP, Weng Z, Theurkauf WE. Adaptive Evolution Targets a piRNA Precursor Transcription Network. Cell Rep. 2020 Feb 25;30(8):2672-2685.e5. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2020.01.109. PMID: 32101744; PMCID: PMC7061269. Link to article on publisher's site
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10.1016/j.celrep.2020.01.109Permanent Link to this Item
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/41371PubMed ID
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Copyright 2020 The Authors. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).Distribution License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1016/j.celrep.2020.01.109
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