PUBLICATION

Dual-initiation promoters with intertwined canonical and TCT/TOP transcription start sites diversify transcript processing

Authors
Nepal, C., Hadzhiev, Y., Balwierz, P., Tarifeño-Saldivia, E., Cardenas, R., Wragg, J.W., Suzuki, A.M., Carninci, P., Peers, B., Lenhard, B., Andersen, J.B., Müller, F.
ID
ZDB-PUB-200112-3
Date
2020
Source
Nature communications   11: 168 (Journal)
Registered Authors
Hadzhiev, Yavor, Müller, Ferenc, Peers, Bernard
Keywords
none
MeSH Terms
  • Animals
  • Base Sequence
  • Drosophila/genetics
  • Drosophila/growth & development
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental*
  • Gene Regulatory Networks*
  • Humans
  • Promoter Regions, Genetic/genetics*
  • RNA/genetics
  • RNA/physiology
  • RNA, Small Nucleolar/genetics
  • RNA, Small Nucleolar/metabolism
  • RNA, Small Untranslated/genetics
  • RNA, Small Untranslated/physiology
  • RNA, Untranslated/genetics
  • RNA, Untranslated/physiology
  • Regulatory Elements, Transcriptional
  • Transcription Initiation Site*
  • Transcription, Genetic*
  • Zebrafish/genetics
  • Zebrafish/growth & development
  • Zygote
PubMed
31924754 Full text @ Nat. Commun.
Abstract
Variations in transcription start site (TSS) selection reflect diversity of preinitiation complexes and can impact on post-transcriptional RNA fates. Most metazoan polymerase II-transcribed genes carry canonical initiation with pyrimidine/purine (YR) dinucleotide, while translation machinery-associated genes carry polypyrimidine initiator (5'-TOP or TCT). By addressing the developmental regulation of TSS selection in zebrafish we uncovered a class of dual-initiation promoters in thousands of genes, including snoRNA host genes. 5'-TOP/TCT initiation is intertwined with canonical initiation and used divergently in hundreds of dual-initiation promoters during maternal to zygotic transition. Dual-initiation in snoRNA host genes selectively generates host and snoRNA with often different spatio-temporal expression. Dual-initiation promoters are pervasive in human and fruit fly, reflecting evolutionary conservation. We propose that dual-initiation on shared promoters represents a composite promoter architecture, which can function both coordinately and divergently to diversify RNAs.
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