{"_id":"JpP5ZPyfT7d43GLXJ","bibbaseid":"brown-valenstein-yario-tycowski-steitz-formationoftriplehelicalstructuresbythe3endsequencesofmalat1andmennoncodingrnas-2012","author_short":["Brown, J. a","Valenstein, M. L","Yario, T. A","Tycowski, K. T","Steitz, J. A"],"bibdata":{"bibtype":"article","type":"article","title":"Formation of triple-helical structures by the 3'-end sequences of MALAT1 and MENβ noncoding RNAs.","volume":"2012","issn":"1091-6490","url":"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23129630","doi":"10.1073/pnas.1217338109","abstract":"Stability of the long noncoding-polyadenylated nuclear (PAN) RNA from Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus is conferred by an expression and nuclear retention element (ENE). The ENE protects PAN RNA from a rapid deadenylation-dependent decay pathway via formation of a triple helix between the U-rich internal loop of the ENE and the 3'-poly(A) tail. Because viruses borrow molecular mechanisms from their hosts, we searched highly abundant human long-noncoding RNAs and identified putative ENE-like structures in metastasis-associated lung adenocarcinoma transcript 1 (MALAT1) and multiple endocrine neoplasia-β (MENβ) RNAs. Unlike the PAN ENE, the U-rich internal loops of both predicted cellular ENEs are interrupted by G and C nucleotides and reside upstream of genomically encoded A-rich tracts. We confirmed the ability of MALAT1 and MENβ sequences containing the predicted ENE and A-rich tract to increase the levels of an intronless β-globin reporter RNA. UV thermal denaturation profiles at different pH values support formation of a triple-helical structure composed of multiple U•A-U base triples and a single C•G-C base triple. Additional analyses of the MALAT1 ENE revealed that robust stabilization activity requires an intact triple helix, strong stems at the duplex-triplex junctions, a G-C base pair flanking the triplex to mediate potential A-minor interactions, and the 3'-terminal A of the A-rich tract to form a blunt-ended triplex lacking unpaired nucleotides at the duplex-triplex junction. These examples of triple-helical, ENE-like structures in cellular noncoding RNAs, are unique.","journal":"Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America","author":[{"propositions":[],"lastnames":["Brown"],"firstnames":["Jessica","a"],"suffixes":[]},{"propositions":[],"lastnames":["Valenstein"],"firstnames":["Max","L"],"suffixes":[]},{"propositions":[],"lastnames":["Yario"],"firstnames":["Therese","A"],"suffixes":[]},{"propositions":[],"lastnames":["Tycowski"],"firstnames":["Kazimierz","T"],"suffixes":[]},{"propositions":[],"lastnames":["Steitz"],"firstnames":["Joan","A"],"suffixes":[]}],"month":"November","year":"2012","pmid":"23129630","keywords":"#nosource","pages":"1–6","bibtex":"@article{Brown2012,\n\ttitle = {Formation of triple-helical structures by the 3'-end sequences of {MALAT1} and {MENβ} noncoding {RNAs}.},\n\tvolume = {2012},\n\tissn = {1091-6490},\n\turl = {http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23129630},\n\tdoi = {10.1073/pnas.1217338109},\n\tabstract = {Stability of the long noncoding-polyadenylated nuclear (PAN) RNA from Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus is conferred by an expression and nuclear retention element (ENE). The ENE protects PAN RNA from a rapid deadenylation-dependent decay pathway via formation of a triple helix between the U-rich internal loop of the ENE and the 3'-poly(A) tail. Because viruses borrow molecular mechanisms from their hosts, we searched highly abundant human long-noncoding RNAs and identified putative ENE-like structures in metastasis-associated lung adenocarcinoma transcript 1 (MALAT1) and multiple endocrine neoplasia-β (MENβ) RNAs. Unlike the PAN ENE, the U-rich internal loops of both predicted cellular ENEs are interrupted by G and C nucleotides and reside upstream of genomically encoded A-rich tracts. We confirmed the ability of MALAT1 and MENβ sequences containing the predicted ENE and A-rich tract to increase the levels of an intronless β-globin reporter RNA. UV thermal denaturation profiles at different pH values support formation of a triple-helical structure composed of multiple U•A-U base triples and a single C•G-C base triple. Additional analyses of the MALAT1 ENE revealed that robust stabilization activity requires an intact triple helix, strong stems at the duplex-triplex junctions, a G-C base pair flanking the triplex to mediate potential A-minor interactions, and the 3'-terminal A of the A-rich tract to form a blunt-ended triplex lacking unpaired nucleotides at the duplex-triplex junction. These examples of triple-helical, ENE-like structures in cellular noncoding RNAs, are unique.},\n\tjournal = {Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America},\n\tauthor = {Brown, Jessica a and Valenstein, Max L and Yario, Therese A and Tycowski, Kazimierz T and Steitz, Joan A},\n\tmonth = nov,\n\tyear = {2012},\n\tpmid = {23129630},\n\tkeywords = {\\#nosource},\n\tpages = {1--6},\n}\n\n","author_short":["Brown, J. a","Valenstein, M. L","Yario, T. A","Tycowski, K. T","Steitz, J. 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