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EMBO REPORTS
Volume 9, Issue 8, Pages 774-780Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/embor.2008.109
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RNA polymerase I; noncoding RNA; intergenic spacer; RNA structure; protein conformation
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Silencing of ribosomal RNA genes (rDNA) requires binding of the chromatin remodelling complex NoRC to RNA that is complementary to the rDNA promoter. NoRC-associated RNA (pRNA) folds into a conserved stem-loop structure that is required for nucleolar localization and rDNA silencing. Mutations that disrupt the stem-loop structure impair binding of TIP5, the large subunit of NoRC, to pRNA and abolish targeting of NoRC to nucleoli. Binding to pRNA results in a conformational change of TIP5, as shown by enhanced sensitivity of TIP5 towards trypsin digestion. Our results indicate an RNA-dependent mechanism that targets NoRC to chromatin and facilitates the interaction with co-repressors that promote heterochromatin formation and rDNA silencing.
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