Objective
High-throughput transcriptomic analyses in human cell lines have found that >80% of the genome is transcriptionally
active. A major part of this massive genomic output is derived from RNA polymerase II (RNAPII) activity; such as, mRNA,
sn(o)RNA and long non-coding RNA. However, although these transcripts all contain 5’-m7G caps, which are common
hallmarks of RNAPII-derived transcripts, their fates differ substantially as some are rapidly degraded while others remain
stable and exercise diverse functions in the cell. What is the underlying mechanism? Transcript fate decisions are ultimately
dictated by the proteins with which the nascent RNA associate. Central to this process is the cap-binding complex (CBC).
Through its early association with the 5’-m7G cap, the CBC directs a plethora of nuclear RNA metabolic events by serving
as a landing pad to recruit productive and/or destructive factors. Therefore, composition of the early RNA-protein particle
plays an essential role in dictating RNA fate, and the CBC and its cofactors pose an interesting dichotomous system to study
as a model for sorting mechanisms dictating RNA fate.
In my project, I will delineate the spatiotemporal recruitment kinetics of selected RNA metabolic factors to identify when RNA
fate decisions are made during transcription and how RNA/DNA elements contribute. To resolve the sequential loading of
the CBC and its cofactors onto elongating transcripts, I will develop time course UV cross-linking and immunoprecipitation
(CLIP) experiments, combining metabolic labelling of RNA, using the photoactivatable ribonucleoside analogue 4-sU, with a
new and unprecedentedly high powered UV cross-linking technology employed at multiple short time increments. This will
for the first time enable the study of in vivo RNA binding kinetics of RNA-binding proteins with a temporal resolution
necessary to characterise co-transcriptional RNA fate decisions.
Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)
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- natural sciences biological sciences genetics DNA
- natural sciences biological sciences biochemistry biomolecules proteins
- natural sciences biological sciences genetics RNA
- natural sciences biological sciences genetics genomes
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H2020-EU.1.3. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
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H2020-EU.1.3.2. - Nurturing excellence by means of cross-border and cross-sector mobility
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MSCA-IF - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF)
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(opens in new window) H2020-MSCA-IF-2017
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8000 Aarhus C
Denmark
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