{"title":"Structural basis of NEAT1 lncRNA maturation and menRNA instability.","authors":"Ilias Skeparnias, Jinwei Zhang","doi":"10.1038/s41594-024-01361-z","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>NEAT1 long noncoding RNA orchestrates paraspeckle assembly and impacts tumorigenesis, fertility and immunity. Its maturation requires RNase P cleavage yielding an unstable transfer RNA-like multiple endocrine neoplasia-β tRNA-like transcript (menRNA) due to CCACCA addition. Here we report the crystal structure of human menRNA, which partially mimics tRNAs to drive RNase P and ELAC2 processing. Biophysical analyses uncover an RNA-centric, riboswitch-like mechanism whereby the nascent CCA reshapes the RNA folding landscape and propels a spontaneous conformational isomerization that directs repeat CCA addition, marking the menRNA and defective tRNAs for degradation.</p>","PeriodicalId":18836,"journal":{"name":"Nature Structural &Molecular Biology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":16.8000,"publicationDate":"2024-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Nature Structural &Molecular Biology","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41594-024-01361-z","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
NEAT1 long noncoding RNA orchestrates paraspeckle assembly and impacts tumorigenesis, fertility and immunity. Its maturation requires RNase P cleavage yielding an unstable transfer RNA-like multiple endocrine neoplasia-β tRNA-like transcript (menRNA) due to CCACCA addition. Here we report the crystal structure of human menRNA, which partially mimics tRNAs to drive RNase P and ELAC2 processing. Biophysical analyses uncover an RNA-centric, riboswitch-like mechanism whereby the nascent CCA reshapes the RNA folding landscape and propels a spontaneous conformational isomerization that directs repeat CCA addition, marking the menRNA and defective tRNAs for degradation.
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Nature Structural & Molecular Biology is a monthly journal that focuses on the functional and mechanistic understanding of how molecular components in a biological process work together. It serves as an integrated forum for structural and molecular studies. The journal places a strong emphasis on the functional and mechanistic understanding of how molecular components in a biological process work together. Some specific areas of interest include the structure and function of proteins, nucleic acids, and other macromolecules, DNA replication, repair and recombination, transcription, regulation of transcription and translation, protein folding, processing and degradation, signal transduction, and intracellular signaling.