RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Unstructured mRNAs form multivalent RNA-RNA interactions to generate TIS granule networks
JF bioRxiv
FD Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
SP 2020.02.14.949503
DO 10.1101/2020.02.14.949503
A1 Weirui Ma
A1 Gang Zhen
A1 Wei Xie
A1 Christine Mayr
YR 2020
UL http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2020/02/14/2020.02.14.949503.abstract
AB The TIS granule network is a constitutively expressed membraneless organelle that concentrates mRNAs with AU-rich elements and interacts with the major site of protein synthesis, the rough endoplasmic reticulum. Most known biomolecular condensates are sphere-like, but TIS granules have a mesh-like morphology. Through in vivo and in vitro reconstitution experiments we discovered that this shape is generated by extensive intermolecular RNA-RNA interactions. They are mostly accomplished by mRNAs with large unstructured regions in their 3′UTRs that we call intrinsically disordered regions (IDRs). As AU-rich RNA is a potent chaperone that suppresses protein aggregation and is overrepresented in mRNAs with IDRs, our data suggests that TIS granules concentrate mRNAs that assist protein folding. In addition, the proximity of translating mRNAs in TIS granule networks may enable co-translational protein complex formation.