Department of Biotechnology
inStem (Institute for Stem Cell Science and Regenerative Medicine)

FMRP Interacts with C/D Box snoRNA in the Nucleus and Regulates Ribosomal RNA Methylation.

Publication Type

Journal Article

Date of Publication

November 30, 2018

Journal

iScience

Volume/Issue

9

ISSN

2589-0042

FMRP is an RNA-binding protein that is known to localize in the cytoplasm and in the nucleus. Here, we have identified an interaction of FMRP with a specific set of C/D box snoRNAs in the nucleus. C/D box snoRNAs guide 2’O methylations of ribosomal RNA (rRNA) on defined sites, and this modification regulates rRNA folding and assembly of ribosomes. 2’O methylation of rRNA is partial on several sites in human embryonic stem cells, which results in ribosomes with differential methylation patterns. FMRP-snoRNA interaction affects rRNA methylation on several of these sites, and in the absence of FMRP, differential methylation pattern of rRNA is significantly altered. We found that FMRP recognizes ribosomes carrying specific methylation patterns on rRNA and the recognition of methylation pattern by FMRP may potentially determine the translation status of its target mRNAs. Thus, FMRP integrates its function in the nucleus and in the cytoplasm.

Alternate Journal

iScience

PubMed ID

30469012

PubMed Central ID

PMC6249352

Authors

Michelle Ninochka D'Souza
Naveen Kumar Chandappa Gowda
Vishal Tiwari
Rosana Ottakandathil Babu
Praveen Anand
Sudhriti Ghosh Dastidar
Randhir Singh
Owen G James
Bhuvaneish Selvaraj
Rakhi Pal
Arati Ramesh
Sumantra Chattarji
Siddharthan Chandran
Akash Gulyani
Dasaradhi Palakodeti
Ravi S Muddashetty