Virulence- and signaling-associated genes display a preference for long 3′UTRs during rice infection and metabolic stress in the rice blast fungus

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Rodríguez-Romero, Julio, Marconi, Marco, Ortega-Campayo, Víctor, Demuez, Marie, Wilkinson, Mark D. and Sesma, Ane ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3982-8932 (2019) Virulence- and signaling-associated genes display a preference for long 3′UTRs during rice infection and metabolic stress in the rice blast fungus. New Phytologist, 221 (1). pp. 399-414. ISSN 0028-646X

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Abstract

Generation of mRNA isoforms by alternative polyadenylation (APA) and their involvement in regulation of fungal cellular processes, including virulence, remains elusive. Here, we investigated genome‐wide polyadenylation site (PAS) selection in the rice blast fungus to understand how APA regulates pathogenicity. More than half of Magnaporthe oryzae transcripts undergo APA and show novel motifs in their PAS region. Transcripts with shorter 3′UTRs are more stable and abundant in polysomal fractions, suggesting they are being translated more efficiently. Importantly, rice colonization increases the use of distal PASs of pathogenicity genes, especially those participating in signalling pathways like 14‐3‐3B, whose long 3′UTR is required for infection. Cleavage factor I (CFI) Rbp35 regulates expression and distal PAS selection of virulence and signalling‐associated genes, tRNAs and transposable elements, pointing its potential to drive genomic rearrangements and pathogen evolution. We propose a noncanonical PAS selection mechanism for Rbp35 that recognizes UGUAH, unlike humans, without CFI25. Our results showed that APA controls turnover and translation of transcripts involved in fungal growth and environmental adaptation. Furthermore, these data provide useful information for enhancing genome annotations and for cross‐species comparisons of PASs and PAS usage within the fungal kingdom and the tree of life.

Item Type:	Article
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Science > School of Biological Sciences
Related URLs:	https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.15405
Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	10 Jan 2020 04:24
Last Modified:	22 Oct 2022 05:35
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/73580
DOI:	10.1111/nph.15405

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