Systematic Dissection of Coding Exons at Single Nucleotide Resolution Supports an Additional Role in Cell-Specific Transcriptional Regulation

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Exons that code for protein can also have additional functions, such as regulating gene transcription through enhancer activity. Here, we changed every nucleotide in three different exons that also function as enhancers, and examined their enhancer activity to test whether nucleotide changes in these exons can affect both the protein sequence and enhancer function. We found that mutations with a significant effect on enhancer function can reside both in regions that change the protein sequence (non-synonymous) and regions that do not change it (synonymous). When we conducted a similar analysis in a different cell type, we observed a difference in the nucleotide changes that cause a significant effect on enhancer activity, suggesting that the enhancer functional units can differ between tissues.

Vyšlo v časopise: Systematic Dissection of Coding Exons at Single Nucleotide Resolution Supports an Additional Role in Cell-Specific Transcriptional Regulation. PLoS Genet 10(10): e32767. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1004592
Kategorie: Research Article
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