The RNA-Binding ATPase, Armitage, Couples piRNA Amplification in Nuage to Phased piRNA Production on Mitochondria

Daniel Tianfang Ge, Wei Wang, Cindy Tipping, Ildar Gainetdinov, Zhiping Weng, Phillip D. Zamore

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Abstract

In animals, PIWI-interacting RNAs (piRNAs) direct germline transposon silencing. Ge et al. now show that in Drosophila the RNA-binding ATPase protein Armitage uses ATP hydrolysis to selectively bind piRNA precursors, escorting them from the ping-pong piRNA-producing machinery in perinuclear nuage to the phased piRNA-producing pathway on mitochondria.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)982-995.e6
JournalMolecular Cell
Volume74
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 6 2019

Keywords

  • ATP
  • DTME
  • RNA-seq
  • argonaute
  • helicase
  • immunoprecipitation
  • mass spectrometry
  • microscopy
  • mitochondrion
  • small RNA

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Molecular Biology
  • Cell Biology

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