2lrs

Structural highlights

Function

DCL1_ARATH Ribonuclease (RNase) III involved in RNA-mediated post-transcriptional gene silencing (PTGS). Functions in the microRNAs (miRNAs) biogenesis pathway by cleaving primary miRNAs (pri-miRNAs) and precursor miRNAs (pre-miRNAs). Functions with DRB1/HYL1 and SERRATE proteins for accurate pri-miRNAs to miRNAs processing. Indirectly involved in the production of trans-acting small interfering RNAs (ta-siRNAs) derived from the TAS1, TAS2 or TAS3 endogenous transcripts by participating in the production of their initiating miRNAs. Involved in the processing of natural siRNAs (nat-siRNAs, derived from cis-natural antisense transcripts) by cleaving 24 nucleotide nat-siRNAs into 21 nucleotide nat-siRNAs. Can produce RDR6-dependent endogenous ta-siRNAs derived from TAS1 and TAS2. Required for the production of 30-40 nucleotide bacterial-induced long siRNAs (lsiRNA). Acts redundantly with DICER-LIKE 3 (DCL3) to promote flowering via repression of FLOWERING LOCUS C (FLC). Represses antiviral RNA silencing through negative regulation of the expression of DCL4 and DCL3.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]}

References

1. ↑ Hiraguri A, Itoh R, Kondo N, Nomura Y, Aizawa D, Murai Y, Koiwa H, Seki M, Shinozaki K, Fukuhara T. Specific interactions between Dicer-like proteins and HYL1/DRB-family dsRNA-binding proteins in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Mol Biol. 2005 Jan;57(2):173-88. PMID:15821876 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11103-004-6853-5
2. ↑ Gasciolli V, Mallory AC, Bartel DP, Vaucheret H. Partially redundant functions of Arabidopsis DICER-like enzymes and a role for DCL4 in producing trans-acting siRNAs. Curr Biol. 2005 Aug 23;15(16):1494-500. PMID:16040244 doi:http://dx.doi.org/S0960-9822(05)00765-7
3. ↑ Kurihara Y, Takashi Y, Watanabe Y. The interaction between DCL1 and HYL1 is important for efficient and precise processing of pri-miRNA in plant microRNA biogenesis. RNA. 2006 Feb;12(2):206-12. PMID:16428603 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1261/rna.2146906
4. ↑ Schmitz RJ, Hong L, Fitzpatrick KE, Amasino RM. DICER-LIKE 1 and DICER-LIKE 3 redundantly act to promote flowering via repression of FLOWERING LOCUS C in Arabidopsis thaliana. Genetics. 2007 Jun;176(2):1359-62. PMID:17579240 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1534/genetics.107.070649
5. ↑ Katiyar-Agarwal S, Gao S, Vivian-Smith A, Jin H. A novel class of bacteria-induced small RNAs in Arabidopsis. Genes Dev. 2007 Dec 1;21(23):3123-34. Epub 2007 Nov 14. PMID:18003861 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/gad.1595107
6. ↑ Dong Z, Han MH, Fedoroff N. The RNA-binding proteins HYL1 and SE promote accurate in vitro processing of pri-miRNA by DCL1. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 Jul 22;105(29):9970-5. doi:, 10.1073/pnas.0803356105. Epub 2008 Jul 16. PMID:18632569 doi:10.1073/pnas.0803356105
7. ↑ Qu F, Ye X, Morris TJ. Arabidopsis DRB4, AGO1, AGO7, and RDR6 participate in a DCL4-initiated antiviral RNA silencing pathway negatively regulated by DCL1. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 Sep 23;105(38):14732-7. doi:, 10.1073/pnas.0805760105. Epub 2008 Sep 17. PMID:18799732 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0805760105