Complexed Piwil2:2'-O-methyl-piRNA cleaves transposon RNA

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R-MMU-5605349
Type
Reaction [binding]
Species
Mus musculus
Compartment
cytosol
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Complexed Piwil2:2'-O-methyl-piRNA cleaves transposon RNA
Piwil2 (Mili) bound to a piRNA cleaves target RNAs complementary to the piRNA (De Fazio et al. 2011, Di Giacomo et al. 2013, Reuter and Pillai 2014). The cleaved RNA can either be transferred to another Piwil2 as part of the "ping pong cycle" that generates secondary piRNAs or the cleaved RNA can be transferred to Piwil4 (Miwi2), which then transits to the nucleus to transcriptionally silence loci complementary to the piRNA.
Literature References
PubMed ID Title Journal Year
22020280 The endonuclease activity of Mili fuels piRNA amplification that silences LINE1 elements

De Fazio, S, Funaya, C, Abreu-Goodger, C, Moreira, PN, Bartonicek, N, Sankar, A, Di Giacomo, M, O'Carroll, D, Enright, AJ, Antony, C

Nature 2011
23706823 Multiple epigenetic mechanisms and the piRNA pathway enforce LINE1 silencing during adult spermatogenesis

De Fazio, S, Comazzetto, S, Morgan, M, Carrieri, C, Saini, H, Vasiliauskaite, L, Di Giacomo, M, O'Carroll, D, Enright, AJ, Benes, V

Mol. Cell 2013
24178560 Analysis of small RNA-guided endonuclease activity in endogenous Piwi protein complexes from mouse testes

Pillai, RS, Reuter, M

Methods Mol. Biol. 2014
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Complexed PIWIL2:2'-O-methyl-piRNA cleaves transposon RNA (Homo sapiens)
Authored
May, B  (2014-06-29)
Reviewed
Saito, K  (2014-10-25)
Created
May, B  (2014-07-05)
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