Nonsense mediated RNA decay and evolutionary capacitance

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Authors

RAXWAL Vivek Kumar ŘÍHA Karel

Year of publication 2016
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-GENE REGULATORY MECHANISMS
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Central European Institute of Technology

Citation
Web http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1874939916301869
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbagrm.2016.09.001
Field Biochemistry
Keywords Cryptic genetic variation; Evolvability; Gene duplication; NB-LRR immune receptors; Plant defense
Description Nonsense mediated RNA decay (NMD) is well-known as an RNA quality control mechanism that sequesters a substantial portion of RNA from expression by targeting it for degradation. However, a number of recent studies across a range of organisms indicate a broader role for NMD in gene regulation and transcriptome homeostasis. Here we propose a novel role for NMD as a buffering system with the capability of accumulating and subsequently releasing a wide spectrum of cryptic genetic variation in response to environmental stimuli, and hence facilitating adaptive evolution. We discuss this role for NMD in the context of evolution of plant pathogen defense, whereby NMD may promote rapid diversification of intracellular immune receptors by mitigating the potentially harmful impact of their newly formed variants on plant fitness. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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