Molecular mechanism controlling fat accumulation elucidated
Friday, November 4, 2016 - 07:31
in Biology & Nature
Scientists in Rafal Ciosk's group at the FMI have identified a novel regulator of fat accumulation in the nematode C. elegans. An RNase, REGE-1, degrades the mRNA encoding a fat loss promoting transcription factor, ETS-4. The RNase and the transcription factor form an autoregulatory module controlling fat metabolism.