Ago and Fkbp project

S. pombe nucleophosmin proteins have other functions in addition to the established role in ribosome biogenesis. Indeed, Fkbp39 contributes to silencing of centromeric and subtelomeric heterochromatic transcripts and displays a negative genetic interaction with the RNAi pathway. While the mechanisms of Fkbp39 action on heterochromatin and the negative genetic interaction with RNAi require further investigation, in this study we show that argonaute deletion cells have defects in transcription, shedding light on previously uncharacterized roles of RNAi. ChIP sequencing, nascent, total RNA and small RNA sequencing in wild type cells and different S. pombe mutants