Uced with galactose and then shut off with glucose and an RNase H cleavage assay was used to measure the poly(A) tail length of the reporter transcript at the times indicated after transcriptional shutoff. Where indicated oligo(dT) was added to remove the poly(A) tail by RNase H treatment, providing a marker for deadenylated mRNA (dT). The 11967625 distribution of poly(A) tail lengths at the indicated times after transcriptional shutoff are displayed on the graphs. An aliquot of each RNA sample was resolved in a separate Northern analysis and probed for SCR1 RNA to serve as a control for loading and RNA integrity. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0047121.gEap1p Functions in Vts1p-Mediated Transcript DecayFigure 5. Eap1p stimulates transcript decapping. Total RNA was isolated from the indicated cells expressing the AZ876 site GFP-SRE+ reporter during transcriptional pulse-chase Teriparatide experiments 16 min after transcriptional shut off with glucose. These samples were subjected to immunoprecipitation using an antibody that recognizes the 59 cap and equivalent amounts of RNA from starting material (T), immunoprecipitated material (P) and the supernatant from the immunoprecipitates (S) were assayed for GFP-SRE+ mRNA and SCR1 RNA levels via Northern blots. The results of three independent experiments were quantitated and the average percentage of material in each sample along with the standard deviation are indicated. Note that GFP-SRE+ is significantly enriched in immunoprecipitates from both TetO7-DCP2 cells 25837696 treated with doxycycline and eap1D cells as determined by a t test (P,0.01) while this is not the case in immunoprecipitates from xrn1D cells. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0047121.gexperiments using whole-cell lysates from cells expressing Flagtagged Vts1p and HA-tagged Eap1p. Vts1p-Flag 
was immunoprecipitated using anti-Flag resin, and the immunoprecipitates were analyzed by Western blot. Eap1p-HA was present in the antiFlag immunoprecipitate when the Vts1p-Flag protein was present (Figure 6A). As a control, Eap1p-HA was not immunoprecipitated from an extract lacking Vts1p-Flag. The co-immunoprecipitation of Vts1p with Eap1p was RNA independent, as it was observed when Vts1p harbored an amino acid change (A498Q) that blocks its ability to bind RNA (Vts1pRBD2) [12]. The interaction of Vts1p with the eIF4E-binding protein Eap1p led us to hypothesize that Eap1p may mediate an interaction between Vts1p and eIF4E. To test whether Vts1p interacts with eIF4E via Eap1p we repeated our co-immunoprecipitation experiments using whole cell lysates derived from eap1D cells. Consistent with data presented above, Eap1p-HA was present in the anti-Flag immunoprecipitate when the Vts1p-Flag protein was present (Figure 6B). eIF4E was also detected in Vts1p-Flag immunoprecipitates only in the presence of Eap1p. eIF4E was not significantly enriched when Vts1p-Flag was immunoprecipitated from lysate expressing Eap1p that harbored amino acid changes (Y109A;L114A) in the eIF4E-binding motif that block its ability to bind eIF4E (Eap1pmt) [29]. In addition, we did not detect a significant interaction between Eap1pmt-HA and Vts1p-Flag, suggesting that binding of Eap1p to eIF4E may stabilize the Vts1p/Eap1p interaction. Taken together these data indicate that Eap1p mediates an interaction between Vts1p and eIF4E through its eIF4E-binding motif.Figure 6. Eap1p mediates an indirect interaction between Vts1p and eIF4E. Vts1p-Flag and Eap1p-HA were expressed in yeast cells individually or in combination a.Uced with galactose and then shut off with glucose and an RNase H cleavage assay was used to measure the poly(A) tail length of the reporter transcript at the times indicated after transcriptional shutoff. Where indicated oligo(dT) was added to remove the poly(A) tail by RNase H treatment, providing a marker for deadenylated mRNA (dT). The 11967625 distribution of poly(A) tail lengths at the indicated times after transcriptional shutoff are displayed on 
the graphs. An aliquot of each RNA sample was resolved in a separate Northern analysis and probed for SCR1 RNA to serve as a control for loading and RNA integrity. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0047121.gEap1p Functions in Vts1p-Mediated Transcript DecayFigure 5. Eap1p stimulates transcript decapping. Total RNA was isolated from the indicated cells expressing the GFP-SRE+ reporter during transcriptional pulse-chase experiments 16 min after transcriptional shut off with glucose. These samples were subjected to immunoprecipitation using an antibody that recognizes the 59 cap and equivalent amounts of RNA from starting material (T), immunoprecipitated material (P) and the supernatant from the immunoprecipitates (S) were assayed for GFP-SRE+ mRNA and SCR1 RNA levels via Northern blots. The results of three independent experiments were quantitated and the average percentage of material in each sample along with the standard deviation are indicated. Note that GFP-SRE+ is significantly enriched in immunoprecipitates from both TetO7-DCP2 cells 25837696 treated with doxycycline and eap1D cells as determined by a t test (P,0.01) while this is not the case in immunoprecipitates from xrn1D cells. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0047121.gexperiments using whole-cell lysates from cells expressing Flagtagged Vts1p and HA-tagged Eap1p. Vts1p-Flag was immunoprecipitated using anti-Flag resin, and the immunoprecipitates were analyzed by Western blot. Eap1p-HA was present in the antiFlag immunoprecipitate when the Vts1p-Flag protein was present (Figure 6A). As a control, Eap1p-HA was not immunoprecipitated from an extract lacking Vts1p-Flag. The co-immunoprecipitation of Vts1p with Eap1p was RNA independent, as it was observed when Vts1p harbored an amino acid change (A498Q) that blocks its ability to bind RNA (Vts1pRBD2) [12]. The interaction of Vts1p with the eIF4E-binding protein Eap1p led us to hypothesize that Eap1p may mediate an interaction between Vts1p and eIF4E. To test whether Vts1p interacts with eIF4E via Eap1p we repeated our co-immunoprecipitation experiments using whole cell lysates derived from eap1D cells. Consistent with data presented above, Eap1p-HA was present in the anti-Flag immunoprecipitate when the Vts1p-Flag protein was present (Figure 6B). eIF4E was also detected in Vts1p-Flag immunoprecipitates only in the presence of Eap1p. eIF4E was not significantly enriched when Vts1p-Flag was immunoprecipitated from lysate expressing Eap1p that harbored amino acid changes (Y109A;L114A) in the eIF4E-binding motif that block its ability to bind eIF4E (Eap1pmt) [29]. In addition, we did not detect a significant interaction between Eap1pmt-HA and Vts1p-Flag, suggesting that binding of Eap1p to eIF4E may stabilize the Vts1p/Eap1p interaction. Taken together these data indicate that Eap1p mediates an interaction between Vts1p and eIF4E through its eIF4E-binding motif.Figure 6. Eap1p mediates an indirect interaction between Vts1p and eIF4E. Vts1p-Flag and Eap1p-HA were expressed in yeast cells individually or in combination a.