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Site-directed ribose methylation identifies 2'-OH groups in polyadenylation substrates critical for AAUAAA recognition and poly(A) addition

Bardwell, V. J. and Wickens, M. and Bienroth, S. and Keller, W. and Sproat, B. S. and Lamond, A. I.. (1991) Site-directed ribose methylation identifies 2'-OH groups in polyadenylation substrates critical for AAUAAA recognition and poly(A) addition. Cell, 65 (1). pp. 125-133.

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Abstract

The importance of sugar contacts for the sequence-specific recognition that occurs during polyadenylation of mRNAs was investigated with chemically synthesized substrates containing 2'-O-CH3 groups at selected riboses. An RNA (5'-CUGCAAUAAACAAGU-UAA-3') with 2'-O-CH3 ribose at each nucleotide except for the AAUAAA sequence and 3'-terminal adenosine was efficiently polyadenylated in vitro. Methylation of single riboses within AAUAAA inhibited both poly(A) addition and binding of the specificity factor, but the magnitude of inhibition varied greatly at different nucleotides. Nucleotides that showed sensitivity to base substitutions did not necessarily show sensitivity to ribose methylation, and vice versa. The data indicate that the specificity factor interacts with AAUAAA through RNA-protein contacts involving essential recognition of both sugars and bases at different nucleotide positions.
Faculties and Departments:05 Faculty of Science > Departement Biozentrum > Former Organization Units Biozentrum > Cell Biology (Keller)
UniBasel Contributors:Keller, Walter
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Research Article
Publisher:Cell Press
ISSN:0092-8674
e-ISSN:1097-4172
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
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