Site-directed ribose methylation identifies 2′-OH groups in polyadenylation substrates critical for AAUAAA recognition and poly(A) addition
CellPublished 1 April 1991
Vivian J. Bardwell, Marvin Wickens, S. Bienroth, Walter Keller, Brian S. Sproat, Angus I. Lamond
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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.
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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.
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