Mutations in the RNA polymerase III subunit Rpc11p that decrease RNA 3′ cleavage activity increase 3′-terminal oligo(U) length and La-dependent tRNA processing

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作者
Huang, Y [1 ]
Intine, RV [1 ]
Mozlin, A [1 ]
Hasson, S [1 ]
Maraia, RJ [1 ]
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[1] NICHHD, Lab Mol Growth Regulat, Bethesda, MD USA
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10.1128/MCB.25.2.621-636.2005
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Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
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Termination by RNA polymerase III (Pol III) produces RNAs whose 3' oligo(U) termini are bound by La protein, a chaperone that protects RNAs from 3' exonucleases and promotes their maturation. Multiple reports indicate that yeasts use La-dependent and -independent pathways for tRNA maturation, with defective pre-tRNAs being most sensitive to decay and most dependent on La for maturation and function. The Rpc11p subunit of Pol III shows homology with the zinc ribbon of TFIIS and is known to mediate RNA 3' cleavage and to be important for termination. We used a La-dependent opal suppressor, tRNA(Ser)UGAM, which suppresses ade6-704 and the accumulation of red pigment, to screen Schizzosaccaromyces pombe for rpc11 mutants that increase tRNA-mediated suppression. Analyses of two zinc ribbon mutants indicate that they are deficient in Pol III RNA 3' cleavage activity and produce pre-tRNA(Ser)UGAM transcripts with elongated 3'-oligo(U) tracts that are better substrates for La. A substantial fraction of pre-tRNA(Ser)UGAM contains too few 3' Us for efficient La binding and appears to decay in wild-type cells but has elongated oligo(U) tracts and matures along the La-dependent pathway in the mutants. The data indicate that Rpc11p limits RNA 3'-U length and that this significantly restricts pre-tRNAs to a La-independent pathway of maturation in fission yeast.
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