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Scripture JB, Huber PW. Binding site for Xenopus ribosomal protein L5 and accompanying structural changes in 5S rRNA. Biochemistry 2011; 50:3827-39. [PMID: 21446704 DOI: 10.1021/bi200286e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The structure of the eukaryotic L5-5S rRNA complex was investigated in protection and interference experiments and is compared with the corresponding structure (L18-5S rRNA) in the Haloarcula marismortui 50S subunit. In close correspondence with the archaeal structure, the contact sites for the eukaryotic ribosomal protein are located primarily in helix III and loop C and secondarily in loop A and helix V. While the former is unique to L5, the latter is also a critical contact site for transcription factor IIIA (TFIIIA), accounting for the mutually exclusive binding of these two proteins to 5S RNA. The binding of L5 causes structural changes in loops B and C that expose nucleotides that contact the Xenopus L11 ortholog in H. marismortui. This induced change in the structure of the RNA reveals the origins of the cooperative binding to 5S rRNA that has been observed for the bacterial counterparts of these proteins. The native structure of helix IV and loop D antagonizes binding of L5, indicating that this region of the RNA is dynamic and also influenced by the protein. Examination of the crystal structures of Thermus thermophilus ribosomes in the pre- and post-translocation states identified changes in loop D and in the surrounding region of 23S rRNA that support the proposal that 5S rRNA acts to transmit information between different functional domains of the large subunit.
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- J Benjamin Scripture
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
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Smirnov AV, Entelis NS, Krasheninnikov IA, Martin R, Tarassov IA. Specific features of 5S rRNA structure - its interactions with macromolecules and possible functions. BIOCHEMISTRY (MOSCOW) 2009; 73:1418-37. [PMID: 19216709 DOI: 10.1134/s000629790813004x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Small non-coding RNAs are today a topic of great interest for molecular biologists because they can be regarded as relicts of a hypothetical "RNA world" which, apparently, preceded the modern stage of organic evolution on Earth. The small molecule of 5S rRNA (approximately 120 nucleotides) is a component of large ribosomal subunits of all living beings (5S rRNAs are not found only in mitoribosomes of fungi and metazoans). This molecule interacts with various protein factors and 23S (28S) rRNA. This review contains the accumulated data to date concerning 5S rRNA structure, interactions with other biological macromolecules, intracellular traffic, and functions in the cell.
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- A V Smirnov
- Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119991, Russia.
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Chen DT, Lin A. Domain swapping in ribonuclease T1 allows the acquisition of double-stranded activity. Protein Eng Des Sel 2002; 15:997-1003. [PMID: 12601139 DOI: 10.1093/protein/15.12.997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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A mutant of ribonuclease T1 (RNase T1), denoted RNase Talpha, that is designed to recognize double-stranded ribonucleic acid was created. RNase Talpha carries the structure of RNase T1 except for a part of its loop L3 domain, which has been swapped for a corresponding domain from alpha-sarcin. The RNase Talpha maintains the pleated beta-sheet structure and retains the guanyl-specific ribonuclease activity of the wild-type RNase T1. A steady-state kinetic study on the RNase Talpha-catalyzed transesterification of GpU dinucleoside phosphates reveals a slightly reduced K(m) value of 6.94 x 10(-7) M. When the stranded specificity is examined, RNase Talpha catalyzes the hydrolysis of guanine base not only of single-stranded but also, as by design, of double-stranded RNA. The change of stranded specificity suggests the feasibility of using domain swapping to make a substrate-specific ribonuclease. This study suggests that the loop L3 in RNase T1 can be used as a 'cassette player' for inserting a functional domain to make ribonuclease of various specificities.
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- Dow-Tien Chen
- Institute of Genetics, National Yang-Ming University, Shih-Pai, Taipei, Taiwan
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Grimm M, Brünen-Nieweler C, Junker V, Heckmann K, Beier H. The hypotrichous ciliate Euplotes octocarinatus has only one type of tRNACys with GCA anticodon encoded on a single macronuclear DNA molecule. Nucleic Acids Res 1998; 26:4557-65. [PMID: 9753721 PMCID: PMC147889 DOI: 10.1093/nar/26.20.4557] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Deviations from the universal genetic code have evolved independently several times in ciliated protozoa. Thus, in some species UAA and UAG are no longer used as termination codons, but are read as glutamine, whereas in the genus Euplotes , UGA is translated as cysteine. We have investigated the nature of the tRNACys isoacceptor responsible for decoding UGA in Euplotes cells. Southern hybridization analyses indicated that a single DNA molecule of 630 bp encoding tRNACys exists in the macronucleus of Euplotes octocarinatus . Cloning and sequencing of this fragment revealed that it contains only one copy of a tRNACys gene, which codes for a normal tRNACys with GCA anticodon. This is the first report of the characterization of a tRNA gene in any hypotrichous ciliate. It contains putative signals for initiation and termination of transcription by RNA polymerase III and can be transcribed efficiently in vitro in HeLa cell nuclear extract. Intensive studies on the DNA and tRNA level involving PCR analyses have not disclosed the existence of any tRNA Cys isoacceptor with UCA or ICA anticodons. Translation of the UGA codon by tRNA sub GCA sup Cys necessitates a G:A mispairing in the first anticodon position. We discuss a number of aspects which might contribute to the finding that a near-cognate tRNA isoacceptor efficiently translates the UGA stop codon.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Anticodon/genetics
- Base Sequence
- Blotting, Southern
- Cell Nucleus/genetics
- Codon, Terminator
- DNA, Protozoan/genetics
- Escherichia coli/genetics
- Euplotes/genetics
- Genes, Protozoan
- Genetic Code
- Genomic Library
- HeLa Cells
- Humans
- Molecular Sequence Data
- RNA Polymerase III/metabolism
- RNA, Protozoan/genetics
- RNA, Transfer, Cys/genetics
- RNA, Transfer, Cys/isolation & purification
- Restriction Mapping
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Transcription, Genetic
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- M Grimm
- Institut für Biochemie, Bayerische Julius-Maximilians-Universität, Biozentrum, Am Hubland, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany
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Friesen WJ, Darby MK. Phage display of RNA binding zinc fingers from transcription factor IIIA. J Biol Chem 1997; 272:10994-7. [PMID: 9110988 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.272.17.10994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Zinc fingers in transcription factor IIIA (TFIIIA) contribute differentially to RNA and DNA binding affinity. We investigated whether the same putative alpha-helix amino acids in TFIIIA zinc fingers are essential for both RNA and DNA binding. In published structures, zinc fingers make DNA base contacts through amino acids -1, +2, +3, and +6 of the recognition helix. Alanine substitution at these four positions were made in TFIIIA RNA binding zinc fingers, tz4-7 and DNA binding zinc fingers, tz1-3. Substitution in zinc fingers 4 or 6 of tz4-7 reduced RNA affinity 77- and 38-fold, respectively, whereas substitution in zinc fingers 5 or 7 had little effect. DNA binding affinity of tz1-3 was eliminated by alanine substitution in any one zinc finger. We determined which amino acids supported RNA binding by phage display of a library of zinc finger 4 mutants. Lysine at helix position -1 of zinc finger 4 was conserved in all selected tz4-7 fusions. Point mutation of Lys-1 to alanine in zinc finger 4 reduced tz4-7 RNA affinity 30-fold. We propose that RNA binding by TFIIIA shows similarity to DNA binding in the use of the recognition helix. Helix positions -1 and +2 may have particular significance for RNA binding.
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- W J Friesen
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Kimmel Cancer Institute, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107, USA
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Rawlings SL, Matt GD, Huber PW. Analysis of the binding of Xenopus transcription factor IIIA to oocyte 5 S rRNA and to the 5 S rRNA gene. J Biol Chem 1996; 271:868-77. [PMID: 8557698 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.271.2.869] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Binding of transcription factor IIIA (TFIIIA) to site-specific mutants of Xenopus oocyte 5 S rRNA has been used to identify important recognition elements in the molecule. The putative base triple G75:U76:A100 appears to determine the conformation of the loop E region whose integrity is especially important for binding of the factor. Proximal substitutions in helices IV and V indicate that the proper folding of loop E is also dependent on these structures. Mutations in helix V affect binding of TFIIIA to 5 S rRNA and to the gene similarly and provide evidence that zinc finger 5 makes sequence-specific contact through the major groove of both nucleic acids. Although fingers 1-3 are positioned along helix IV and loop D, mutations in this region, including those that disrupt the tetraloop or close the opening in the major groove of the helix created by the U80:U96 mismatch, have no impact on binding. Substitutions made at stem-loop junctions in the arm of the RNA comprised of helix II-loop B-helix III display minor decreases in affinity for TFIIIA. Despite the alignment of the factor along nearly the entire length of 5 S rRNA, the essential elements for high affinity binding are limited to the central region of the molecule. Analysis of the corresponding mutations in the gene confirm that box C and the intermediate element provide the high affinity sites for binding of the factor to the DNA. Despite the small thermodynamic contribution made by contacts to box A, mutations made in this element can cause substantial changes in the orientation of the carboxyl-terminal fingers along the 5'-end of the internal control region.
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- S L Rawlings
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA
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Kao R, Davies J. Fungal ribotoxins: a family of naturally engineered targeted toxins? Biochem Cell Biol 1995; 73:1151-9. [PMID: 8722032 DOI: 10.1139/o95-124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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alpha-Sarcin, mitogillin, and restrictocin are small (approximately 17 kDa) basic robosome-inactivating proteins (RIPs) produced by the Aspergilli that catalytically inactivate the large ribosomal subunits of all organisms tested to date. These three fungal ribotoxins act as specific ribonucleases by hydrolyzing one single phosphodiester bond in the universally conserved alpha-sarcin domain of 23-28S rRNAs and are among the most potent inhibitors of protein synthesis known. Previous molecular studies of ribotoxins indicated that they belong to the superfamily of ribonucleases and analysis of the mitogillin gene employing PCR-mediated site-specific mutagenesis suggests that certain domains in ribotoxins, which share homologies with motifs in ribosome-related proteins, may be responsible for the targeting of ribotoxins to the ribosome. The applications of the ribotoxins as tools in research and their uses as therapeutic and diagnostic agents are also reviewed in this paper.
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- R Kao
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vanconver, Canada
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Vasisht V, Greene V, Arjun I, Levinger L. Point mutations distal to the processing site affect Drosophila pre-5 S RNA processing. Long range cooperation and a breathing model. J Biol Chem 1994. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(17)32332-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Levinger L, Vasisht V, Greene V, Arjun I. The effects of stem I and loop A on the processing of 5 S rRNA from Drosophila melanogaster. J Biol Chem 1992. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)35892-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Paul CP, Levine BJ, Robertson HD, Branch AD. Transcripts of the viroid central conserved region contain the local tertiary structural element found in full-length viroid. FEBS Lett 1992; 305:9-14. [PMID: 1633862 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(92)80644-v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The viroid central conserved region (CCR) is highly conserved among different viroids and is thought to be involved in viroid replication. A novel tertiary structure occurs in the CCR of native circular potato spindle tuber RNAs. To permit more detailed studies of this structural element, a small RNA oligonucleotide containing the CCR of the viroid genome was synthesized. The tertiary structure of these CCR transcripts was examined by UV-crosslinking of the RNA, followed by mapping of the crosslink using limited alkaline digestion and classical RNA secondary analysis. The CCR transcript was found to undergo UV-crosslinking between the same two bases as in full-length viroid, indicating that the tertiary structure is the same and that the CCR transcript will be useful for the affinity purification of host components.
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- C P Paul
- Department of Biochemistry, Cornell University Medical College, New York, NY 10021
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Bogenhagen DF, Sands MS. Binding of TFIIIA to derivatives of 5S RNA containing sequence substitutions or deletions defines a minimal TFIIIA binding site. Nucleic Acids Res 1992; 20:2639-45. [PMID: 1614850 PMCID: PMC336902 DOI: 10.1093/nar/20.11.2639] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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The repetitive zinc finger domain of transcription factor IIIA binds 5S DNA and 5S RNA with similar affinity. Site directed mutagenesis of the Xenopus borealis somatic 5S RNA gene has been used to produce a series of derivatives of 5S RNA containing local sequence substitutions or sequence deletions. Gel mobility shift analyses of the binding of TFIIIA to these altered 5S RNAs revealed that all three of the helical stems of the 5S RNA secondary structure are required for binding. TFIIIA was observed to bind with normal affinity to RNAs lacking 12 nucleotides at either the loop c or loop e/helix V regions of 5S RNA, as well as to a double mutant containing both deletions. The secondary structure of the resulting 96-nucleotide RNA, studied using structure-specific ribonucleases, was found to resemble the central portion of 5S RNA.
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- D F Bogenhagen
- Department of Pharmacological Sciences, SUNY, Stony Brook 11794-8651
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Hanas JS, Gaskins CJ, Smith JF, Ogilvie MK. Structure, function, evolution of transcription factor IIIA. PROGRESS IN NUCLEIC ACID RESEARCH AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1992; 43:205-39. [PMID: 1410446 DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6603(08)61048-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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- J S Hanas
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City 73190
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Darsillo P, Huber P. The use of chemical nucleases to analyze RNA-protein interactions. The TFIIIA-5 S rRNA complex. J Biol Chem 1991. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)54822-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Sands MS, Bogenhagen DF. The carboxyterminal zinc fingers of TFIIIA interact with the tip of helix V of 5S RNA in the 7S ribonucleoprotein particle. Nucleic Acids Res 1991; 19:1791-6. [PMID: 1827669 PMCID: PMC328106 DOI: 10.1093/nar/19.8.1791] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Immature Xenopus laevis oocytes contain large quantities of a 7S ribonucleoprotein particle containing transcription factor IIIA (TFIIIA) and 5S RNA in a 1:1 molar ratio. We have reconstituted RNPs containing 5S RNA and either intact TFIIIA or proteolytic fragments that represent progressive C-terminal deletions of the protein. A partial trypsin digestion fragment encompassing the amino terminal seven zinc fingers of TFIIIA rebinds 5S RNA with nearly the same affinity as intact TFIIIA. We have compared the RNase protection patterns resulting from binding of intact and deleted forms of TFIIIA. RNAse protection assays using cobra venom nuclease were performed on complexes reconstituted with 5' and 3' end-labeled 5S RNA. Similar experiments with 3' end-labeled 5S RNA were performed with nuclease alpha-sarcin. With both nucleases, nucleotides in helix V of 5S RNA show more complete protection from nuclease cleavage when the RNA is bound to intact TFIIIA than when it is bound to a 20 kDa tryptic fragment of TFIIIA lacking the C-terminal portion of the protein. These results suggest that fingers 8 and 9 of TFIIIA interact with the distal portion of helix V in the 5S RNA.
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- M S Sands
- Department of Pharmacology, State University of New York, Stony Brook 11794
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Sands MS, Bogenhagen DF. Two zinc finger proteins from Xenopus laevis bind the same region of 5S RNA but with different nuclease protection patterns. Nucleic Acids Res 1991; 19:1797-803. [PMID: 1827670 PMCID: PMC328107 DOI: 10.1093/nar/19.8.1797] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Immature oocytes from Xenopus laevis contain a 42S ribonucleoprotein particle (RNP) containing 5S RNA, tRNA, a 43 kDa protein, and a 48 kDa protein. A particle containing 5S RNA and the 43 kDa protein (p43-5S) liberated from the 42S particle upon brief treatment with urea can be purified by anion exchange chromatography. The purified p43-5S RNA migrates as a distinct species during electrophoresis on native polyacrylamide gels. Radiolabeled 5S RNA can be incorporated into the p43-5S complex by an RNA exchange reaction. The resulting complexes containing labeled 5S RNA have a mobility on polyacrylamide gels identical to that of purified p43-5S RNPs. RNP complexes containing 5S RNA labeled at either the 5' or 3' end were probed with a variety of nucleases in order to identify residues protected by p43. Nuclease protection assays performed with alpha-sarcin indicate that p43 binds primarily helices I, II, IV, and V of 5S RNA. This is the same general binding site observed for TFIIIA on 5S RNA. Direct comparison of the binding sites of p43 and TFIIIA with T1 and cobra venom nucleases reveals striking differences in the protection patterns of these two proteins.
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- M S Sands
- Department of Pharmacological Sciences, State University of New York, Stony Brook 11794
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Preiser PR, Levinger LF. In vitro processing of Drosophila melanogaster 5 S ribosomal RNA. 3' end effects and requirement for internal domains of mature 5 S RNA. J Biol Chem 1991. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(20)89476-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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You QM, Veldhoen N, Baudin F, Romaniuk PJ. Mutations in 5S DNA and 5S RNA have different effects on the binding of Xenopus transcription factor IIIA. Biochemistry 1991; 30:2495-500. [PMID: 2001375 DOI: 10.1021/bi00223a028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The effects on TFIIIA binding affinity of a series of substitution mutations in the Xenopus laevis oocyte 5S RNA gene were quantified. These data indicate that TFIIIA binds specifically to 5S DNA by forming sequence-specific contacts with three discrete sites located within the classical A and C boxes and the intermediate element of the internal control region. Substitution of the nucleotide sequence at any of the three sites significantly reduces TFIIIA binding affinity, with a 100-fold reduction observed for substitutions in the box C subregion. These results are consistent with a direct interaction of TFIIIA with specific base pairs within the major groove of the DNA. A comparison of the TFIIIA binding data for the same mutations expressed in 5S RNA indicates that the protein does not make any strong sequence-specific contacts with the RNA. Although the protein footprinting sites on the 5S DNA and 5S RNA are coincident, nucleotide substitutions in 5S RNA which moderately reduce TFIIIA binding affinity do not correspond at all to the three specific TFIIIA interaction sites within the gene. The implications of these results for models which attempt to reconcile the DNA and RNA binding activities of TFIIIA by proposing a common structural motif for the two nucleic acids are discussed.
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- Q M You
- Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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Conformational studies of the nucleic acid binding sites for Xenopus transcription factor IIIA. J Biol Chem 1991. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)49985-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Engelke DR, Gottesfeld JM. Chromosomal footprinting of transcriptionally active and inactive oocyte-type 5S RNA genes of Xenopus laevis. Nucleic Acids Res 1990; 18:6031-7. [PMID: 2235485 PMCID: PMC332401 DOI: 10.1093/nar/18.20.6031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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The chromatin structure of the Xenopus oocyte-specific 5S rRNA genes was examined at high resolution in immature oocyte and somatic cell chromosomes by DNase I footprinting. On oocyte chromatin, where the genes are active, the cleavage preferences over the entire gene region showed a periodic pattern of sensitivity and were dramatically different from the patterns obtained with deproteinized DNA or somatic cell chromatin. Further, the normal binding site for TFIIIA over the internal promoter region was preferentially sensitive to cleavage, indicating that TFIIIA was not bound in the manner predicted by in vitro experiments. In somatic cell chromatin, the oocyte-type 5S genes displayed a cleavage pattern largely similar to deproteinized DNA suggesting the absence of positioned nucleosomes on these inactive genes, although the presence of uncharacterized repressor complexes could not be ruled out. These data are discussed in terms of potential forms of the chromatin structure and alternative mechanisms of oocyte-type gene activation.
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- D R Engelke
- Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109
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You QM, Romaniuk PJ. The effects of disrupting 5S RNA helical structures on the binding of Xenopus transcription factor IIIA. Nucleic Acids Res 1990; 18:5055-62. [PMID: 2402434 PMCID: PMC332123 DOI: 10.1093/nar/18.17.5055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Block mutations were constructed in helical stems II, III, IV and V of Xenopus laevis oocyte 5S RNA. The affinities of these mutants for binding to transcription factor IIIA (TFIIIA) were determined using a nitrocellulose filter binding assay. Mutations in stems III and IV had little or no effect on the binding affinity of TFIIIA for 5S RNA. However, single mutants in stems II and V (positions 16-21, 57-62, 71-72, and 103-104) which disrupt the double helix, reduce the binding of TFIIIA by a factor of two to three fold. In contrast, double mutants (16-21/57-62, 71-72/103-104) which restore the helical structure of these stems, but with altered sequences, fully restore the TFIIIA binding affinity. The experiments reported here indicate that the double helical structures of stems II and V, but not the sequences, are required for optimal TFIIIA binding.
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- Q M You
- Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Victoria, BC, Canada
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Romby P, Baudin F, Brunel C, Leal de Stevenson I, Westhof E, Romaniuk PJ, Ehresmann C, Ehresmann B. Ribosomal 5S RNA from Xenopus laevis oocytes: conformation and interaction with transcription factor IIIA. Biochimie 1990; 72:437-52. [PMID: 2124147 DOI: 10.1016/0300-9084(90)90068-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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This review describes extensive studies on 5S rRNA from X laevis oocytes combining conformational analyses in solution (using a variety of chemical and enzymatic probes), computer modeling, site-directed mutagenesis, crosslinking and TFIIIA binding. The proposed 3-dimensional model adopts a Y-shaped structure with no tertiary interactions between the different domains of the RNA. The conserved nucleotides are not crucial for the tertiary folding but they maintain an intrinsic structure in the loop regions. The model was tested by the analysis of several 5S rRNA mutants. A series of 5S RNA mutants with defined block sequence changes in regions corresponding to each of the loop regions was constructed by in vitro transcription of the mutated genes. Our results show that none of the mutations perturbs the Y-shaped structure of the RNA, although they induce conformational changes restricted to the mutated regions. The interaction of the resulting 5S rRNA mutants with TFIIIA was determined by a direct binding assay. Only the mutations in the hinge region between the 3 helical domains have a significant effect on the binding for the protein. Finally, TFIIIA was crosslinked by the use of trans-diamminedichloroplatinum (II) to a region covering the fork region. Our results show that (i) the tertiary structure does not involve long-range interactions; (ii) the intrinsic structures in loops are strictly sequence-dependent; (iii) the hinge nucleotides govern the relative orientation of the 3 helical domains; (iv) TFIIIA recognizes essentially specific features of the tertiary structure of 5S rRNA.
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- P Romby
- Institut de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire du CNRS, Strasbourg, France
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Zwieb C, Brown RS. Absence of substantial bending in Xenopus laevis transcription factor IIIA-DNA complexes. Nucleic Acids Res 1990; 18:583-7. [PMID: 2155404 PMCID: PMC333465 DOI: 10.1093/nar/18.3.583] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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The extent and location of DNA-bending induced in the Xenopus laevis transcription factor IIIA-oocyte 5S RNA gene complex was determined by the gel retardation method. The electrophoretic mobilities of TFIIIA complexed with restriction fragments of 160, 177, 282 and 300 bp that contain the sequence of the major oocyte 5S RNA gene were compared. In these fragments the 120-bp gene is positioned either in the middle or at the end. Minor differences in the mobility of the complexes indicate that the degree of DNA bending is only slight. To determine the bending angle more precisely, a bending vector system, pBend3, was used to examine the complex of TFIIIA with the internal control region (ICR) of the 5S RNA gene. A 61-bp synthetic duplex corresponding to the ICR sequence was cloned into pBend3. Duplicated circular permuted restriction sites allow several 186-bp fragments to be generated in which the position of the ICR can be varied. Gel retardation of TFIIIA-DNA complexes with the ICR sequence contained in pBend3 indicates a bending angle of only 30 degrees and shows that interaction in the ICR could account for all of the bending found in the complete oocyte 5S RNA gene.
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- C Zwieb
- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Texas Health Center, Tyler 75710
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Developmental expression and 5S rRNA-binding activity of Xenopus laevis ribosomal protein L5. Mol Cell Biol 1990. [PMID: 2586520 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.9.12.5281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Ribosomal protein L5 binds specifically to 5S rRNA to form a complex that is a precursor to 60S subunit assembly in vivo. Analyses in yeast cells, mammalian cells, and Xenopus embryos have shown that the accumulation of L5 is not coordinated with the expression of other ribosomal proteins. In this study, the primary structure and developmental expression of Xenopus ribosomal protein L5 were examined to determine the basis for its distinct regulation. These analyses showed that L5 expression could either coincide with 5S rRNA synthesis and ribosome assembly or be controlled independently of these events at different stages of Xenopus development. L5 synthesis during oogenesis was uncoupled from the accumulation of 5S rRNa but coincided with subunit assembly. In early embryos, the inefficient translation of L5 mRNA resulted in the accumulation of a stable L5-5S rRNA complex before ribosome assembly at later stages of development. Additional results demonstrated that L5 protein synthesized in vitro bound specifically to 5S rRNA.
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Baudin F, Romby P, Romaniuk PJ, Ehresmann B, Ehresmann C. Crosslinking of transcription factor TFIIIA to ribosomal 5S RNA from X. laevis by trans-diamminedichloroplatinum (II). Nucleic Acids Res 1989; 17:10035-46. [PMID: 2602112 PMCID: PMC335229 DOI: 10.1093/nar/17.23.10035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Trans-diamminnedichloroplatinum (II) was used to induce reversible crosslinks between 5S rRNA and TFIIIA within the 7S RNP particle from X. laevis immature oocyte. The crosslinked fragments have been unambiguously identified. These fragments exclusively arise from three RNA regions centered around the hinge region at the junction of the three helical domains. Major crosslinking sites are located in region 9-21 (comprising loops A and helix II) and region 54-71 (comprising loop B, helices II and V). A minor site is also found in the 3' part of helix I and helix V (region 100-120). Our results point to the crucial role of the junction region and of the three-dimensional folding of the RNA in the recognition of the 5S rRNA by TFIIIA.
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- F Baudin
- Laboratoire de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire du CNRS, Strasbourg, France
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Wormington WM. Developmental expression and 5S rRNA-binding activity of Xenopus laevis ribosomal protein L5. Mol Cell Biol 1989; 9:5281-8. [PMID: 2586520 PMCID: PMC363692 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.9.12.5281-5288.1989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Ribosomal protein L5 binds specifically to 5S rRNA to form a complex that is a precursor to 60S subunit assembly in vivo. Analyses in yeast cells, mammalian cells, and Xenopus embryos have shown that the accumulation of L5 is not coordinated with the expression of other ribosomal proteins. In this study, the primary structure and developmental expression of Xenopus ribosomal protein L5 were examined to determine the basis for its distinct regulation. These analyses showed that L5 expression could either coincide with 5S rRNA synthesis and ribosome assembly or be controlled independently of these events at different stages of Xenopus development. L5 synthesis during oogenesis was uncoupled from the accumulation of 5S rRNa but coincided with subunit assembly. In early embryos, the inefficient translation of L5 mRNA resulted in the accumulation of a stable L5-5S rRNA complex before ribosome assembly at later stages of development. Additional results demonstrated that L5 protein synthesized in vitro bound specifically to 5S rRNA.
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- W M Wormington
- Department of Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville 22901
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Baudin F, Romaniuk PJ. A difference in the importance of bulged nucleotides and their parent base pairs in the binding of transcription factor IIIA to Xenopus 5S RNA and 5S RNA genes. Nucleic Acids Res 1989; 17:2043-56. [PMID: 2494645 PMCID: PMC317541 DOI: 10.1093/nar/17.5.2043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Individual bulge loops present in Xenopus 5S RNA (positions 49A-A50 in helix III, C63 in helix II and A83 in helix IV), were deleted by site directed mutagenesis. The interaction of these mutant 5S RNA molecules with TFIIIA was measured by a direct binding assay and a competition assay. The results of these experiments show that none of the bulged nucleotides in Xenopus 5S RNA are required for the binding of TFIIIA. The affinity of the mutant 5S RNA genes for TFIIIA was also studied by a filter binding assay. In contrast to the effect that deleting bulged nucleotides had on the TFIIIA-RNA binding affinity, deletion of the corresponding A-T base pair at position +83 in 5S DNA was found to reduce the apparent association constant of TFIIIA by a factor of four-fold.
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- F Baudin
- Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Victoria, BC, Canada
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Loop I of U1 small nuclear RNA is the only essential RNA sequence for binding of specific U1 small nuclear ribonucleoprotein particle proteins. Mol Cell Biol 1989. [PMID: 2974920 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.8.11.4787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The binding of the U1 small nuclear ribonucleoprotein (snRNP)-specific proteins C, A, and 70K to U1 small nuclear RNA (snRNA) was analyzed. Assembly of U1 snRNAs from bean and soybean and a set of mutant Xenopus U1 snRNAs into U1 snRNPs in Xenopus egg extracts was studied. The ability to bind proteins was analyzed by immunoprecipitation with monospecific antibodies and by a protein-sequestering assay. The only sequence essential for binding of the U1-specific proteins was the conserved loop sequence in the 5' hairpin of U1. Further analysis suggested that protein C binds directly to the loop and that the assembly of proteins A and 70K into the RNP requires mainly protein-protein interactions. Protein C apparently recognizes a specific RNA sequence rather than a secondary structural element in the RNA.
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Silverman JA, Zurlo J, Watson MA, Yager JD. Expression of c-raf-1 and A-raf-1 during regeneration of rat liver following surgical partial hepatectomy. Mol Carcinog 1989; 2:63-7. [PMID: 2669818 DOI: 10.1002/mc.2940020203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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The major objective of this study was to investigate the expression of members of the raf family of proto-oncogenes during rat liver regeneration. The steady-state level of expression of both c-raf-1 and A-raf-1 increased three- to fivefold 18-24 h following partial hepatectomy, and it returned to basal levels by 72 h. Expression of c-myc and Ha-ras mRNA was increased at 3 and 18-24 h, respectively, confirming previous reports. Increased steady-state levels of c-raf-1, A-raf-1, and Ha-ras mRNA were also detected in hepatocytes isolated from rat liver 24 h after partial hepatectomy. Thus, elevated expression of the raf genes closely correlated with that of Ha-ras, beginning at 12 h and reaching maximal levels during the first peak of DNA synthesis following partial hepatectomy.
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- J A Silverman
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire
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Loop I of U1 small nuclear RNA is the only essential RNA sequence for binding of specific U1 small nuclear ribonucleoprotein particle proteins. Mol Cell Biol 1988; 8:4787-91. [PMID: 2974920 PMCID: PMC365571 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.8.11.4787-4791.1988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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The binding of the U1 small nuclear ribonucleoprotein (snRNP)-specific proteins C, A, and 70K to U1 small nuclear RNA (snRNA) was analyzed. Assembly of U1 snRNAs from bean and soybean and a set of mutant Xenopus U1 snRNAs into U1 snRNPs in Xenopus egg extracts was studied. The ability to bind proteins was analyzed by immunoprecipitation with monospecific antibodies and by a protein-sequestering assay. The only sequence essential for binding of the U1-specific proteins was the conserved loop sequence in the 5' hairpin of U1. Further analysis suggested that protein C binds directly to the loop and that the assembly of proteins A and 70K into the RNP requires mainly protein-protein interactions. Protein C apparently recognizes a specific RNA sequence rather than a secondary structural element in the RNA.
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Ackerman EJ, Saxena SK, Ulbrich N. Alpha-sarcin causes a specific cut in 28 S rRNA when microinjected into Xenopus oocytes. J Biol Chem 1988. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)37500-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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We have established the conditions for the reassociation of 5S RNA and TFIIIA to form 7S particles. We tested the ability of altered 5S RNAs to bind TFIIIA, taking advantage of the slower mobility of 7S particles compared with free 5S RNA in native polyacrylamide gels. Linker substitution mutants were constructed encompassing the entire gene, including the intragenic control region. In vitro transcripts of the linker substitution mutants were tested for their ability to bind TFIIIA to form 7S ribonucleoprotein particles. Altered 5S RNAs with base changes in or around helices IV and V, which would interfere with the normal base pairing of that region, showed decreased ability to bind TFIIIA. The transcripts of some mutant genes that were efficiently transcribed (greater than 50% of wild-type efficiency) failed to bind TFIIIA in this gel assay. In contrast, the RNA synthesized from a poorly transcribed mutant, LS 86/97, in which residues 87 to 96 of the RNA were replaced in the single-stranded loop at the base of helix V, bound TFIIIA well. The data indicate that TFIIIA binds to different domains in the 5S RNA gene and 5S RNA.
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Mei HY, Barton JK. Tris(tetramethylphenanthroline)ruthenium(II): a chiral probe that cleaves A-DNA conformations. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1988; 85:1339-43. [PMID: 3422737 PMCID: PMC279766 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.85.5.1339] [Citation(s) in RCA: 167] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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lambda-Tris(3,4,7,8-tetramethyl-1,10-phenanthroline)ruthenium(II) [lambda-Ru(TMP)2+3] was found to be a distinctive molecular tool to examine the local variations in conformation along the strand. The metal complex binds cooperatively to A-form helices of various base sequences under conditions where little or no binding was found to analogous B-form DNAs. Photoactivated DNA cleavage may be coupled to this conformation-specific binding by taking advantage of the photophysical properties of ruthenium(II) complexes. lambda-Ru(TMP)2+3 cleaves preferentially 3H-labeled A-form polynucleotides upon irradiation with visible light. The photoinduced DNA strand scission is likely to be mediated by singlet oxygen, which leads to a preferential cleavage of guanine residues. Comparative mapping of cleavage sites on a linear pBR322 fragment for tris(phenanthroline)ruthenium(II), which binds to B-DNA and cleaves also by sensitization of singlet oxygen, and for Ru(TMP)2+3 shows the selective binding of lambda-Ru(TMP)2+3 to conformationally distinct sites along the fragment. These sites correspond to 5- to 13-base-pair homopyrimidine stretches.
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- H Y Mei
- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027
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Winicov I. RNA processing of beta-globin transcripts containing 5' flanking and structural gene sequences. Nucleic Acids Res 1988; 16:593-607. [PMID: 2829132 PMCID: PMC334680 DOI: 10.1093/nar/16.2.593] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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RNA species have been identified in murine erythroid cells which contain both 5' flanking and structural gene sequences from the beta maj globin gene. Two nonpolyadenylated RNA transcripts, average 3700 and 1800-1900 nucleotides long, were identified by denaturing agarose gel electrophoresis and were found to hybridize to both 5' and 3' beta maj globin flanking sequences. This finding suggests that transcription initiated in the 5' flanking region does proceed past the polyadenylation site. The apparent higher concentration of the 5' flanking sequences in precursor RNA molecules, as compared to mature polyadenylated globin mRNA, suggests increased precursor stability of beta globin transcripts initiated in the 5' flanking region.
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- I Winicov
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Nevada, Reno 89557
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Sands MS, Bogenhagen DF. TFIIIA binds to different domains of 5S RNA and the Xenopus borealis 5S RNA gene. Mol Cell Biol 1987; 7:3985-93. [PMID: 3431548 PMCID: PMC368067 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.7.11.3985-3993.1987] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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We have established the conditions for the reassociation of 5S RNA and TFIIIA to form 7S particles. We tested the ability of altered 5S RNAs to bind TFIIIA, taking advantage of the slower mobility of 7S particles compared with free 5S RNA in native polyacrylamide gels. Linker substitution mutants were constructed encompassing the entire gene, including the intragenic control region. In vitro transcripts of the linker substitution mutants were tested for their ability to bind TFIIIA to form 7S ribonucleoprotein particles. Altered 5S RNAs with base changes in or around helices IV and V, which would interfere with the normal base pairing of that region, showed decreased ability to bind TFIIIA. The transcripts of some mutant genes that were efficiently transcribed (greater than 50% of wild-type efficiency) failed to bind TFIIIA in this gel assay. In contrast, the RNA synthesized from a poorly transcribed mutant, LS 86/97, in which residues 87 to 96 of the RNA were replaced in the single-stranded loop at the base of helix V, bound TFIIIA well. The data indicate that TFIIIA binds to different domains in the 5S RNA gene and 5S RNA.
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- M S Sands
- Department of Pharmacological Sciences, State University of New York, Stony Brook 11794-8651
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Butkus V, Klimasauskas S, Petrauskiene L, Maneliene Z, Janulaitis A, Minchenkova LE, Schyolkina AK. Synthesis and physical characterization of DNA fragments containing N4-methylcytosine and 5-methylcytosine. Nucleic Acids Res 1987; 15:8467-78. [PMID: 3671089 PMCID: PMC306371 DOI: 10.1093/nar/15.20.8467] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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The synthesis of N4-methyl-2'-deoxycytidine and its fully protected mononucleotide, suitable for the oligonucleotide synthesis by phosphotriester method is described. A set of octanucleotides - d(CGCGCGCG), d(CG5mCGCGCG), d(CG4mCGCGCG) and dodecanucleotides - d(GGACCCGGGTCC), d(GGA5mCCCGGGTCC), d(GGA4mCCCGGGTCC) has been synthesized in a solution. Physical characterization of the oligonucleotide duplexes by means of UV and CD spectrometry provides the evidence that 4mC similarly to 5mC favours the B--greater than Z transition, although both of these methylated cytosines inhibit the B--greater than A conformational change. N4-Methylcytosine in contrast to 5-methylcytosine reduces the DNA double helix thermal stability.
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- V Butkus
- ESP Fermentas, All Union Research Institute of Applied Enzymology, Vilnius Lithuanian SSR
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In vitro transcripts of a yeast variant 5 S rRNA gene exhibit alterations in 3'-end processing and protein binding. J Biol Chem 1987. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)47888-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Brow DA, Geiduschek EP. Modulation of yeast 5 S rRNA synthesis in vitro by ribosomal protein YL3. A possible regulatory loop. J Biol Chem 1987. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)47887-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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The primary structure of rat ribosomal protein L5. A comparison of the sequence of amino acids in the proteins that interact with 5 S rRNA. J Biol Chem 1987. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)45288-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Based on published biochemical evidence which examines the interaction of Xenopus transcription factor IIIA (TFIIIA) with 5 S RNA genes and 5 S RNA, this paper proposes that the formation of a 5 S RNA type stem-loop structure in the DNA occurs during the binding of TFIIIA to 5 S genes.
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Romaniuk PJ, de Stevenson IL, Wong HH. Defining the binding site of Xenopus transcription factor IIIA on 5S RNA using truncated and chimeric 5S RNA molecules. Nucleic Acids Res 1987; 15:2737-55. [PMID: 3562234 PMCID: PMC340681 DOI: 10.1093/nar/15.6.2737] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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The interaction of TFIIIA with deletion fragments of Xenopus 5S RNA has been quantified using a nitrocellulose filter binding assay. TFIIIA binding was found to be more sensitive to the deletion of nucleotides from the 5' terminus of the 5S RNA as opposed to the 3' terminus. These effects have been correlated to the changes in RNA secondary structure resulting from the deletions. Nucleotides 11-108 of the intact 5S RNA provide the necessary sequence and conformational information required for the binding of TFIIIA. Synthetic 5S RNA genes have been constructed so that in vitro transcription with T7 RNA polymerase yields mature 5S RNA. The transcription factor has a higher affinity for somatic vs. oocyte 5S RNA, similar to the differential affinity of TFIIIA for the two genes. Binding studies with chimeric 5S RNA molecules indicated that the increased binding strength of somatic 5S RNA is conferred by nucleotide substitutions in the 5' half of the molecule.
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Boehm S. A 5 S rRNA-like secondary structure in the 7 SL RNA may define a ribosomal binding site of the signal recognition particle. FEBS Lett 1987; 212:15-20. [PMID: 2433160 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(87)81548-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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A new secondary structure model for parts of the 7 SL RNA is proposed which indicates for a stretch of at least 40 bases a strong structural homology to the ribosomal protein L5 binding site of eukaryotic 5 S rRNA. It is suggested that the 5 S rRNA-like structural part of 7 SL RNA mediates binding of the signal recognition particle near to the peptidyl transferase center of the ribosome.
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Brenowitz M, Senear DF, Shea MA, Ackers GK. "Footprint" titrations yield valid thermodynamic isotherms. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1986; 83:8462-6. [PMID: 3464963 PMCID: PMC386950 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.83.22.8462] [Citation(s) in RCA: 124] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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A central issue in gene regulation is the mechanism, and biological function, of the cooperative binding of regulatory protein ligands to specific sites on DNA. To elucidate the physical-chemical basis of these interactions we have developed a thermodynamically rigorous method for conducting DNase I "footprint" (protection) titration experiments. The intrinsic binding constants and also those for cooperative interactions between various sites can be resolved from the individual-site binding curves determined by this technique. Experimental studies of cI-repressor-operator binding have demonstrated that the method provides an accurate representation of the fractional saturation of a binding site. We present individual-site binding curves for a lambda operator with two competent sites that demonstrate the presence of cooperative interactions between the sites. These curves set a lower limit to the magnitude of the cooperative free energy without comparison to single-site mutant operators.
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McCall M, Brown T, Hunter WN, Kennard O. The crystal structure of d(GGATGGGAG): an essential part of the binding site for transcription factor IIIA. Nature 1986; 322:661-4. [PMID: 3748146 DOI: 10.1038/322661a0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 113] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Most genes in higher organisms are activated by the binding of proteins called transcription factors. One such protein, transcription factor IIIA (TFIIIA) from the frog, activates the gene for 5S RNA by binding to the region of the gene between nucleotides 45 and 97. This binding site has been defined by a variety of biochemical studies, including base-deletion experiments and DNase I footprinting. The protein also binds to the gene product: in immature frogs it is stored as a complex with 5S RNA. From the observation that TFIIIA can bind to either double-helical DNA or RNA, and from their own measurements, Rhodes and Klug have proposed that the DNA-binding site for TFIIIA has an RNA-like structure. Here we present the crystal structure analysis of a part of the DNA-binding site (nucleotides 81-89 of the gene) which forms a particularly strong interaction with the protein, and show that it has a conformation similar to the A' form of double-helical RNA.
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