A small nuclear ribonucleoprotein associates with the AAUAAA polyadenylation signal in vitro.
RNAs containing the polyadenylation sites for adenovirus L3 or E2a mRNA or for SV40 early or late mRNA are substrates for cleavage and poly(A) addition in an extract of HeLa cell nuclei. When polyadenylation reactions are probed with ribonuclease T1 and antibodies directed against either the Sm protein determinant or the trimethylguanosine cap structure at the 5' end of U RNAs in small nuclear ribonucleoproteins, RNA fragments containing the AAUAAA polyadenylation signal are immunoprecipitated. The RNA cleavage step that occurs prior to poly(A) addition is inhibited by micrococcal nuclease digestion of the nuclear extract. The immunoprecipitation of fragments containing the AAUAAA sequence can be altered, but not always abolished, by pretreatment with micrococcal nuclease. We discuss the involvement of small nuclear ribonucleoproteins in the cleavage and poly(A) addition reactions that form the 3' ends of most eukaryotic mRNAs.
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D000256:Adenoviridae / Q000235:genetics; D017456:Adenovirus Early Proteins; D001483:Base Sequence; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000378:metabolism; D000939:Epitopes / Q000276:immunology; D006367:HeLa Cells / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008836:Micrococcal Nuclease; D009856:Oncogene Proteins, Viral / Q000235:genetics; D011061:Poly A / Q000378:metabolism*; D012315:RNA Caps / Q000276:immunology; D012323:RNA Processing, Post-Transcriptional; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism*; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000378:metabolism*; D012261:Ribonucleoproteins / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D017411:Ribonucleoproteins, Small Nuclear; D013539:Simian virus 40 / Q000235:genetics; D013379:Substrate Specificity
D017456:Adenovirus Early Proteins; D000939:Epitopes; D009856:Oncogene Proteins, Viral; D012315:RNA Caps; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D012367:RNA, Viral; D012261:Ribonucleoproteins; D017411:Ribonucleoproteins, Small Nuclear; D011061:Poly A; D008836:Micrococcal Nuclease