title: The REB1 site is an essential component of a terminator for RNA polymerase I in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
abstract: We have identified a terminator for transcription by RNA polymerase I in the genes coding for rRNA of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The terminator is located 108 bp downstream of the 3' end of the mature 25S rRNA and shares several characteristics with previously studied polymerase I terminators in the vertebrates. For example, the yeast terminator is orientation dependent, is inhibited by its own sequence, and forms RNA 3' ends 17 +/- 2 bp upstream of an essential protein binding site. The recognition sequence for binding of the previously cloned REB1 protein (Q. Ju, B. E. Morrow, and J. R. Warner, Mol. Cell. Biol. 10:5226-5234, 1990) is an essential component of the terminator. In addition, the efficiency of termination depends upon sequence context extending at least 12 bp upstream of the REB1 site.
authors.affiliation: Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington 98104.
authors.forename: W H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Lang
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Reeder
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000502:physiology*; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D015966:Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal; D005800:Genes, Fungal; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016297:Mutagenesis, Site-Directed; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides / Q000737:chemistry; D012318:RNA Polymerase I / Q000378:metabolism*; D012323:RNA Processing, Post-Transcriptional; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics*; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D017384:Sequence Deletion; D013728:Terminator Regions, Genetic; D014157:Transcription Factors; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; C065681:REB1 protein, S cerevisiae; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors; D012318:RNA Polymerase I