title: Mammalian poly(A)-binding protein II. Physical properties and binding to polynucleotides.
abstract: The 49-kDa poly(A)-binding protein II (PAB II) was purified to homogeneity from calf thymus. The 70-kDa poly(A)-binding protein I (PAB I) was obtained in different fractions of the same preparation. Whereas PAB II stimulated poly(A) polymerase, PAB I was an inhibitor. In analytical ultracentrifugation, the predominant form of PAB II was a monomer of 50.3 kDa. A sedimentation constant of only 2.2 S indicated a distinctly non-spherical shape. Binding was specific for single-stranded purine polyribonucleotides. The dependence of the dissociation constant on the length of oligoriboadenylate indicated a binding site size of 12 nucleotides. A single site was bound with a KD of 2 x 10(-9) M, as determined by nitrocellulose filter binding assays. From fluorescence quenching and gel retardation experiments, the packing ratio on poly(A) was estimated as 23 nucleotides/protein monomer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell Biology, University of Basel, Switzerland.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Wahle
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lustig
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jenö
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Maurer
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001667:Binding, Competitive; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D002417:Cattle; D002845:Chromatography; D008970:Molecular Weight; D011061:Poly A / Q000378:metabolism*; D039102:Poly(A)-Binding Proteins; D011485:Protein Binding; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence; D014461:Ultracentrifugation
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D039102:Poly(A)-Binding Proteins; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins; D011061:Poly A