title: Dependence of yeast pre-mRNA 3'-end processing on CFT1: a sequence homolog of the mammalian AAUAAA binding factor.
abstract: 3'-End formation of pre-mRNA in yeast and mammals follows a similar but distinct pathway. In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the cleavage reaction can be reconstituted by two activities called cleavage factor I and II (CFI and CFII). A CFII component, designated CFT1 (cleavage factor two) was identified by its sequence similarity to the AAUAAA-binding subunit of the mammalian cleavage and polyadenylation specificity factor (CPSF), even though the AAUAAA signal sequence appears to play no role in yeast pre-mRNA 3' processing. Depletion of a yeast whole-cell extract with antibodies to CFT1 protein abolished cleavage and polyadenylation of pre-mRNAs. Addition of CFII restored cleavage activity, but not polyadenylation. Polyadenylation required the further addition of poly(A) polymerase and polyadenylation factor I, suggesting a close but not necessarily direct association of these two factors with the CFT1 protein.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Biochemie, Genzentrum, der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Feodor-Lynen-Str. 25, D-81377 München, Germany.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Stumpf
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Domdey
mesh_terms: D000908:Antibodies, Fungal / Q000276:immunology; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D005800:Genes, Fungal; D011061:Poly A / Q000378:metabolism; D011062:Polynucleotide Adenylyltransferase / Q000378:metabolism; D012322:RNA Precursors / Q000378:metabolism*; D012323:RNA Processing, Post-Transcriptional; D012331:RNA, Fungal / Q000378:metabolism; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D039221:mRNA Cleavage and Polyadenylation Factors
chemical_list: D000908:Antibodies, Fungal; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D012322:RNA Precursors; D012331:RNA, Fungal; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins; D039221:mRNA Cleavage and Polyadenylation Factors; D011061:Poly A; D011062:Polynucleotide Adenylyltransferase