title: DSEF-1 is a member of the hnRNP H family of RNA-binding proteins and stimulates pre-mRNA cleavage and polyadenylation in vitro.
abstract: DSEF-1 protein selectively binds to a G-rich auxiliary sequence element which influences the efficiency of processing of the SV40 late polyadenylation signal. We have obtained cDNA clones of DSEF-1 using sequence information from tryptic peptides isolated from DSEF-1 protein purified from HeLa cells. DSEF-1 protein contains three RNA-binding motifs and is a member of the hnRNP H family of RNA-binding proteins. Recombinant DSEF-1 protein stimulated the efficiency of cleavage and polyadenylation in an AAUAAA-dependent manner in in vitro reconstitution assays. DSEF-1 protein was shown to be able to interact with several poly(A) signals that lacked a G-rich binding site using a less stringent, low ionic strength gel band shift assay. Recombinant DSEF-1 protein specifically stimulated the processing of all of the poly(A) signals tested that contained a high affinity G-rich or low affinity binding site. DSEF-1 specifically increased the level of cross-linking of the 64 kDa protein of CstF to polyadenylation substrate RNAs. These observations suggest that DSEF-1 is an auxiliary factor that assists in the assembly of the general 3'-end processing factors onto the core elements of the polyadenylation signal.
authors.affiliation: UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, 185 South Orange Avenue, Newark, NJ 07103, USA.
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Bagga
authors.forename: G K
authors.initials: GK
authors.lastname: Arhin
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wilusz
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D006367:HeLa Cells; D034541:Heterogeneous-Nuclear Ribonucleoprotein Group F-H; D034441:Heterogeneous-Nuclear Ribonucleoproteins; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011061:Poly A / Q000378:metabolism*; D039102:Poly(A)-Binding Proteins; D011499:Protein Processing, Post-Translational / Q000235:genetics; D012322:RNA Precursors / Q000502:physiology*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism*; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D012261:Ribonucleoproteins / Q000502:physiology*; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D039221:mRNA Cleavage and Polyadenylation Factors
chemical_list: C088356:GRSF1 protein, human; C116747:HNRNPH2 protein, human; D034541:Heterogeneous-Nuclear Ribonucleoprotein Group F-H; D034441:Heterogeneous-Nuclear Ribonucleoproteins; D039102:Poly(A)-Binding Proteins; D012322:RNA Precursors; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins; D012261:Ribonucleoproteins; D039221:mRNA Cleavage and Polyadenylation Factors; D011061:Poly A