一个介质干环结构作为mRNA衰变终止器起作用,这对于puf mRNA稳定性来说是必要的,但不够的
C Y Chen1, J T Beatty, S N Cohen
1Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115.
Cell
|February 26, 1988
概括
在R. capsulatus中,一个关键的RNA发针稳定了上游的puf mRNA. 然而,这种结构本身无法稳定下游的mRNA,只能作为衰变终结器.
科学领域:
- 微生物学 微生物学
- 分子生物学分子生物学
- 遗传学 是一个遗传学.
背景情况:
- 在R. capsulatus中,多基斯特朗的转录表现出细分稳定性差异,影响光合作用基因表达.
- 在puf操作子转录的5'末端有一个大型的交弦干循环结构与mRNA稳定性有关.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究管间茎环结构在管运转录的稳定性中的作用.
- 为了确定干环结构是否起到稳定器或衰变终止器的作用.
主要方法:
- 从puf运算子转录中删除介质RNA毛.
- 在puf操作转录的3'端插入茎环结构.
- 对mRNA衰变途径的分析,包括内核分裂裂变和外核糖核酶活性.
主要成果:
- 删除RNA毛破坏了5' puf mRNA段的稳定.
- 在3'端插入头发针并没有稳定可变的3' puf mRNA段.
- 有证据表明,3'段的衰变始于内核分裂裂变,独立于茎环.
结论:
- 介质RNA毛针对于稳定上游mRNA至关重要,但单独不足.
- RNA发针作为mRNA衰变终止器,保护上游区域免受3'外核糖核酶的影响.
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