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1.
Semin Cell Dev Biol ; 30: 174-80, 2014 Jun.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24641889

RESUMEN

Recent findings provide evidence for a functional interplay between DNA replication and the seemingly distinct areas of cancer, development and pluripotency. Protein complexes participating in DNA replication origin licensing are now known to have roles in development, while their deregulation can lead to cancer. Moreover, transcription factors implicated in the maintenance of or reversal to the pluripotent state have links to the pre-replicative machinery. Several studies have shown that overexpression of these factors is associated to cancer.


Asunto(s)
Replicación del ADN , Neoplasias/genética , Animales , Diferenciación Celular , Epigénesis Genética , Regulación Neoplásica de la Expresión Génica , Humanos , Neoplasias/patología , Células Madre Neoplásicas/fisiología , Células Madre Pluripotentes/fisiología
2.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ; 106(47): 19807-12, 2009 Nov 24.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19906994

RESUMEN

All organisms need to ensure that no DNA segments are rereplicated in a single cell cycle. Eukaryotes achieve this through a process called origin licensing, which involves tight spatiotemporal control of the assembly of prereplicative complexes (pre-RCs) onto chromatin. Cdt1 is a key component and crucial regulator of pre-RC assembly. In higher eukaryotes, timely inhibition of Cdt1 by Geminin is essential to prevent DNA rereplication. Here, we address the mechanism of DNA licensing inhibition by Geminin, by combining X-ray crystallography, small-angle X-ray scattering, and functional studies in Xenopus and mammalian cells. Our findings show that the Cdt1:Geminin complex can exist in two distinct forms, a "permissive" heterotrimer and an "inhibitory" heterohexamer. Specific Cdt1 residues, buried in the heterohexamer, are important for licensing. We postulate that the transition between the heterotrimer and the heterohexamer represents a molecular switch between licensing-competent and licensing-defective states.


Asunto(s)
Proteínas de Ciclo Celular/química , Replicación del ADN , Estructura Cuaternaria de Proteína , Secuencia de Aminoácidos , Animales , Ciclo Celular/fisiología , Proteínas de Ciclo Celular/genética , Línea Celular , Cristalografía por Rayos X , Geminina , Humanos , Ratones , Modelos Moleculares , Datos de Secuencia Molecular , Mutación , Estructura Terciaria de Proteína , Proteínas Recombinantes de Fusión/genética , Proteínas Recombinantes de Fusión/metabolismo , Dispersión del Ángulo Pequeño , Alineación de Secuencia , Difracción de Rayos X , Xenopus laevis
3.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ; 105(34): 12295-300, 2008 Aug 26.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18713859

RESUMEN

DNA replication in eukaryotic cells initiates from hundreds of origins along their genomes, leading to complete duplication of genetic information before cell division. The large number of potential origins, coupled with system uncertainty, dictates the need for new analytical tools to capture spatial and temporal patterns of DNA replication genome-wide. We have developed a stochastic hybrid model that reproduces DNA replication throughout a complete genome. The model can capture different modes of DNA replication and is applicable to various organisms. Using genome-wide data on the location and firing efficiencies of origins in the fission yeast, we show how the DNA replication process evolves during S-phase in the presence of stochastic origin firing. Simulations reveal small regions of the genome that extend S-phase to three times its reported duration. The low levels of late replication predicted by the model are below the detection limit of techniques used to measure S-phase length. Parameter sensitivity analysis shows that increased replication fork speeds genome-wide, or additional origins are not sufficient to reduce S-phase to its reported length. We model the redistribution of a limiting initiation factor during S-phase and show that it could shorten S-phase to the reported duration. Alternatively, S-phase may be extended, and what has traditionally been defined as G2 may be occupied by low levels of DNA synthesis with the onset of mitosis delayed by activation of the G2/M checkpoint.


Asunto(s)
Replicación del ADN , Genoma Fúngico/genética , Procesos Estocásticos , Interfase , Modelos Biológicos , Fase S , Schizosaccharomyces/genética
4.
Neuroscience ; 147(2): 373-87, 2007 Jun 29.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17533120

RESUMEN

Nervous system formation integrates control of cellular proliferation and differentiation and is mediated by multipotent neural progenitor cells that become progressively restricted in their developmental potential before they give rise to differentiated neurons and glial cells. Evidence from different experimental systems suggests that Geminin is a candidate molecule linking proliferation and differentiation during nervous system development. We show here that Geminin and its binding partner Cdt1 are expressed abundantly by neural progenitor cells during early mouse neurogenesis. Their expression levels decline at late developmental stages and become undetectable upon differentiation. Geminin and Cdt1 expressing cells also express Sox2 while no overlap is detected with cells expressing markers of a differentiated neuronal phenotype. A fraction of radial glial cells expressing RC2 and Pax6 are also immunoreactive for Geminin and Cdt1. The majority of the Geminin and Cdt1 expressing cell populations appears to be distinct from fate-restricted precursor cells expressing Mash1 or Neurogenin2. Bromo-deoxy-uridine (BrdU) incorporation experiments reveal a cell cycle specific expression in neural progenitor cells, with Geminin being present from S to M phase, while Cdt1 expression characterizes progenitor cells in G1 phase. Furthermore, in vitro differentiation of adult neurosphere cultures shows downregulation of Geminin/Cdt1 in the differentiated state, in line with our data showing that Geminin is present in neural progenitor cells of the CNS during mouse embryogenesis and adulthood and becomes downregulated upon cell fate specification and differentiation. This suggests a role for Geminin in the formation and maintenance of the neural progenitor cells.


Asunto(s)
Proteínas de Ciclo Celular/fisiología , Ciclo Celular/fisiología , Sistema Nervioso Central/fisiología , Proteínas de Unión al ADN/fisiología , Proteínas Nucleares/fisiología , Células Madre/fisiología , Animales , Antimetabolitos , Bromodesoxiuridina , Proteínas de Ciclo Celular/genética , Diferenciación Celular/fisiología , Sistema Nervioso Central/citología , Sistema Nervioso Central/embriología , Proteínas de Unión al ADN/genética , Regulación hacia Abajo/fisiología , Femenino , Técnica del Anticuerpo Fluorescente , Geminina , Hibridación in Situ , Ratones , Ratones Endogámicos C57BL , Proteínas del Tejido Nervioso/biosíntesis , Proteínas del Tejido Nervioso/genética , Proteínas Nucleares/genética , Plásmidos/genética , Embarazo , ARN Mensajero/biosíntesis , ARN Mensajero/genética , Reacción en Cadena de la Polimerasa de Transcriptasa Inversa
5.
Front Biosci ; 9: 2115-32, 2004 Sep 01.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15353274

RESUMEN

The DNA replication licensing system ensures that chromosomal DNA is replicated precisely once before cell division occurs. A DNA helicase must be loaded on origin DNA for replication to initiate. Considerable evidence suggests that the MCM complex acts as a replicative helicase in eukaryotes. When the MCM complex is loaded on the chromatin, the replication origin is formally defined as being licensed for replication. Licensing takes place several hours before origins are activated to undergo replication in S-phase. Genetic and biochemical studies show that the licensing process is well conserved in eukaryotes. Cyclin Dependent Kinases (CDKs), the master regulators of the cell cycle, coordinate the initiation of the two key cell cycle events, replication of DNA and its segregation at mitosis. Eukaryotes have developed complex regulatory mechanisms to ensure that origin licensing is coordinated with these events so that genome integrity is preserved during successive cell divisions.


Asunto(s)
Replicación del ADN , Regulación de la Expresión Génica , Animales , Archaea/metabolismo , Proteínas Arqueales/química , Proteínas Arqueales/metabolismo , Ciclo Celular , Proteínas de Ciclo Celular/metabolismo , Proteínas de Ciclo Celular/farmacología , División Celular , Cromatina/metabolismo , Quinasas Ciclina-Dependientes/metabolismo , ADN/metabolismo , ADN Helicasas/metabolismo , Proteínas de Unión al ADN/metabolismo , Escherichia coli/metabolismo , Geminina , Genoma , Humanos , Mitosis , Origen de Réplica , Fase S , Saccharomyces cerevisiae/metabolismo , Proteínas de Saccharomyces cerevisiae/metabolismo , Proteínas de Schizosaccharomyces pombe/metabolismo , Xenopus
6.
J Biol Chem ; 276(48): 44905-11, 2001 Nov 30.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11555648

RESUMEN

S-phase onset is controlled, so that it occurs only once every cell cycle. DNA is licensed for replication after mitosis in G(1), and passage through S-phase removes the license to replicate. In fission yeast, Cdc6/18 and Cdt1, two factors required for licensing, are central to ensuring that replication occurs once per cell cycle. We show that the human Cdt1 homologue (hCdt1), a nuclear protein, is present only during G(1). After S-phase onset, hCdt1 levels decrease, and it is hardly detected in cells in early S-phase or G(2). hCdt1 can associate with the DNA replication inhibitor Geminin, however these two proteins are mostly expressed at different cell cycle stages. hCdt1 mRNA, in contrast to hCdt1 protein, is expressed in S-phase-arrested cells, and its levels do not change dramatically during a cell cycle, suggesting that proteolytic rather than transcriptional controls ensure the timely accumulation of hCdt1. Consistent with this view, proteasome inhibitors stabilize hCdt1 in S-phase. In contrast, hCdc6/18 levels are constant through most of the cell cycle and are only low for a brief period at the end of mitosis. These results suggest that the presence of active hCdt1 may be crucial for determining when licensing is legitimate in human cells.


Asunto(s)
Proteínas de Ciclo Celular/química , Proteínas de Ciclo Celular/metabolismo , Proteínas de Unión al ADN/química , Proteínas de Unión al ADN/metabolismo , ADN/biosíntesis , Fase G1 , Fase S , Animales , Northern Blotting , Western Blotting , Células COS , Ciclo Celular , Proteínas de Ciclo Celular/farmacología , Línea Celular , Núcleo Celular/metabolismo , Clonación Molecular , Geminina , Células HeLa , Humanos , Microscopía Fluorescente , Plásmidos/metabolismo , Pruebas de Precipitina , ARN Mensajero/metabolismo , Factores de Tiempo , Distribución Tisular , Transcripción Genética , Xenopus , Proteínas de Xenopus
7.
EMBO J ; 20(17): 4648-56, 2001 Sep 03.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11532929

RESUMEN

Cdc18/Cdc6 and Cdt1 are essential initiation factors for DNA replication. In this paper we show that expression of Cdc18 in fission yeast G2 cells is sufficient to override the controls that ensure one S phase per cell cycle. Cdc18 expression in G2 induces DNA synthesis by re-firing replication origins and recruiting the MCM Cdc21 to chromatin in the presence of low levels of Cdt1. However, when Cdt1 is expressed together with Cdc18 in G2, cells undergo very rapid, uncontrolled DNA synthesis, accumulating DNA contents of 64C or more. Our data suggest that Cdt1 may potentiate re-replication by inducing origins to fire more persistently, possibly by stabilizing Cdc18 on chromatin. In addition, low level expression of a mutant form of Cdc18 that cannot be phosphorylated by cyclin-dependent kinases is not sufficient to induce replication in G2, but does so only when co-expressed with Cdt1. Thus, regulation of both Cdc18 and Cdt1 in G2 plays a crucial role in preventing the re-initiation of DNA synthesis until the next cell cycle.


Asunto(s)
Proteínas de Ciclo Celular/genética , Ciclo Celular/fisiología , Replicación del ADN , Proteínas de Unión al ADN/genética , Regulación Fúngica de la Expresión Génica , Proteínas de Saccharomyces cerevisiae , Schizosaccharomyces/genética , Proteínas de Ciclo Celular/metabolismo , Cromatina/metabolismo , Proteínas de Unión al ADN/metabolismo , Proteínas Fúngicas/genética , Proteínas Fúngicas/metabolismo , Fase G2/fisiología , Origen de Réplica , Schizosaccharomyces/citología , Schizosaccharomyces/crecimiento & desarrollo , Proteínas de Schizosaccharomyces pombe , Supresión Genética
8.
Nature ; 404(6778): 625-8, 2000 Apr 06.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10766248

RESUMEN

To maintain genome stability in eukaryotic cells, DNA is licensed for replication only after the cell has completed mitosis, ensuring that DNA synthesis (S phase) occurs once every cell cycle. This licensing control is thought to require the protein Cdc6 (Cdc18 in fission yeast) as a mediator for association of minichromosome maintenance (MCM) proteins with chromatin. The control is overridden in fission yeast by overexpressing Cdc18 (ref. 11) which leads to continued DNA synthesis in the absence of mitosis. Other factors acting in this control have been postulated and we have used a re-replication assay to identify Cdt1 (ref. 14) as one such factor. Cdt1 cooperates with Cdc18 to promote DNA replication, interacts with Cdc18, is located in the nucleus, and its concentration peaks as cells finish mitosis and proceed to S phase. Both Cdc18 and Cdt1 are required to load the MCM protein Cdc21 onto chromatin at the end of mitosis and this is necessary to initiate DNA replication. Genes related to Cdt1 have been found in Metazoa and plants (A. Whitaker, I. Roysman and T. Orr-Weaver, personal communication), suggesting that the cooperation of Cdc6/Cdc18 with Cdt1 to load MCM proteins onto chromatin may be a generally conserved feature of DNA licensing in eukaryotes.


Asunto(s)
Proteínas de Ciclo Celular/fisiología , Replicación del ADN/fisiología , ADN de Hongos/biosíntesis , Proteínas de Unión al ADN/fisiología , Proteínas Fúngicas/fisiología , Proteínas de Schizosaccharomyces pombe , Schizosaccharomyces/fisiología , Ciclo Celular , Núcleo Celular/metabolismo , Cromatina/metabolismo , ADN de Hongos/metabolismo , Componente 4 del Complejo de Mantenimiento de Minicromosoma , Unión Proteica , Schizosaccharomyces/genética
10.
Science ; 290(5500): 2271-3, 2000 Dec 22.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11188727

RESUMEN

A cell ensures that its genome is replicated only once during its division cycle through a process called licensing. In an enlightening Perspective, Lygerou and Nurse explain how binding of the Geminin protein to Cdt1 blocks the binding of licensing factors to chromatin, inhibiting the onset of S phase (Wohlschlegel et al.).


Asunto(s)
Proteínas de Ciclo Celular/metabolismo , Ciclo Celular , Cromatina/metabolismo , Replicación del ADN , Proteínas de Unión al ADN/metabolismo , Animales , Proteínas de Ciclo Celular/química , Proteínas de Ciclo Celular/farmacología , Núcleo Celular/metabolismo , Daño del ADN , ADN Helicasas/metabolismo , Replicación del ADN/efectos de los fármacos , Proteínas de Unión al ADN/química , Evolución Molecular , Geminina , Humanos , Interfase , Metafase , Mitosis , Modelos Biológicos , Complejo de Reconocimiento del Origen , Fase S , Xenopus , Proteínas de Xenopus
11.
J Cell Sci ; 112 ( Pt 21): 3703-12, 1999 Nov.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10523506

RESUMEN

The origin recognition complex (ORC) binds to the well defined origins of DNA replication in budding yeast. Homologous proteins in other eukaryotes have been identified but are less well characterised. We report here the characterisation of a fission yeast ORC complex (SpORC). Database searches identified a fission yeast Orc5 homologue. SpOrc5 is essential for cell viability and its deletion phenotype is identical to that of two previously identified ORC subunit homologues, SpOrc1 (Orp1/Cdc30) and SpOrc2 (Orp2). Co-immunoprecipitation experiments demonstrate that SpOrc1 forms a complex with SpOrc2 and SpOrc5 and gel filtration chromatography shows that SpOrc1 and SpOrc5 fractionate as high molecular mass complexes. SpORC subunits localise to the nucleus in a punctate distribution which persists throughout interphase and mitosis. We developed a chromatin isolation protocol and show that SpOrc1, 2 and 5 are associated with chromatin at all phases of the cell cycle. While the levels, nuclear localisation and chromatin association of SpORC remain constant through the cell cycle, one of its subunits, SpOrc2, is differentially modified. We show that SpOrc2 is a phosphoprotein which is hypermodified in mitosis and is rapidly converted to a faster migrating isoform as cells proceed into G(1) in preparation for S-phase.


Asunto(s)
Cromatina/genética , Proteínas de Unión al ADN/genética , Proteínas de Unión al ADN/metabolismo , Proteínas Fúngicas/genética , Mitosis/genética , Schizosaccharomyces/genética , Cromatina/química , Proteínas de Unión al ADN/análisis , Técnica del Anticuerpo Fluorescente , Datos de Secuencia Molecular , Complejo de Reconocimiento del Origen , Pruebas de Precipitina , Schizosaccharomyces/citología , Homología de Secuencia de Aminoácido
12.
Mol Cell Biol ; 19(3): 2008-20, 1999 Mar.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10022888

RESUMEN

The assembly pathway of spliceosomal snRNPs in yeast is poorly understood. We devised a screen to identify mutations blocking the assembly of newly synthesized U4 snRNA into a functional snRNP. Fifteen mutant strains failing either to accumulate the newly synthesized U4 snRNA or to assemble a U4/U6 particle were identified and categorized into 13 complementation groups. Thirteen previously identified splicing-defective prp mutants were also assayed for U4 snRNP assembly defects. Mutations in the U4/U6 snRNP components Prp3p, Prp4p, and Prp24p led to disassembly of the U4/U6 snRNP particle and degradation of the U6 snRNA, while prp17-1 and prp19-1 strains accumulated free U4 and U6 snRNA. A detailed analysis of a newly identified mutant, the sad1-1 mutant, is presented. In addition to having the snRNP assembly defect, the sad1-1 mutant is severely impaired in splicing at the restrictive temperature: the RP29 pre-mRNA strongly accumulates and splicing-dependent production of beta-galactosidase from reporter constructs is abolished, while extracts prepared from sad1-1 strains fail to splice pre-mRNA substrates in vitro. The sad1-1 mutant is the only splicing-defective mutant analyzed whose mutation preferentially affects assembly of newly synthesized U4 snRNA into the U4/U6 particle. SAD1 encodes a novel protein of 52 kDa which is essential for cell viability. Sad1p localizes to the nucleus and is not stably associated with any of the U snRNAs. Sad1p contains a putative zinc finger and is phylogenetically highly conserved, with homologues identified in human, Caenorhabditis elegans, Arabidospis, and Drosophila.


Asunto(s)
Proteínas de Ciclo Celular , Proteínas Fúngicas/metabolismo , Proteínas Quinasas/metabolismo , Proteínas Serina-Treonina Quinasas , Precursores del ARN , Empalme del ARN , ARN de Hongos , Ribonucleoproteína Nuclear Pequeña U4-U6/metabolismo , Proteínas de Saccharomyces cerevisiae , Saccharomyces cerevisiae/genética , Secuencia de Aminoácidos , Animales , Núcleo Celular , Quinasa de Punto de Control 2 , Secuencia Conservada , Proteínas Fúngicas/genética , Humanos , Datos de Secuencia Molecular , Filogenia , Proteínas Quinasas/genética , Ribonucleoproteína Nuclear Pequeña U4-U6/genética , Saccharomyces cerevisiae/metabolismo , Homología de Secuencia de Aminoácido
13.
EMBO J ; 15(21): 5936-48, 1996 Nov 01.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-8918471

RESUMEN

The eukaryotic endonucleases RNase P and RNase MRP require both RNA and protein subunits for function. Even though the human RNase P and MRP RNAs were previously characterized, the protein composition of the particles remains unknown. We have identified a human a Caenorhabditis elegans sequence showing homology to yPop1, a protein subunit of the yeast RNase P and MRP particles. A cDNA containing the complete coding sequence for the human protein, hPop1, was cloned. Sequence analysis identifies three novel sequence motifs, conserved between the human, C. elegans and yeast proteins. Affinity-purified anti-hPop1 antibodies recognize a single 115 kDa protein in HeLa cell nuclear extracts. Immunoprecipitations with different anti-hPop1 antibodies demonstrate an association of hPop1 with the vast majority of the RNase P and MRP RNAs in HeLa cell nuclear extracts. Additionally, anti-hPop1 immunoprecipitates possess RNase P enzymatic activity. These results establish hPop1 as the first identified RNase P and MRP protein subunit from humans. Anti-hPop1 antibodies generate a strong nucleolar and a weaker homogeneous nuclear staining in HeLa cells. A certain class of autoimmune patient serum precipitates in vitro-translated hPop1. hPop1 is therefore an autoantigen in patients suffering from connective tissue diseases.


Asunto(s)
Autoantígenos/genética , Proteínas Portadoras , Endorribonucleasas/genética , ARN Catalítico/genética , Ribonucleoproteínas/genética , Proteínas de Saccharomyces cerevisiae , Secuencia de Aminoácidos , Animales , Proteínas Reguladoras de la Apoptosis , Autoanticuerpos/sangre , Autoantígenos/química , Caenorhabditis elegans/genética , Clonación Molecular , Enfermedades del Tejido Conjuntivo/inmunología , Secuencia Conservada , ADN Complementario/genética , Endorribonucleasas/química , Endorribonucleasas/inmunología , Células HeLa , Humanos , Datos de Secuencia Molecular , Conformación Proteica , ARN Catalítico/química , ARN Catalítico/inmunología , Ribonucleasa P , Ribonucleoproteínas/química , Ribonucleoproteínas/inmunología , Saccharomyces cerevisiae/genética , Homología de Secuencia de Aminoácido
14.
Science ; 272(5259): 268-70, 1996 Apr 12.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-8602511

RESUMEN

Very few of the enzymes required for eukaryotic precursor ribosomal RNA (pre-rRNA) processing have been identified. Ribonuclease (RNase) MRP was characterized as a nuclease that cleaves mitochondrial replication primers, but it is predominantly nucleolar. Previous genetic evidence revealed that this ribonucleoprotein is required, directly or indirectly, for cleavage of the yeast pre-rRNA in vivo at site A3. Here, an in vitro processing system that accurately reproduces this cleavage is described. Biochemical purification and the use of extracts depleted of the MRP RNA demonstrate that endonucleolytic cleavage of the pre-rRNA is directly mediated by RNase MRP. This establishes a role for RNase MRP in the nucleolus.


Asunto(s)
Endorribonucleasas/metabolismo , Precursores del ARN/metabolismo , Procesamiento Postranscripcional del ARN , ARN Ribosómico/metabolismo , Saccharomyces cerevisiae/enzimología , Secuencia de Bases , Nucléolo Celular/enzimología , Endorribonucleasas/aislamiento & purificación , Datos de Secuencia Molecular , Ribonucleoproteínas/metabolismo
15.
Nucleic Acids Res ; 22(24): 5332-40, 1994 Dec 11.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-7816623

RESUMEN

While screening for genes that affect the synthesis of yeast snRNPs, we identified a thermosensitive mutant that abolishes the production of a reporter snRNA at the non-permissive temperature. This mutant defines a new gene, named BDF1. In a bdf1-1 strain, the reporter snRNA synthesized before the temperature shift remains stable at the non-permissive temperature. This demonstrates that the BDF1 gene affects the synthesis rather than the stability of the reporter snRNA and suggests that the BDF1 gene encodes a transcription factor. BDF1 is present in single copy on yeast chromosome XII, and is important for normal vegetative growth but not essential for cell viability. bdf1 null mutants share common phenotypes with several mutants affecting general transcription and are defective in snRNA production. BDF1 encodes a protein of 687 amino-acids containing two copies of the bromodomain, a motif also present in other transcription factors as well as a new conserved domain, the ET domain, also present in Drosophila and human proteins.


Asunto(s)
Regulación Fúngica de la Expresión Génica/fisiología , ARN Nuclear Pequeño/biosíntesis , Proteínas de Saccharomyces cerevisiae , Saccharomyces cerevisiae/genética , Factores de Transcripción/genética , Secuencia de Aminoácidos , Secuencia de Bases , Mapeo Cromosómico , Cromosomas Fúngicos , Clonación Molecular , Secuencia Conservada , Dosificación de Gen , Genes Fúngicos/genética , Genes Reguladores/genética , Datos de Secuencia Molecular , Mutación , Alineación de Secuencia , Análisis de Secuencia de ADN , Temperatura , Factores de Transcripción/fisiología
16.
Genes Dev ; 8(12): 1423-33, 1994 Jun 15.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-7926742

RESUMEN

Two forms of the yeast 5.8S rRNA are generated from a large precursor by distinct processing pathways. Cleavage at site A3 is required for synthesis of the major, short form, designated 5.8S(S), but not for synthesis of the long form, 5.8S(L). To identify components required for A3 cleavage, a bank of temperature-sensitive lethal mutants was screened for those with a reduced ratio of 5.8S(S):5.8S(L). The pop1-1 mutation (for processing of precursor RNAs) shows this phenotype and also inhibits A3 cleavage. The pre-rRNA processing defect of pop1-1 strains is similar to that reported for mutations in the RNA component of RNase MRP; we show that a mutation in the RNase MRP RNA also inhibits cleavage at site A3. This is the first site shown to require RNase MRP for cleavage in vivo. The pop1-1 mutation also leads to a block in the processing of pre-tRNA that is identical to that reported for mutations in the RNA component of RNase P. The RNA components of both RNase MRP and RNase P are underaccumulated in pop1-1 strains at the nonpermissive temperature, and immunoprecipitation demonstrates that POP1p is a component of both ribonucleoproteins. The POP1 gene encodes a protein with a predicted molecular mass of 100.5 kD and is essential for viability. POP1p is the first protein component of the nuclear RNase P or RNase MRP for which the gene has been cloned.


Asunto(s)
Endorribonucleasas/genética , Genes Fúngicos/genética , ARN Catalítico/genética , Ribonucleoproteínas/genética , Proteínas de Saccharomyces cerevisiae , Saccharomyces cerevisiae/genética , Secuencia de Aminoácidos , Secuencia de Bases , Endorribonucleasas/química , Genes Letales/genética , Datos de Secuencia Molecular , Mutación , Pruebas de Precipitina , Procesamiento Postranscripcional del ARN , ARN Catalítico/química , ARN Ribosómico/metabolismo , Mapeo Restrictivo , Ribonucleasa P , Ribonucleoproteínas/química , Análisis de Secuencia de ADN
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