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Title: Messenger RNA Processing


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  • CHAPTER 15
  • Messenger RNA Processing ?
  • Capping and Polyadenylation
  • fan loukong (???)

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  • This chapter includes 3 parts
  • 1.Capping
  • 2.Polyadenylation
  • 3.Coordination of mRNA Processing Events

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Capping
  • 1.Cap Structure
  • 2.Cap Synthesis
  • 3.Functions of Caps

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Cap Structure
  • 1.The first caps to be characterized came from
    viral RNAs.Bernard Moss and his colleagues
    produced vaccinia virus mRNA labeled with 32p
    in vivtro and used DEAE-cellulose chromatography
    to isolated the Caps.
  • 2.The researchers found they could label the Cap
    with ß,?-32pATP(but not with ?-32pATP).

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  • So they put forward the Cap was at the
    5-terminus of the RNA. Because the ß-phosphate
    of a nucleoside triphosphate remains only in the
    first nucleotide in an RNA.
  • They also think there must be some substance (x)
    to protect or block the ß-phosphate, because the
    alkaline phosphatase cant remove it.
  • What is x?

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Block agent Xp X
  • The researchers use phosphodiesterase to remove
    block agent to get Xp,and use phosphomonoesterase
    to get X.
  • Then they subject this digest to paper
    electrophoresis,followed by paper chromatography.
  • The figure 15.2 shows the X is m7G

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  • Another product of phosphadiesterase cleavage of
    the cap was pAm(2-o-methyl-AMP),thus m7G is
    linked to pAm in the cap.
  • But whats the nature of the linkage?
  • The following three considerations tell us it is
    a triphosphate and the linkage is very likely to
    be 5to 5 1.the ?-phosphate,but not the
    ß-or?-phosphate of GTPwas remained in the cap.
  • 2. the ß-and ? -phosphates of ATP are remained in
    the cap .
  • 3. Both ATP and GTP have their phosphates in the
    5-position.

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Cap Synthesis
  • The researchers studied capping of model
    substrates in vitro, they used cores from
    vaccinia virus and reovirus ,respectively,to
    provide the capping enzymes. in both viruses,
    they observed the some sequence of events, as
    illustrated in the figue15.4

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  • To verify the pathway is correct, the researchers
    added 14CCTP and 32PGTP to reovirus cores to
    label the caps (pppGpC as a example) and capping
    intermediates ,then they analyzed the mixture by
    paper electrophoresis with markers listed at the
    top.

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  • Summary
  • Caps are made in steps
  • first, an RNA triphosphatase removes the
    terminal phosphate from a pre-mRNAnext,a
    guanylyl transferase adds the capping GMP (from
    GTP). Next, two methyl transferase methylate the
    N7 of the capping guanosine and the 2-o-methyl
    group of the penultimate nucleotide

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Functions of Caps
  • 1.Protection
  • The cap is expected to protect the mRNA from
    attack by RNase that begin at 5-end of their
    substances and that cannot cleave triphosphate
    linkage.
  • The figure 15.6 showed the cap can make the RNA
    more stability.

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  • 2.Another important function of the cap is to
    provide translatability(???),we will see in
    chapter 17 that mRNA gains access to the ribosome
    for translation via a cap-binding protein.
  • 3.The cap also appears to facilitate the
    transport of a mature RNA out of the nucleus.
  • 4.People put forward that the cap is essential
  • for proper splicing of a pre-mRNA

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Polyadenylation
  • To get and purify Hela cell poly(A) from the rest
    of the mRNA molecule,researchers released it with
    two enzymesRNase A,which cuts after C and U,and
    RNase T1 ,which cuts after G.In other words
    they cut every nucleotide except the
    As,preserving only pure runs of As.
  • Next they electrophoresed the poly(A)s from
    nuclei and from cytoplasm to determine their
    sizes,the figure15.8 shows the size of poly(A)
  • .

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  • It is apparent that the poly(A) goes on the
    3-end of the mRNA or hnRNA,because it can be
    released very quickly with an enzymes that
    degrades RNAs from 3-end inward.
  • The figure 15.9 shows the requires poly(A) to be
    at the 3-end of the molecule.

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Functions of Ploy(A)
  • 1.Protection of mRNA. The Figure 15.10 examined
    it.

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  • 2.Translatability of mRNA. The Figure 15.11 shows
    effect of ployadenylation on translatability and
    stability of mRNA.

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  • SUMMARY
  • Transcription of eukaryotic genes extends
    beyond the polyadenylation site.Then the
    transcript is cleaved and polyadenylation at the
    3-end created by the cleavage.

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  • Thank You !
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