Wilusz C J, Gao M, Jones C L, Wilusz J, Peltz S W
Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway 08854, USA.
RNA. 2001 Oct;7(10):1416-24.
The pathway of mRNA degradation has been extensively studied in the yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, and it is now clear that many mRNAs decay by a deadenylation-dependent mechanism. Although several of the factors required for mRNA decay have been identified, the regulation and precise roles of many of the proteins involved remains unclear. We have developed an in vitro system that recapitulates both the deadenylation and the decapping steps of mRNA decay. Furthermore, both deadenylation and decapping are inhibited by poly(A) binding proteins in our assay. Our system has allowed us to separate the decay process from translation and we have shown that the poly(A) tail is capable of inhibiting decapping in an eIF4E-independent manner. Our in vitro system should prove invaluable in dissecting the mechanisms of mRNA turnover.
信使核糖核酸(mRNA)降解途径已在酿酒酵母中得到广泛研究,现在很清楚的是,许多mRNA通过依赖去腺苷酸化的机制降解。虽然已经鉴定出mRNA降解所需的几个因子,但许多相关蛋白质的调控和精确作用仍不清楚。我们开发了一种体外系统,该系统概括了mRNA降解的去腺苷酸化和脱帽步骤。此外,在我们的实验中,去腺苷酸化和脱帽都受到聚腺苷酸结合蛋白的抑制。我们系统使我们能够将降解过程与翻译分开,并且我们已经表明,聚腺苷酸尾能够以不依赖真核起始因子4E(eIF4E)的方式抑制脱帽。我们的体外系统在剖析mRNA周转机制方面应被证明具有极高价值。