Backus J W, Smith H C
Department of Biochemistry, University of Rochester, NY 14642.
Nucleic Acids Res. 1992 Nov 25;20(22):6007-14. doi: 10.1093/nar/20.22.6007.
Apolipoprotein B (apoB) mRNA is edited in rat liver and intestine to convert a CAA glutamine codon to a UAA translational stop codon by the direct conversion of cytidine to uridine at nucleotide 6666. We have proposed the 'mooring sequence' model for apoB RNA editing, in which editing complexes (editosomes) assemble on specific apoB mRNA flanking sequences to direct this site-specific editing event. One sequence element (approx. nts 6671-81, the presumed 'mooring sequence') has been previously identified as necessary for editing. We have identified two additional sequence elements which are necessary for efficient editing: (1) a 5' 'Regulator' region which modulates editing efficiency and (2) a 'Spacer' region between the editing site and the 3' mooring sequence, whose distance is critical for efficient editing. Utilizing this data, we have induced editing at a cryptic site and have defined a 22 nucleotide 'cassette' of specific apoB sequence which is sufficient to support wild-type levels of editing in vitro in a background of distal apoB RNA sequence.
载脂蛋白B(apoB)信使核糖核酸(mRNA)在大鼠肝脏和肠道中发生编辑,通过在核苷酸6666处将胞苷直接转化为尿苷,把一个CAA谷氨酰胺密码子转变为UAA翻译终止密码子。我们已经提出了apoB RNA编辑的“停泊序列”模型,即编辑复合体(编辑体)在特定的apoB mRNA侧翼序列上组装,以指导这一特异位点的编辑事件。一个序列元件(约核苷酸6671 - 81,推测为“停泊序列”)先前已被确定为编辑所必需。我们还鉴定出另外两个对高效编辑必不可少的序列元件:(1)一个5'“调节”区域,可调节编辑效率;(2)编辑位点与3'停泊序列之间的一个“间隔”区域,其距离对高效编辑至关重要。利用这些数据,我们在一个隐蔽位点诱导了编辑,并确定了一个由22个核苷酸组成的特定apoB序列“盒”,在apoB RNA远端序列背景下,该序列足以在体外支持野生型水平的编辑。