Marshall T K, Guo H, Price D H
Department of Biochemistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City 52242.
Nucleic Acids Res. 1990 Nov 11;18(21):6293-8. doi: 10.1093/nar/18.21.6293.
DmSII is a Drosophila RNA polymerase II elongation factor which suppresses pausing by RNA polymerase II at specific sites on double stranded templates. Using antibodies produced against the purified protein, a Drosophila cDNA expression library was screened and a cDNA was isolated which encoded a portion of DmSII. When this cDNA was used to probe Kc cell mRNA the predominant species was found to be 1.4 kb in length. The original cDNA was used to screen a Drosophila Kc cell cDNA library resulting in the isolation of a 1.4 kb cDNA which was then sequenced. The deduced protein sequence for DmSII exhibited high similarity to mouse SII protein sequence. In addition, significant sequence similarity was found with the protein encoded by the yeast gene PPR2, which is involved in regulation of URA4 gene expression. The comparison of amino acid sequences suggests that DmSII is comprised of two domains homologous to mouse SII separated by a flexible, serine rich region of low homology. The shorter yeast protein has sequence similarity only to the carboxy terminal domain.
DmSII是一种果蝇RNA聚合酶II延伸因子,它可抑制RNA聚合酶II在双链模板上特定位点的停顿。利用针对纯化蛋白产生的抗体,对果蝇cDNA表达文库进行筛选,分离出一个编码DmSII一部分的cDNA。当用该cDNA探测Kc细胞mRNA时,发现主要种类的长度为1.4 kb。原始cDNA用于筛选果蝇Kc细胞cDNA文库,从而分离出一个1.4 kb的cDNA,然后对其进行测序。推导的DmSII蛋白序列与小鼠SII蛋白序列具有高度相似性。此外,还发现与酵母基因PPR2编码的蛋白有显著的序列相似性,PPR2参与URA4基因表达的调控。氨基酸序列比较表明,DmSII由与小鼠SII同源的两个结构域组成,中间被一个低同源性的富含丝氨酸的柔性区域隔开。较短的酵母蛋白仅与羧基末端结构域有序列相似性。