Tschochner H
Institut für Biochemie I, Universität Heidelberg, Germany.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1996 Nov 12;93(23):12914-9. doi: 10.1073/pnas.93.23.12914.
A novel RNase activity was identified in a yeast RNA polymerase I (pol I) in vitro transcription system. Transcript cleavage occurred at the 3' end and was dependent on the presence of ternary pol I/DNA/RNA complexes and an additional protein factor not identical to transcription factor IIS (TFIIS). Transcript cleavage was observed both on arrested complexes at the linearized ends of the transcribed DNA and on intrinsic blocks of the DNA template. Shortened transcripts that remained associated within the ternary complexes were capable of resuming RNA chain elongation. Possible functions of the nuclease for transcript elongation or termination are discussed.
在酵母RNA聚合酶I(pol I)体外转录系统中鉴定出一种新型核糖核酸酶活性。转录本切割发生在3'末端,并且依赖于三元pol I/DNA/RNA复合物以及一种与转录因子IIS(TFIIS)不同的额外蛋白质因子的存在。在转录DNA线性化末端的停滞复合物以及DNA模板的内在障碍处均观察到转录本切割。保留在三元复合物中的缩短转录本能够恢复RNA链延伸。讨论了核酸酶在转录本延伸或终止方面的可能功能。