Lange T S, Borovjagin A, Maxwell E S, Gerbi S A
Division of Biology and Medicine, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA.
EMBO J. 1998 Jun 1;17(11):3176-87. doi: 10.1093/emboj/17.11.3176.
Sequences necessary for nucleolar targeting were identified in Box C/D small nucleolar RNAs (snoRNAs) by fluorescence microscopy. Nucleolar preparations were examined after injecting fluorescein-labelled wild-type and mutated U14 or U8 snoRNA into Xenopus oocyte nuclei. Regions in U14 snoRNA that are complementary to 18S rRNA and necessary for rRNA processing and methylation are not required for nucleolar localization. Truncated U14 molecules containing Boxes C and D with or without the terminal stem localized efficiently. Nucleolar localization was abolished upon mutating just one or two nucleotides within Boxes C and D. Moreover, the spatial position of Boxes C or D in the molecule is essential. Mutations in Box C/D of U8 snoRNA also impaired nucleolar localization, suggesting the general importance of Boxes C and D as nucleolar localization sequences for Box C/D snoRNAs. U14 snoRNA is shown to be required for 18S rRNA production in vertebrates.
通过荧光显微镜在C/D盒小核仁RNA(snoRNAs)中鉴定出了核仁靶向所需的序列。将荧光素标记的野生型和突变型U14或U8 snoRNA注入非洲爪蟾卵母细胞核后,对核仁制剂进行了检查。U14 snoRNA中与18S rRNA互补且对rRNA加工和甲基化必需的区域,并非核仁定位所必需。含有C盒和D盒且带有或不带有末端茎的截短U14分子能高效定位。仅在C盒和D盒内突变一两个核苷酸就会消除核仁定位。此外,C盒或D盒在分子中的空间位置至关重要。U8 snoRNA的C/D盒突变也会损害核仁定位,这表明C盒和D盒作为C/D盒snoRNAs的核仁定位序列具有普遍重要性。已证明U14 snoRNA是脊椎动物中18S rRNA产生所必需的。