Boeck R, Lapeyre B, Brown C E, Sachs A B
Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, USA.
Mol Cell Biol. 1998 Sep;18(9):5062-72. doi: 10.1128/MCB.18.9.5062.
mRNA in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae is primarily degraded through a pathway that is stimulated by removal of the mRNA cap structure. Here we report that a mutation in the SPB8 (YJL124c) gene, initially identified as a suppressor mutation of a poly(A)-binding protein (PAB1) gene deletion, stabilizes the mRNA cap structure. Specifically, we find that the spb8-2 mutation results in the accumulation of capped, poly(A)-deficient mRNAs. The presence of this mutation also allows for the detection of mRNA species trimmed from the 3' end. These data show that this Sm-like protein family member is involved in the process of mRNA decapping, and they provide an example of 3'-5' mRNA degradation intermediates in yeast.
酿酒酵母中的mRNA主要通过一种由mRNA帽结构去除所刺激的途径进行降解。在此我们报告,最初被鉴定为聚腺苷酸结合蛋白(PAB1)基因缺失的抑制突变的SPB8(YJL124c)基因中的一个突变,可稳定mRNA帽结构。具体而言,我们发现spb8 - 2突变导致带帽、缺乏聚腺苷酸的mRNA积累。该突变的存在还使得能够检测从3'端修剪的mRNA种类。这些数据表明,这个类Sm蛋白家族成员参与了mRNA去帽过程,并且它们提供了酵母中3' - 5'mRNA降解中间体的一个例子。