Audic Y, Omilli F, Osborne H B
CNRS UPR 41, Université de Rennes I, Campus de Beaulieu, 35042 Rennes Cedex, France.
Mol Cell Biol. 1998 Dec;18(12):6879-84. doi: 10.1128/MCB.18.12.6879.
The deadenylation of maternal mRNAs in the Xenopus embryo is a sequence-specific process. One cis element that targets maternal mRNAs for deadenylation after fertilization is the embryo deadenylation element (EDEN). This element, composed of U/R repeats, is specifically bound by a protein, EDEN-BP. In the present study we show that the rate at which an RNA containing an EDEN is deadenylated can be increased by the presence of an additional cis element composed of three AUU repeats. This effect was observed for a natural EDEN (c-mos) and two synthetic EDENs. Hence, the enhancement of EDEN-dependent deadenylation conferred by the (AUU)3 motif is not due to an interaction with a particular EDEN sequence. Mutation of the (AUU)3 motif abrogated the enhancement of EDEN-dependent deadenylation. These data indicate that the rate at which a specific maternal mRNA is deadenylated in Xenopus embryos is probably defined by a cross talk between multiple cis elements.
非洲爪蟾胚胎中母体mRNA的去腺苷酸化是一个序列特异性过程。一个在受精后将母体mRNA靶向去腺苷酸化的顺式元件是胚胎去腺苷酸化元件(EDEN)。该元件由U/R重复序列组成,被一种蛋白质EDEN-BP特异性结合。在本研究中,我们表明,含有EDEN的RNA的去腺苷酸化速率可以通过存在一个由三个AUU重复序列组成的额外顺式元件而增加。对于天然的EDEN(c-mos)和两个合成的EDEN,都观察到了这种效应。因此,由(AUU)3基序赋予的EDEN依赖性去腺苷酸化的增强不是由于与特定EDEN序列的相互作用。(AUU)3基序的突变消除了EDEN依赖性去腺苷酸化的增强。这些数据表明,非洲爪蟾胚胎中特定母体mRNA的去腺苷酸化速率可能由多个顺式元件之间的相互作用决定。