Sequence context effects on oligo(dT) termination signal recognition by Saccharomyces cerevisiae RNA polymerase III - PubMed (original) (raw)
Comparative Study
. 2005 May 20;280(20):19551-62.
doi: 10.1074/jbc.M412238200. Epub 2005 Mar 22.
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Sequence context effects on oligo(dT) termination signal recognition by Saccharomyces cerevisiae RNA polymerase III
Priscilla Braglia et al. J Biol Chem. 2005.
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Abstract
Eukaryotic RNA polymerase (Pol) III terminates transcription at short runs of T residues in the coding DNA strand. By genomic analysis, we found that T(5) and T(4) are the shortest Pol III termination signals in yeasts and mammals, respectively, and that, at variance with yeast, oligo(dT) terminators longer than T(5) are very rare in mammals. In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the strength of T(5) as a terminator was found to be largely influenced by both the upstream and the downstream sequence context. In particular, the CT sequence, which is naturally present downstream of T(5) in the 3'-flank of some tDNAs, was found to act as a terminator-weakening element that facilitates translocation by reducing Pol III pausing at T(5). In contrast, tDNA transcription termination was highly efficient when T(5) was followed by an A or G residue. Surprisingly, however, when a termination-proficient T(5) signal was taken out from the tDNA context and placed downstream of a fragment of the SCR1 gene, its termination activity was compromised, both in vitro and in vivo. Even the T(6) sequence, acting as a strong terminator in tRNA gene contexts, was unexpectedly weak within the SNR52 transcription unit, where it naturally occurs. The observed sequence context effects reflect intrinsic recognition properties of Pol III, because they were still observed in a simplified in vitro transcription system only consisting of purified RNA polymerase and template DNA. Our findings strengthen the notion that termination signal recognition by Pol III is influenced in a complex way by the region surrounding the T cluster and suggest that read-through transcription beyond T clusters might play a significant role in the biogenesis of class III gene products.
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