Products of in vitro cleavage and polyadenylation of simian virus 40 late pre-mRNAs - PubMed (original) (raw)

Products of in vitro cleavage and polyadenylation of simian virus 40 late pre-mRNAs

M D Sheets et al. Mol Cell Biol. 1987 Apr.

Abstract

Formation of mRNA 3' termini involves cleavage of an mRNA precursor and polyadenylation of the newly formed end. Cleavage of simian virus 40 late pre-mRNA in a crude nuclear extract generated two RNAs, 5' and 3' half-molecules. These RNAs were unmodified and linear. The 5' half-molecule contained sequences upstream but not downstream of the poly(A) site and ended in a 3'-terminal hydroxyl. The 3' half-molecules comprised a family of RNAs, each of which contains only sequences downstream of the poly(A) site, and ends in a 5'-terminal phosphate. These RNAs differed only in the locations of their 5' terminus. The 3' terminus of the 5' half-molecule was the adenosine 10 nucleotides downstream of AAUAAA, at the +1 position. The 5' terminus of the longest 3' half-molecule was at +2. Thus, these two RNAs contain every nucleoside and phosphate of the precursor. The existence of these half-molecules demonstrates that endonucleolytic cleavage occurs near the poly(A) site. 5' half-molecules generated in the presence of EDTA (which blocks polyadenylation, but not cleavage) ended at the adenosine at position +1 of the precursor. When incubated in the extract under suitable conditions, they became polyadenylated. 5' half-molecules formed in 3'-dATP-containing reactions contained a single 3'-deoxyadenosine (cordycepin) residue added onto the +1 adenosine and were poor polyadenylation substrates. We infer that the +1 adenosine of the precursor becomes the first A of the poly(A) tract and provides a 3' hydroxyl group to which poly(A) is added posttranscriptionally.

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Products of in vitro cleavage and polyadenylation of simian virus 40 late pre-mRNAs - PubMed (original) (raw)