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Structural and functional analyses of Saccharomyces cerevisiae wild-type and mutant RNA1 genes.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  2674676     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The yeast gene RNA1 has been defined by the thermosensitive rna1-1 lesion. This lesion interferes with the processing and production of all major classes of RNA. Each class of RNA is affected at a distinct and presumably unrelated step. Furthermore, RNA does not appear to exit the nucleus. To investigate how the RNA1 gene product can pleiotropically affect disparate processes, we undertook a structural analysis of wild-type and mutant RNA1 genes. The wild-type gene was found to contain a 407-amino-acid open reading frame that encodes a hydrophilic protein. No clue regarding the function of the RNA1 protein was obtained by searching banks for similarity to other known gene products. Surprisingly, the rna1-1 lesion was found to code for two amino acid differences from wild type. We found that neither single-amino-acid change alone resulted in temperature sensitivity. The carboxy-terminal region of the RNA1 open reading frame contains a highly acidic domain extending from amino acids 334 to 400. We generated genomic deletions that removed C-terminal regions of this protein. Deletion of amino acids 397 to 407 did not appear to affect cell growth. Removal of amino acids 359 to 397, a region containing 24 acidic residues, caused temperature-sensitive growth. This allele, rna1-delta 359-397, defines a second conditional lesion of the RNA1 locus. We found that strains possessing the rna1-delta 359-397 allele did not show thermosensitive defects in pre-rRNA or pre-tRNA processing. Removal of amino acids 330 to 407 resulted in loss of viability.
Authors:
H M Traglia; N S Atkinson; A K Hopper
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Molecular and cellular biology     Volume:  9     ISSN:  0270-7306     ISO Abbreviation:  Mol. Cell. Biol.     Publication Date:  1989 Jul 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1989-10-13     Completed Date:  1989-10-13     Revised Date:  2009-11-19    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8109087     Medline TA:  Mol Cell Biol     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  2989-99     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Biological Chemistry, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey 17033.
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GENBANK/M27142;  M27143
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Amino Acid Sequence
Base Sequence
Blotting, Southern
Cloning, Molecular
Escherichia coli / genetics
Fungal Proteins / genetics*,  metabolism
GTPase-Activating Proteins*
Genes, Fungal*
Molecular Sequence Data
Mutation*
Phenotype
Plasmids
RNA Processing, Post-Transcriptional
RNA, Fungal / genetics*,  metabolism
Restriction Mapping
Saccharomyces cerevisiae / genetics*
Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins
Temperature
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Fungal Proteins; 0/GTPase-Activating Proteins; 0/RNA, Fungal; 0/RNA1 protein, S cerevisiae; 0/Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins
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