PMID: 8595555Dec 1, 1995Paper

Substrate-specific regulation of RNA deadenylation in Xenopus embryo and activated egg extracts

RNA
Vincent LegagneuxH Beverley Osborne

Abstract

The poly(A) tail of mRNAs plays an important role in translational control. In Xenopus laevis matured oocytes, maternal mRNAs that contain a cytoplasmic polyadenylation element (CPE) are polyadenylated, whereas CPE deficient mRNAs are deadenylated by a default process. Eg mRNAs are maternal transcripts that are poly(A)+ in matured oocytes and rapidly deadenylated after fertilization. This post-fertilization deadenylation of Eg mRNAs requires specific sequence information. Such a deadenylation element has been identified previously in the 3'UTR of Eg2 mRNA. In this study, we show that cell-free extracts made from embryos or activated eggs contain two kinetically distinct deadenylation activities, with different substrate specificities. One, responsible for the slow deadenylation of RNAs that are devoid of a functional CPE, has the characteristics of a default PAN activity. The other effectuates the rapid deadenylation of RNAs containing a deadenylation element. The in vitro system described here will allow the characterization of factors controlling the deadenylation of Eg mRNAs in embryos.

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