The nuclease that selectively degrades albumin mRNA in vitro associates with Xenopus liver polysomes through the 80S ribosome complex.
The nuclease that selectively degrades albumin mRNA in vitro associates with Xenopus liver polysomes through the 80S ribosome complex.
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体外选择性降解白蛋白 mRNA 的核酸酶通过 80S 核糖体复合物与非洲爪蟾肝多核糖体结合。
DOI:
10.1006/abbi.1993.1428
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发表时间:
1993
影响因子:
3.9
通讯作者:
Schoenberg,DR
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作者:
Pastori,RL;Schoenberg,DR
A ribonuclease activity that has characteristics expected for an enzyme that catalyzes the regulated destabilization of serum protein-coding mRNAs following estrogen administration was previously identified onXenopusliver polysomes. This enzyme activity is estrogen inducible and selectively degrades mRNAs (e.g., albumin, γ-fibrinogen) that are unstable following estrogen administration to male frogs. This paper reports on the relationship between this enzyme activity and the association of 40S and 60S ribosomal subunits. Ribonuclease activity (as defined by the generation of a specific cleavage fragment from albumin RNA) is found in polysome fractions that contain the majority of the liver mRNA. This activity sediments on sucrose gradients with the large polysome complexes observed in liver of vitellogenic animals. EDTA treatment generates 40S and 60S ribosome subunits and a significant amount of 80S ribosome monomers. Under these conditions, polysomal ribonuclease activity is found both free in solution and with the 80S material. Puromycin treatment generates predominantly 40S and 60S ribosomal subunits. Polysomal ribonuclease activity is found only in solution following puromycin treatment. These data indicate that theXenopusliver polysomal nuclease requires the association of both ribosomal subunits for complex formation with polysomes. The polysomal nuclease behaves as a basic protein on Mono Q chromatography, with the fractionated material retaining the same differential activity toward albumin versus ferritin mRNA.