Structural highlights
Function
RNA15_YEAST RNA-binding component of the cleavage factor IA (CFIA) complex, which is involved in the endonucleolytic cleavage during polyadenylation-dependent pre-mRNA 3'-end formation and cooperates with the cleavage factor NAB4/CFIB and the cleavage and polyadenylation factor (CPF) complex. Binds to A-rich RNA sequence elements.[1] [2]
Evolutionary Conservation
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
Rna15 is a core subunit of cleavage factor IA (CFIA), an essential transcriptional 3'-end processing factor from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. CFIA is required for polyA site selection/cleavage targeting RNA sequences that surround polyadenylation sites in the 3'-UTR of RNA polymerase-II transcripts. RNA recognition by CFIA is mediated by an RNA recognition motif (RRM) contained in the Rna15 subunit of the complex. We show here that Rna15 has a strong and unexpected preference for GU containing RNAs and reveal the molecular basis for a base selectivity mechanism that accommodates G or U but discriminates against C and A bases. This mode of base selectivity is rather different to that observed in other RRM-RNA structures and is structurally conserved in CstF64, the mammalian counterpart of Rna15. Our observations provide evidence for a highly conserved mechanism of base recognition amongst the 3'-end processing complexes that interact with the U-rich or U/G-rich elements at 3'-end cleavage/polyadenylation sites.
Structure of the Rna15 RRM-RNA complex reveals the molecular basis of GU specificity in transcriptional 3'-end processing factors.,Pancevac C, Goldstone DC, Ramos A, Taylor IA Nucleic Acids Res. 2010 May;38(9):3119-32. Epub 2010 Jan 21. PMID:20097654[3]
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References
- ↑ Minvielle-Sebastia L, Preker PJ, Keller W. RNA14 and RNA15 proteins as components of a yeast pre-mRNA 3'-end processing factor. Science. 1994 Dec 9;266(5191):1702-5. PMID:7992054
- ↑ Gross S, Moore C. Five subunits are required for reconstitution of the cleavage and polyadenylation activities of Saccharomyces cerevisiae cleavage factor I. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 May 22;98(11):6080-5. Epub 2001 May 8. PMID:11344258 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.101046598
- ↑ Pancevac C, Goldstone DC, Ramos A, Taylor IA. Structure of the Rna15 RRM-RNA complex reveals the molecular basis of GU specificity in transcriptional 3'-end processing factors. Nucleic Acids Res. 2010 May;38(9):3119-32. Epub 2010 Jan 21. PMID:20097654 doi:10.1093/nar/gkq002
