Document Type

Article

Language

eng

Format of Original

12 p.

Publication Date

6-2011

Publisher

Elsevier

Source Publication

Cell

Source ISSN

0092-8674

Abstract

Many steps in nuclear RNA processing, surveillance, and degradation require TRAMP, a complex containing the poly(A) polymerase Trf4p, the Zn-knuckle protein Air2p, and the RNA helicase Mtr4p. TRAMP polyadenylates RNAs designated for decay or trimming by the nuclear exosome. It has been unclear how polyadenylation by TRAMP differs from polyadenylation by conventional poly(A) polymerase, which produces poly(A) tails that stabilize RNAs. Using reconstituted S. cerevisiae TRAMP, we show that TRAMP inherently suppresses poly(A) addition after only 3–4 adenosines. This poly(A) tail length restriction is controlled by Mtr4p. The helicase detects the number of 3′-terminal adenosines and, over several adenylation steps, elicits precisely tuned adjustments of ATP affinities and rate constants for adenylation and TRAMP dissociation. Our data establish Mtr4p as a critical regulator of polyadenylation by TRAMP and reveal that an RNA helicase can control the activity of another enzyme in a highly complex fashion and in response to features in RNA.

Comments

NOTICE: this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Cell. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Cell, Vol. 145, No. 6 (June 2011): 890–901. DOI. © 2011 Elsevier (Cell Press). Used with permission.

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