Site-Specific Ribose Methylation of Preribosomal RNA: A Novel Function for Small Nucleolar RNAs
1996; Cell Press; Volume: 85; Issue: 7 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1016/s0092-8674(00)81308-2
ISSN1097-4172
AutoresZ. Kiss-László, Yves Henry, Jean-Pierre Bachellerie, Michèle Caizergues‐Ferrer, Tamás Kiss,
Tópico(s)RNA Research and Splicing
ResumoEukaryotic cells contain many fibrillarin-associated small nucleolar RNAs (snoRNAs) that possess long complementarities to mature rRNAs. Characterization of 21 novel antisense snoRNAs from human cells followed by genetic depletion and reconstitution studies on yeast U24 snoRNA provides evidence that this class of snoRNAs is required for site-specific 2′-O-methylation of preribosomal RNA (pre-rRNA). Antisense snoRNAs function through direct base-pairing interactions with pre-rRNA. The antisense element, together with the D or D' box of the snoRNA, provide the information necessary to select the target nucleotide for the methyltransfer reaction. The conclusion that snoRNAs function in covalent modification of the sugar moieties of ribonucleotides demonstrates that eukaryotic small nuclear RNAs have a more versatile cellular function than earlier anticipated.
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