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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-2-27
pubmed:abstractText
The distinction between stable (tRNA and rRNA) and unstable (mRNA) RNA has been considered an important feature of bacterial RNA metabolism. One factor thought to contribute to the difference between these RNA populations is polyadenylation, which promotes degradation of unstable RNA. However, the recent discovery that polyadenylation also occurs on stable RNA led us to examine whether poly(A) might serve as a signal for eliminating defective stable RNAs, and thus play a role in RNA quality control. Here we show that a readily denaturable, mutant tRNA(Trp) does not accumulate to normal levels in Escherichia coli because its precursor is rapidly degraded. Degradation is largely dependent on polyadenylation of the precursor by poly(A) polymerase and on its removal by polynucleotide phosphorylase. Thus, in the absence of these two enzymes large amounts of tRNA(Trp) precursor accumulate. We propose that defective stable RNA precursors that are poorly converted to their mature forms may be polyadenylated and subsequently degraded. These data indicate that quality control of stable RNA metabolism in many ways resembles normal turnover of unstable RNA.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:commentsCorrections
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0261-4189
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
21
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1132-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
RNA quality control: degradation of defective transfer RNA.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33101-6129, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.