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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
23
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-5-31
pubmed:abstractText
The catalytic, RNA-binding and oligomerization domains of the RNA-editing terminal uridylyl transferase 1 (RET1) from Leishmania tarentolae mitochondria were characterized by mutational analysis. Significant N- and C-terminal portions of the protein were found to be dispensable for UTP polymerization in vitro. Changes of conserved amino acids in the active site demonstrated a general similarity of sugar-phosphate moiety recognition of the incoming ribonucleotide triphosphate by RET1 and eukaryotic poly(A) polymerases. Overlapping RNA-binding and oligomerization regions were mapped to the C-terminal region, which is conserved only among trypanosomatid RET1 enzymes. In the absence of an RNA primer, RET1 can use UTP itself to initiate nucleotide transfer and produce poly(U) molecules of several hundred nucleotides. An N-terminal zinc finger motif is essential for enzyme activity; deletion of this motif or chelation of zinc inhibits activity.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
4
pubmed:volume
279
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
24123-30
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15060068-Amino Acid Motifs, pubmed-meshheading:15060068-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:15060068-Amino Acids, pubmed-meshheading:15060068-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:15060068-Binding Sites, pubmed-meshheading:15060068-Carbohydrates, pubmed-meshheading:15060068-Cattle, pubmed-meshheading:15060068-DNA Mutational Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:15060068-DNA Primers, pubmed-meshheading:15060068-Gene Deletion, pubmed-meshheading:15060068-Kinetics, pubmed-meshheading:15060068-Leishmania, pubmed-meshheading:15060068-Magnesium, pubmed-meshheading:15060068-Mitochondria, pubmed-meshheading:15060068-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:15060068-Mutagenesis, Site-Directed, pubmed-meshheading:15060068-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:15060068-Protein Binding, pubmed-meshheading:15060068-Protein Structure, Tertiary, pubmed-meshheading:15060068-RNA, pubmed-meshheading:15060068-RNA Nucleotidyltransferases, pubmed-meshheading:15060068-Recombinant Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:15060068-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, pubmed-meshheading:15060068-Time Factors, pubmed-meshheading:15060068-Uridine Triphosphate, pubmed-meshheading:15060068-Zinc
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
RNA-editing terminal uridylyl transferase 1: identification of functional domains by mutational analysis.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles 90095, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.