Author:
Sanfaçon H,Brodmann P,Hohn T
Abstract
Mutagenesis analysis of the polyadenylation [poly(A)] signal from the cauliflower mosaic virus (CaMV), a plant pararetrovirus, revealed striking differences to known vertebrate poly(A) signals. Our results show that (1) the AATAAA sequence is necessary for efficient cleavage at the poly(A) site, although the requirement for an authentic AATAAA might be less stringent in plant than in vertebrate cells; (2) surprisingly and in contrast to the majority of vertebrate poly(A) signals, the sequences downstream of the CaMV poly(A) site do not influence processing efficiency drastically although they affect the precision of cleavage; and (3) deletion of sequences upstream of the CaMV AATAAA sequence decreased processing at the CaMV site dramatically, suggesting the presence of one or several positively acting upstream elements. An oligonucleotide consisting of CaMV upstream sequences could induce the recognition of a normally silent exogenous poly(A) signal when inserted upstream of its AATAAA motif.
Publisher
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Subject
Developmental Biology,Genetics
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