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Formation of the 3′ end of histone mRNA

All metazoan messenger RNAs, with the exception of the replication-dependent histone mRNAs, terminate at the 3′ end with a poly(A) tail. Replication-dependent histone mRNAs end instead in a conserved 26-nucleotide sequence that contains a 16-nucleotide stem-loop. Formation of the 3′ end of histone m...

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Published in:Gene 1999-10, Vol.239 (1), p.1-14
Main Authors: Dominski, Zbigniew, Marzluff, William F
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Language:English
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Summary:All metazoan messenger RNAs, with the exception of the replication-dependent histone mRNAs, terminate at the 3′ end with a poly(A) tail. Replication-dependent histone mRNAs end instead in a conserved 26-nucleotide sequence that contains a 16-nucleotide stem-loop. Formation of the 3′ end of histone mRNA occurs by endonucleolytic cleavage of pre-mRNA releasing the mature mRNA from the chromatin template. Cleavage requires several trans-acting factors, including a protein, the stem-loop binding protein (SLBP), which binds the 26-nucleotide sequence; and a small nuclear RNP, U7 snRNP. There are probably additional factors also required for cleavage. One of the functions of the SLBP is to stabilize binding of the U7 snRNP to the histone pre-mRNA. In the nucleus, both U7 snRNP and SLBP are present in coiled bodies, structures that are associated with histone genes and may play a direct role in histone pre-mRNA processing in vivo. One of the major regulatory events in the cell cycle is regulation of histone pre-mRNA processing, which is at least partially mediated by cell-cycle regulation of the levels of the SLBP protein.
ISSN:0378-1119
1879-0038
DOI:10.1016/S0378-1119(99)00367-4