Characterization of the size and 5' cap of messenger RNA encoding neurophysin precursors.
AUTOR(ES)
Hough, C J
RESUMO
The coding activity of bovine hypothalamic poly A+ mRNA for neurophysin I and II immunoreactive proteins was characterized with respect to size and 5' cap. The mRNA was fractionated by methylmercuric hydroxide agarose gel electrophoresis and subsequently translated in vitro in rabbit reticulocyte lysates. Alternatively, mRNA was fractionated by gel exclusion HPLC and translated in wheat germ extracts. Immunoprecipitated translation products were analyzed by gel exclusion HPLC. Neurophysin-immunospecific protein of approximately 17,000 daltons, the size expected for the neuropeptide hormone-neurophysin precursors, was encoded by mRNA species of two size classes. The smaller class of mRNA's was of the size expected from the size of the precursor proteins. The larger class was 5-10 times larger. The low K+ concentration optimum for translation of unfractionated mRNA encoding neurophysin I immunoreactive proteins and the inability of a cap analogue to inhibit this translation suggest that mRNA species encoding neurophysin I-immunoreactive translation products are incompletely capped. By contrast, the mRNA encoding neurophysin II-immunoreactive products appear to contain a normal cap structure.
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