Two cellular proteins bind specifically to a purine-rich sequence necessary for the destabilization function of a c-fos protein-coding region determinant of mRNA instability.

AUTOR(ES)

Chen, C Y

RESUMO

The c-fos proto-oncogene mRNA is rapidly degraded within minutes after its appearance in the cytoplasm of growth factor-stimulated mammalian fibroblasts. At least two functionally independent sequence elements are responsible for the lability of c-fos mRNA. One of these determinants is located within a 0.32-kb sequence present in the protein-coding region. We demonstrate by gel mobility shift experiments and UV cross-linking that at least two protein factors specifically interact with a 56-nucleotide purine-rich sequence located at the 5' end of the 0.32-kb coding region determinant of mRNA instability (CRDI). One protein is predominantly associated with the polysomes, while the other is detected in the post-ribosomal supernatant. Sequence comparison of members of the fos gene family revealed that the high purine content of the protein-binding region is conserved through evolution. Deletion of this region from the 0.32-kb CRDI severely impedes its function as an RNA-destabilizing element. Our results suggest that binding of the two proteins to the purine-rich sequence may participate in the rapid mRNA decay mediated by this 0.32-kb c-fos CRDI.

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