Poly (A) polymerase

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Poly (A) polymerase alpha
Properties of human protein
Mass / length primary structure 744 amino acids
Secondary to quaternary structure Monomer
Isoforms 2
Identifier
Gene name PAPOLA
External IDs
Enzyme classification
EC, category 2.7.7.19 nucleotidyl transferase
Response type Polyadenylation
Substrate ATP + RNA (n)
Products Diphosphate + RNA (n + 1)
Occurrence
Homology family Poly (A) polymerase
Parent taxon Eukaryotes

The poly (A) polymerase (PAP-α) is an enzyme that the post-transcriptional polyadenylation of newly synthesized pre-mRNA in the nucleus of eukaryotic catalyzed.

The human PAP-α is found in the cell nucleus as well as in the cytosol .

The activity of PAP-α is regulated by its (de) phosphorylation and by binding of other proteins, in particular CPSF and Fip1 . This type of regulation is an approach to the unspecific control of gene expression . The hyperphosphorylation of PAP-α by the mitosis-promoting factor leads to a shutdown of translation in the metaphase of meiosis  II. On the other hand, the VPR protein of the HI virus, for example, dephosphorylates PAP-α and thus leads to increased translation of virus proteins.

Individual evidence

  1. a b UniProt P51003
  2. DF Colgan, KG Murthy, W. Zhao, C. Prives, JL Manley: Inhibition of poly (A) polymerase requires p34cdc2 / cyclin B phosphorylation of multiple consensus and non-consensus sites. In: EMBO J . 17 (4), Feb 16, 1998, pp. 1053-1062. PMID 9463383
  3. AJ Mouland, M. Coady, XJ Yao, EA Cohen: Hypophosphorylation of poly (A) polymerase and increased polyadenylation activity are associated with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 Vpr expression. In: Virology. 292 (2), Jan 20, 2002, pp. 321-330. PMID 11878934
  4. H. Kim, JH Lee, Y. Lee: Regulation of poly (A) polymerase by 14-3-3epsilon. In: EMBO J. 22 (19), Oct 1, 2003, pp. 5208-5219. PMID 14517258
  5. ^ I. Kaufmann, G. Martin, A. Friedlein, H. Langen, W. Keller: Human Fip1 is a subunit of CPSF that binds to U-rich RNA elements and stimulates poly (A) polymerase. In: EMBO J. 23 (3), Feb 11, 2004, pp. 616-626. Epub 2004 Jan 29. PMID 14749727

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