RNA polymerase II

Classes of eukaryotic cellular RNAs
• ribosomal RNA (rRNA)
18S (small subunit)
28S (large subunit)
5.8S (large subunit)
5S (large subunit)
• transfer RNA (tRNA)
• messenger RNA (mRNA)
• heterogeneous nuclear RNA (hnRNA) (precursors of mRNA)
• small nuclear RNA (snRNA)
U1, U2, U3, U4, U5, U6, U7, U8, U9, U10...
• small cytoplasmic RNA (scRNA)
7SL RNA
What are the enzymes responsible for the synthesis of these RNAs?
The human RNA polymerases
Polymerase
Location
Product
RNA polymerase I
nucleolus
18S, 28S, 5.8S rRNA
RNA polymerase II
nucleoplasm
hnRNA/mRNA,
U1, U2, U4, U5 snRNA
RNA polymerase III
nucleoplasm
tRNA, 5S RNA,
U6 snRNA, 7SL RNA
mitochondrial
RNA polymerase
mitochondrion
all mitochondrial RNA
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Unione di ribonucleotidi monofosfato per
formare una catena polinucleotidica
I precursori della sintesi sono i
nucleotidi trifosfato.
L’energia che occorre per la formazione
del legame fosfodiesterico è data
dall’eliminazione del pirofosfato per
idrolisi del legame.
• Legame al promotore della RNA polimerasi
• Apertura della doppia elica
• Inizio della sintesi
• Allungamento
• Terminazione
Direzione della sintesi
Filamento senso
Filamento antisenso
closed promoter complex
RNA polymerase
open promoter complex
initiation
elongation
termination
RNA product
Transcription
Proteins regulating eukaryotic mRNA synthesis
General transcription factors
• TFIID (a multisubunit protein) binds to the TATA box
to begin the assembly of the transcription apparatus
• the TATA binding protein (TBP) directly binds the TATA box
• TBP associated factors (TAFs) bind to TBP
• TFIIA, TFIIB, TFIIE, TFIIF, TFIIH1, TFIIJ assemble with TFIID
RNA polymerase II binds the promoter region via the TFII’s
Transcription factors binding to other promoter elements and
transcription elements interact with proteins at the promoter
and further stabilize (or inhibit) formation of a functional
preinitiation complex
1TFIIH
is also involved in phosphorylation of RNA polymerase II, DNA repair
(Cockayne syndrome mutations), and cell cycle regulation
Binding of the general transcription factors
E
F
TAFs
TFIID
B
H
TBP
A
J
+1
-25
• TFIID (a multisubunit protein) binds to the TATA box
to begin the assembly of the transcription apparatus
• the TATA binding protein (TBP) directly binds the TATA box
• TBP associated factors (TAFs) bind to TBP
• TFIIA, TFIIB, TFIIE, TFIIF, TFIIH, TFIIJ assemble with TFIID
Binding of RNA polymerase II
E
F
TFIID
B
H
TBP
A
J
RNA pol II
• RNA polymerase II (a multisubunit protein) binds to
the promoter region by interacting with the TFII’s
• TFs recruit histone acetylase to the promoter
Steps in mRNA processing (hnRNA is the precursor of mRNA)
• capping (occurs co-transcriptionally)
• cleavage and polyadenylation (forms the 3’ end)
• splicing (occurs in the nucleus prior to transport)
exon 1
intron 1
exon 2
Transcription of pre-mRNA and capping at the 5’ end
cap
Cleavage of the 3’ end and polyadenylation
cap
cap
poly(A)
Splicing to remove intron sequences
cap
poly(A)
Transport of mature mRNA to the cytoplasm
Splicing
Rimozione di un introne attraverso due
reazioni sequenziali di trasferimento di
fosfato, note come transesterificazioni.
Queste uniscono due esoni rimuovendo
l’introne come un “cappio”
b). Gene structure
promoter
region
exons (filled and unfilled boxed regions)
+1
introns (between exons)
transcribed region
mRNA structure
5’
3’
translated region
Structure of eukaryotic mRNA
Cap
5’
7mGppp
initiation
5’ untranslated region
AUG
translated region
UGA
termination
3’ untranslated region
polyadenylation signal
AAUAAA
(A)~200
3’
poly(A) tail
• all mRNAs have a 5’ cap and all mRNAs (with the exception
of the histone mRNAs) contain a poly(A) tail
• the 5’ cap and 3’ poly(A) tail prevent mRNA degradation
• loss of the cap and poly(A) tail results in mRNA degradation
Polyadenylation
• cleavage of the primary transcript occurs approximately
10-30 nucleotides 3’-ward of the AAUAAA consensus site
• polyadenylation catalyzed by poly(A) polymerase
• approximately 200 adenylate residues are added
cleavage
AAUAAA
mGpppNmpNm
AAUAAA
mGpppNmpNm
A A
A
polyadenylation
A
A
A
3’
• poly(A) is associated with poly(A) binding protein (PBP)
• function of poly(A) tail is to stabilize mRNA
“Enhancers”
Nei geni degli eucarioti gli enhancers possono distare dalla regione
codificante anche più di 50 Kb.