| Literature DB >> 14645289 |
Björn Sohlberg1, Jianqiang Huang, Stanley N Cohen.
Abstract
A protein containing a nucleotidyltransferase motif characteristic of poly(A) polymerases has been proposed to polyadenylate RNA in Streptomyces coelicolor (P. Bralley and G. H. Jones, Mol. Microbiol. 40:1155-1164, 2001). We show that this protein lacks poly(A) polymerase activity and is instead a tRNA nucleotidyltransferase that repairs CCA ends of tRNAs. In contrast, a Streptomyces coelicolor polynucleotide phosphorylase homologue that exhibits polyadenylation activity may account for the poly(A) tails found in this organism.Entities:
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Year: 2003 PMID: 14645289 PMCID: PMC296257 DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.24.7273-7278.2003
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Bacteriol ISSN: 0021-9193 Impact factor: 3.490