Poly (A) tail synthesis and regulation: recent structural insights

TMT Hall - Current opinion in structural biology, 2002 - Elsevier
Polyadenylation at the 3′ ends of mRNAs is critical to the translation and stability of the
messages. Recently determined structures of poly (A) polymerase, U1A and domains of the …

Poly (A) tale: From A to A; RNA polyadenylation in prokaryotes and eukaryotes

A Mofayezi, M Jadaliha, F Zangeneh… - Wiley Interdisciplinary …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Most eukaryotic mRNAs and different non‐coding RNAs undergo a form of 3′ end
processing known as polyadenylation. Polyadenylation machinery is present in almost all …

mRNA polyadenylation: functional implications

EJ Baker - MODERN CELL BIOLOGY, 1997 - books.google.com
There has been rapid progress over the past 3-4 years in elucidating the functions of the
poly (A) tail in both eukaryotes and prokaryotes. As a large number of previous experiments …

Identification of factors regulating poly (A) tail synthesis and maturation

DA Mangus, MM Smith, JM McSweeney… - Molecular and cellular …, 2004 - Taylor & Francis
Posttranscriptional maturation of the 3′ end of eukaryotic pre-mRNAs occurs as a three-
step pathway involving site-specific cleavage, polymerization of a poly (A) tail, and trimming …

Poly (A) tail length is controlled by the nuclear poly (A)-binding protein regulating the interaction between poly (A) polymerase and the cleavage and polyadenylation …

U Kühn, M Gündel, A Knoth, Y Kerwitz, S Rüdel… - Journal of Biological …, 2009 - ASBMB
Poly (A) tails of mRNAs are synthesized in the cell nucleus with a defined length,∼ 250
nucleotides in mammalian cells. The same type of length control is seen in an in vitro …

Canonical and noncanonical RNA polyadenylation

IG Ustyantsev, JS Golubchikova, OR Borodulina… - Molecular Biology, 2017 - Springer
Polyadenylation is the non-template addition of adenosine nucleotides at the 3'-end of RNA,
which occurs after transcription and generates a poly (A) tail up to 250–300 nucleotides …

Birth of a poly (A) tail: mechanisms and control of mRNA polyadenylation

JB Rodríguez‐Molina, M Turtola - FEBS Open Bio, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
During their synthesis in the cell nucleus, most eukaryotic mRNAs undergo a two‐step 3′‐
end processing reaction in which the pre‐mRNA is cleaved and released from the …

The NMR structure of the 38 kDa U1A protein–PIE RNA complex reveals the basis of cooperativity in regulation of polyadenylation by human U1A protein

L Varani, SI Gunderson, IW Mattaj, LE Kay… - Nature structural …, 2000 - nature.com
The status of the poly (A) tail at the 3′-end of mRNAs controls the expression of numerous
genes in response to developmental and extracellular signals. Poly (A) tail regulation …

Mechanism and regulation of mRNA polyadenylation

DF Colgan, JL Manley - Genes & development, 1997 - genesdev.cshlp.org
A poly (A) tail is found at the 3 end of nearly every fully processed eukaryotic mRNA and has
been suggested to influence virtually all aspects of mRNA metabolism. Its proposed …

Function and Characterization of Poly (A)-Specific 3´ Exoribonucleases

A Virtanen, J Åström - Cytoplasmic fate of messenger RNA, 1997 - Springer
Poly (A) tails are commonly found at the 3'end of various classes of RNA (reviewed in
Brawerman 1981; Manley 1995b). They are evolutionarily widespread and appear on RNAs …