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Nuclear poly(A) polymerase (PAP) polyadenylates nascent mRNAs, promoting their nuclear export, stability, and translation, while the related cytoplasmic polymerase GLD-2 activates translation of deadenylated mRNAs. Here we characterize the biochemical activity of fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe Cid1, a putative cytoplasmic PAP implicated in cell cycle checkpoint controls. Surprisingly, Cid1 has robust poly(U) polymerase activity in vitro, especially when isolated in native multiprotein complexes. Furthermore, we found that upon S-phase arrest, the 3' ends of actin mRNAs were posttranscriptionally uridylated in a Cid1-dependent manner. Finally, Hs2 (ZCCHC6), a human ortholog of Cid1, shows similar activity. These data suggest that uridylation of mRNA forms the basis of an evolutionarily conserved mechanism of gene regulation.

Original publication

DOI

10.1128/MCB.02209-06

Type

Journal article

Journal

Mol Cell Biol

Publication Date

05/2007

Volume

27

Pages

3612 - 3624

Keywords

Actins, Adenosine Triphosphate, Base Sequence, Cell Cycle, Humans, Molecular Sequence Data, Multienzyme Complexes, Nucleotidyltransferases, Poly A, Polynucleotide Adenylyltransferase, RNA, Messenger, Recombinant Proteins, Schizosaccharomyces, Schizosaccharomyces pombe Proteins, Uridine Monophosphate