Multiple terminal uridylyltransferases of trypanosomes
- 14 July 2004
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in FEBS Letters
- Vol. 572 (1-3) , 15-18
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.febslet.2004.07.004
Abstract
The transferase activities that add uridylyl residues to RNA have been reported in several unicellular and metazoan organisms. Thus far, the two terminal uridylyltransferases (TUTases) involved in uridine insertion/deletion mRNA editing in mitochondria of trypanosomes were the only known enzymes with confirmed UTP specificity. Here, we demonstrate that protein sequences of editing TUTases may be used to predict novel UTP‐specific enzymes by data mining. The highest‐scoring open reading frame from Trypanosoma brucei was expressed and recombinant protein purified. This enzyme catalyzes a processive UMP incorporation and is not localized to the mitochondria suggesting a non‐editing biological function.Keywords
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