XB-ART-26447
FEBS Lett
1989 Oct 23;2571:159-62.
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Association of higher molecular weight ribonucleoproteins of 7 S particle preparations with multimers of transcription factor IIIA.
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High molecular weight (HMW) fractions of Xenopus laevis 7 S ribonucleoprotein (RNP) particle preparations were analyzed for RNA and protein content. RNA/protein ratios, amino acid analyses and Western blots reveal that the major HMW fraction from a non-denaturing polyacrylamide gel (band b) contains two molecules of transcription factor protein IIIA (TFIIIA) to one 5 S RNA. Another HMW band appears to contain 4 molecules of TFIIIA to one 5 S RNA. Yet another RNP band (band a) contains 5 S RNA and a protein unrelated to TFIIIA. Thus, native 7 S particle preparations contain 5 S RNA bound to multimeric forms of TFIIIA as well as to an unrelated protein. The presence of additional TFIIIA molecules associated with 7 S particles may have significance in the sequestering of TFIIIA during transcriptional regulation of the 5 S gene.
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Species referenced: Xenopus laevis
Genes referenced: gtf3a