Chapter 12 Processing pre-mRNA and Nuclear Transport By: Rachael Hattrup
Processing of eukaryotic Pre-mRNA 1) 5’ capping with 7-methylguanosine 3’cleavage at Poly (A) site Polyadenylation added 250 in mammals 150 insects 100 yeasts 4) RNA splicing Introns removed and exons kept.
5’ Capping
Overview of mRNA processing in Eukaryotes
Macromolecular Transport into Nucleus Nuclear envelope Nuclear Pores Nuclear pore complex (NPC) Nucleoporins
Nuclear Pore Complex
Macromolecular Transport into Nucleus 2 Importins bind to create nuclear-import receptor -Importin binds to Nuclear-localization signal (NLS) of “cargo” protein 2) -importin interacts with FG nuclear proteins to diffuse through NPC
Macromolecular Transport into Nucleus cont… Ran-GTP interacts with importins causing conformational change creating less affinity for NLS Ran-GTP transports importin out to cytoplasm
Transport into Nucleus
Macromolecular Transport out of Nucleus 1) Protein exportin 1 binds to Nuclear-export signal (NES) bound to “cargo” protein and Ran-GTP 2) Difusses through NPC Ran-GTP converted to Ran-GDP releasing the complex
Transport out of Nucleus
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