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A fluorescence-based assay suitable for quantitative analysis of deadenylase enzyme activity.


ABSTRACT: In eukaryotic cells, the shortening and removal of the poly(A) tail of cytoplasmic mRNA by deadenylase enzymes is a critical step in post-transcriptional gene regulation. The ribonuclease activity of deadenylase enzymes is attributed to either a DEDD (Asp-Glu-Asp-Asp) or an endonuclease-exonuclease-phosphatase domain. Both domains require the presence of two Mg2+ ions in the active site. To facilitate the biochemical analysis of deadenylase enzymes, we have developed a fluorescence-based deadenylase assay. The assay is based on end-point measurement, suitable for quantitative analysis and can be adapted for 96- and 384-well microplate formats. We demonstrate the utility of the assay by screening a chemical compound library, resulting in the identification of non-nucleoside inhibitors of the Caf1/CNOT7 enzyme, a catalytic subunit of the Ccr4-Not deadenylase complex. These compounds may be useful tools for the biochemical analysis of the Caf1/CNOT7 deadenylase subunit of the Ccr4-Not complex and indicate the feasibility of developing selective inhibitors of deadenylase enzymes using the fluorescence-based assay.

SUBMITTER: Maryati M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3950723 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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A fluorescence-based assay suitable for quantitative analysis of deadenylase enzyme activity.

Maryati Maryati M   Kaur Ishwinder I   Jadhav Gopal P GP   Olotu-Umoren Loyin L   Oveh Blessing B   Hashmi Lubna L   Fischer Peter M PM   Winkler G Sebastiaan GS  

Nucleic acids research 20131028 5


In eukaryotic cells, the shortening and removal of the poly(A) tail of cytoplasmic mRNA by deadenylase enzymes is a critical step in post-transcriptional gene regulation. The ribonuclease activity of deadenylase enzymes is attributed to either a DEDD (Asp-Glu-Asp-Asp) or an endonuclease-exonuclease-phosphatase domain. Both domains require the presence of two Mg2+ ions in the active site. To facilitate the biochemical analysis of deadenylase enzymes, we have developed a fluorescence-based deadeny  ...[more]

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