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  3. Human 1A6/DRIM, the homolog of yeast Utp20, functions in the 18S rRNA processing

Human 1A6/DRIM, the homolog of yeast Utp20, functions in the 18S rRNA processing

  • Biochim Biophys Acta. 2007 Jun;1773(6):863-8. doi: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2007.04.002.
You Wang 1,  Jiangying Liu,  Hong Zhao,  Wenqing Lü,  Jun Zhao,  Lin Yang,  Ning Li,  Xiaojuan Du,  Yang Ke
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Affiliation

  • 1 Beijing Institute for Cancer Research, School of Oncology, Peking University, 52 Fucheng Road, Beijing 100036, China.
PMID: 17498821 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2007.04.002
Abstract

1A6/DRIM is a nucleolar protein with a nucleolar targeting sequence in its 3'-terminus. Bioinformatic analysis indicated that human 1A6/DRIM shares 23% identity and 43% similarity with yeast Utp20, which has been reported as a component of U3 snoRNA protein complex and has been implicated in 18S rRNA processing. In the present study, we found, by utilizing RT-PCR with RNA extracted from anti-1A6/DRIM immunoprecipitates and Northern blotting, that 1A6/DRIM is associated with U3 snoRNA. Pulse-chase labeling assays showed that silencing of 1A6/DRIM expression in HeLa cells resulted in a delayed 18S rRNA processing. Furthermore, immunoprecipitations revealed that 1A6/DRIM was also associated with fibrillarin, another U3 RNP component in HeLa cells. These results indicate that 1A6/DRIM is involved in 18S rRNA processing and is the bona fide mammalian Utp20.

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