Purification of components required for accurate transcription of ribosomal RNA from Acanthamoeba castellanii.
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Iida, C T
RESUMO
The components required for specific transcription of ribosomal RNA were isolated from logarithmically growing Acanthamoeba castellanii. The transcription initiation factor fraction, TIF, and RNA polymerase I were extracted from whole cells at 0.35 M KCl. The extract was fractionated with polyethylenimine, then chromatographed on phosphocellulose (P11) which resulted in the separation of TIF from RNA polymerase I. The fractions containing TIF were further chromatographed on DEAE cellulose (DE52), Heparin Affigel, and Matrex green agarose, followed by sedimentation through glycerol gradients. TIF was purified approximately 17,000-fold, and shown to have a native molecular weight of 289 kD, and to bind specifically to rRNA promoter sequences by DNase I footprinting. The addition of homogeneous RNA polymerase I to this complex permitted the initiation of specific transcription in vitro. The phosphocellulose fractions containing RNA polymerase I were chromatographed on DEAE cellulose, Heparin-Sepharose, DEAE-Sephadex, and sedimented through sucrose gradients. Polymerase I was purified to apparent homogeneity with a yield of 8.1% and a specific activity of 315. It contained one fewer subunit than previously reported. DNase I protection experiments demonstrated that in both partially purified and homogeneous fractions, RNA polymerase I was capable of stable binding to the TIF-rDNA complex, and correctly initiating transcription on rDNA templates.
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