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Molecular and Cellular Biology, December 2000, p. 9084-9091, Vol. 20, No. 23
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Heterogeneous Nuclear Ribonucleoproteins C1 and C2 Associate with the RNA Component of Human Telomerase

Lance P. Ford, Jae Myoung Suh, Woodring E. Wright, and Jerry W. Shay*

Department of Cell Biology, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390-9039

Received 10 May 2000/Returned for modification 7 July 2000/Accepted 14 September 2000

Here we demonstrate that heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoproteins (hnRNPs) C1 and C2 can associate directly with the integral RNA component of mammalian telomerase. The binding site for hnRNPs C1 and C2 maps to a 6-base uridylate tract located directly 5' to the template region in the human telomerase RNA (TR) and a 4-base uridylate tract directly 3' to the template in the mouse TR. Telomerase activity is precipitated with antibodies specific to hnRNPs C1 and C2 from cells expressing wild-type human TR but not a variant of the human TR lacking the hnRNPs C1 and C2 binding site, indicating that hnRNPs C1 and C2 require the 6-base uridylate tract within the human TR to associate with the telomerase holoenzyme. In addition, we demonstrate that binding of hnRNPs C1 and C2 to telomerase correlates with the ability of telomerase to access the telomere. Although correlative, these data do suggest that the binding of hnRNPs C1 and C2 to telomerase may be important for the ability of telomerase to function on telomeres. The C proteins of the hnRNP particle are also capable of colocalizing with telomere binding proteins, suggesting that the C proteins may associate with telomeres in vivo. Therefore, human telomerase is capable of associating with core members of the hnRNP family of RNA binding proteins through a direct and sequence-specific interaction with the human TR. This is also the first account describing the precise mapping of a sequence in the human TR that is required to associate with an auxiliary component of the human telomerase holoenzyme.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Cell Biology, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd., Dallas, TX 75390-9039. Phone: (214) 648-3282. Fax: (214) 648-8694. E-mail: Jerry.Shay{at}UTsouthwestern.edu.

Molecular and Cellular Biology, December 2000, p. 9084-9091, Vol. 20, No. 23
0270-7306/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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