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Published online 19 January 2005

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Conserved and specific functions of mammalian ssu72

Benoit St-Pierre1, Xudong Liu1, Lan-Chau T. Kha1,4, Xudong Zhu1, Owen Ryan5, Zhe Jiang1 and Eldad Zacksenhaus1,2,3,4,*

1 Division of Cell and Molecular Biology, Toronto General Research Institute, University Health Network 67 College Street, Room 407, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 2m1 2 Department of Medicine, University of Toronto Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 2M1 3 Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 2M1 4 Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 2M1 5 Banting and Best Department of Medical Research Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 1L6

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. Tel: +1 416 340 4800 ext. 5106; Fax: +1 416 340 3453; Email: eldad.zacksenhaus{at}utoronto.ca

Received October 27, 2004. Revised December 16, 2004. Accepted December 16, 2004.

We describe the cloning and characterization of a human homolog of the yeast transcription/RNA-processing factor Ssu72, following a yeast two-hybrid screen for pRb-binding factors in the prostate gland. Interaction between hSsu72 and pRb was observed in transfected mammalian cells and involved multiple domains in pRb; however, so far, mutual effects of these two factors could not be demonstrated. Like the yeast counterpart, mammalian Ssu72 associates with TFIIB and the yeast cleavage/polyadenylation factor Pta1, and exhibits intrinsic phosphatase activity. Mammals contain a single ssu72 gene and a few pseudogenes. During mouse embryogenesis, ssu72 was highly expressed in the nervous system and intestine; high expression in the nervous system persisted in adult mice and was also readily observed in multiple human tumor cell lines. Both endogenous and ectopically expressed mammalian Ssu72 proteins resided primarily in the cytoplasm and only partly in the nucleus. Interestingly, fusion to a strong nuclear localization signal conferred nuclear localization only in a fraction of transfected cells, suggesting active tethering in the cytoplasm. Suppression of ssu72 expression in mammalian cells by siRNA did not reduce proliferation/survival, and its over-expression did not affect transcription of candidate genes in transient reporter assays. Despite high conservation, hssu72 was unable to rescue an ssu72 lethal mutation in yeast. Together, our results highlight conserved and mammalian specific characteristics of mammalian ssu72.

The authors wish it to be known that, in their opinion, the first four authors should be regarded as joint First Authors


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