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Nucleic Acids Research, 1977, Vol. 4, No. 1 63-69
© 1977

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Content of N-6 methyl adenylic acid in heterogeneous nuclear and messenger RNA of HeLa cells

Uri Lavi, Rafael Fernandez-Mufioz and James E. Darnell, Jr.

The Rockefeller University New York, NY 10021, USA

Received September 7, 1976. With the aid of a suitable thin layer chromatographic procedure, the N-6 methyl adenylic acid (m6A), content of a variety of 32P labeled RNA species from HeLa cells has been measured.

Poly(A)-containing (poly(A)+) cytoplasmic RNA has on the average one m6Ap per 800 to 900 nucleotides. This value is independent of the length of the molecules. The proportion of m6Apin poly(A)+ cytoplasmic RNA does not change between 4 and 18 hours of labeling with 32P, suggesting that the majority of the messenger RNA molecules may have a similar level of internal methylation regardless of their half-life. The non-polyadenyl-ated, non-ribosomal cytoplasmic RNA fraction sedimenting from 10S to 28S is less methylated with approximately one m6A per 2,700 nucleotides.

Heterogeneous nuclear RNA molecules (DMSO treated) which sediment from 28S to 45S have approximately one m6Ap per 3,000 nucleotides. The hnRNA molecules sedimenting from 10S to 28S have one m6Ap per 1,800 nucleotides. Poly(A)7plus; nuclear RNA is enriched in m6A, containing 1 residue of m6A per 700 to 800 nucleotides, a value close to that obtained for the polyadenylated cytoplasmic RNA.


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