obsolete pre-mRNA cleavage required for polyadenylation
Obsolete Term Information
Accession
GO:0098789
Name
obsolete pre-mRNA cleavage required for polyadenylation
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
pre-mRNA cleavage factor activity, cleavage and polyadenylylation specificity factor activity
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
OBSOLETE. The targeted, endonucleolytic cleavage of a pre-mRNA, required for polyadenylation of the 3' end. This cleavage is directed by binding sites near the 3' end of the mRNA and leaves a 3' hydoxyl end which then becomes a target for adenylation.
Source:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK21563/#_A2878_