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. 2019 Dec;59:143–150. doi: 10.1016/j.sbi.2019.08.001

Table 1.

Yeast and human mRNA 3′-end processing machinery

Yeast complex Module Yeast proteina M.W. (kDa) Human Proteina M.W.
(kDa)
Human complex % Sequence identity (similarity) Proposed role
CPF Polymeraseb Pap1 65 PAP 83 40 (59) Poly(A) polymerase
Cft1/Yhh1 153 CPSF160/CPSF1 161 CPSF 17 (34) Scaffold
Pfs2 53 WDR33 146 37 (57) Scaffold, RNA binding
Fip1 36 hFip1 67 22 (34) Binds Pap1
Yth1 25 CPSF30/CPSF4 30 36 (51) RNA binding
Nucleaseb Cft2/Ydh1 96 CPSF100/CPSF2 88 22 (41) (Pseudo-)endonuclease
Ysh1/Brr5 88 CPSF73/CPSF3 77 44 (65) Endonuclease
Mpe1 50 RBBP6 202 28 (48) RNA binding
Phosphatase Pta1 89 Symplekin 141 17 (37) Scaffold
Ref2 60 n.d. Regulates Glc7
Pti1 47 n.d. Scaffold
Swd2/Cps35 37 WDR82 35 34 (52) Transcription termination
Glc7 36 PP1A 38 85 (93) Phosphatase of Pol II CTD
Ssu72 24 SSU72 23 44 (65) Phosphatase of Pol II CTD
CF IA Rna14 78 CstF77/CSTF3 83 CstF 26 (42) Stoichiometry of 2, scaffold
Rna15 33 CstF64/CSTF2 61 27 (41) Stoichiometry of 2, RNA binding
n.d. CstF50/CSTF1 48
Clp1 50 hClp1 48 CF IIm 27 (44) RNA kinase in human
Pcf11 72 hPcf11 173 21 (32) Binds Pol II
CF IB Hrp1 60 n.d. RNA binding
n.d. CFIm25/CPSF5/NUDT21 26 CF Im RNA binding
n.d. CFIm68/CPSF6 59 RNA binding
n.d. CFIm59/CPSF7 52 RNA binding

n.d., none detected.

a

Enzymes in bold.

b

Yeast polymerase and nuclease modules comprise the ‘Core CPF’ (CPFcore).