Abstract
Poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation is generally described as a nuclear event. However, extranuclear poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase activities have been detected in the cytosol of baby hamster kidney cells (1), the ribosomal fraction of HeLa cells (2) and rat testis (3). The activities looked like the nuclear enzyme in that they totally or partially depended on DNA. We have previously reported the association of a poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase with a specific ribonucleoprotein complex, namely free messenger ribonucleoprotein particles (free mRNP) (4-6). The enzyme has the particularity to be DNA-independent. In this paper, we have been interested in the proteins which are poly(ADP-ribosyl)ated in free mRNP. We also present evidence of the existence of a poly(ADP-ribose) glycohydrolase in free mRNP.
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