Poly(A) polymerase synthesizes poly(A) tails rapidly and processively only when the substrate RNA is bound simultaneously by two stimulatory proteins, the cleavage and polyadenylation specificity factor (CPSF) and poly(A)-binding protein II (PAB II). A burst of synthesis terminates after the addition of about 250 nucleotides, a length corresponding to that of newly synthesized poly(A) tails in vivo. Further elongation is slow. Length control can be reproduced with premade poly(A) tails of different lengths and is insensitive to large changes in the elongation rate. Thus, the control mechanism truly measures the length of the poly(A) tail. The stimulatory action of PAB II is similar on long and short tails. Coating of poly(A) with one PAB II molecule for approximately 30 nucleotides is required, such that the number of PAB II molecules in the polyadenylation complex is a direct measure of poly(A) tail length. CPSF also stimulates poly(A) polymerase on long and short tails. Long tails differ from short ones only in that they do not permit the simultaneous stimulation of poly(A) polymerase by CPSF and PAB II. Consequently, elongation of long tails is distributive. Thus, length control is brought about by an interruption of the interactions responsible for rapid and processive elongation of short tails. The 3`-end of the poly(A) tail is not sequestered in the protein-RNA complex when the correct length has been reached. Neither ATP hydrolysis nor turnover of the polymerized AMP is involved in length control.

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