INTRODUCTION OF HIDDEN BREAKS DURING RIBOSOMAL-RNA MATURATION AND AGING IN TETRAHYMENA-PYRIFORMIS
INTRODUCTION OF HIDDEN BREAKS DURING RIBOSOMAL-RNA MATURATION AND AGING IN TETRAHYMENA-PYRIFORMIS
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10.1111/j.1432-1033.1978.tb12413.x
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发表时间:
1978-01-01
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FRANKE, WW
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ECKERT, WA;KAFFENBERGER, W;FRANKE, WW
The stability of T. pyriformis cytoplasmic rRNA and nuclear rRNA precursors was studied by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis under partly and completely denaturing conditions. Cytoplasmic 17-S rRNA (Mr [molecular ratio] = 0.66 .times. 106) consists of a continuous polynucleotide chain throughout its lifetime, whereas the bulk of 26-S rRNA (Mr = 1.27 .times. 106) dissociates upon denaturation. Two large fragments (F1, F2) of somewhat different MW (Mr 0.63 .times. 106 and 0.58 .times. 106) and the small 5.8-S rRNA fragment (Mr about 50,000) are regularly observed. Some additional distinct minor fragments (F3-F6) are noted under certain preparative conditions, suggestive of artifactual origin. Conclusions were made from the data obtained. Newly synthesized 26-S rRNA molecules do not contain the central hidden break (separating F1 and F2) until about 15 min after their appearance in the cytoplasm, but they release during denaturation the 5.8-S and/or a short-lived 7-S fragment (Mr about 75,000) which might represent a direct precursor to the 5.8-S rRNA. The immediate nuclear precursor to the 26-S rRNA (Mr 1.39 .times. 106) releases a small fragment of similar size (7 S). The largest stable transcription product of the rDNA (pre-rRNA) does not contain any hidden break.