SECONDARY METHYLATION OF YEAST RIBOSOMAL PRECURSOR RNA
SECONDARY METHYLATION OF YEAST RIBOSOMAL PRECURSOR RNA
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DOI:
10.1111/j.1432-1033.1977.tb11531.x
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1977-01-01
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PLANTA, RJ
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BRAND, RC;KLOOTWIJK, J;PLANTA, RJ
The timing of methylation of the ribosomal sequences of ribosomal precursor RNA (pre-rRNA) from the yeast Saccharomyces carlsbergensis was investigated by fingerprint analysis of the methylated oligonucleotides derived from the various precursors. From 37 ribose and 6 base-methyl groups found in 26-S rRNA, the 2 copies of the base methylated nucleoside m3U as well as the doubly methylated sequence Um-Gm-.PSI. are not yet present in 37-S RNA, the predominant common precursor of 26-S and 17-S rRNA. Introduction of these methyl groups into the ribosomal sequences takes place at the level of 29-S pre-rRNA which is the immediate precursor to 26-S rRNA. From 18 ribose-methylated and 6 base-methylated nucleosides found in 17-S rRNA, the latter group (1 copy of m7G, the .**GRAPHIC**. sequence and the hypermodified methylated nucleoside ''mX'') is completely missing in 37-S pre-rRNA. The methyl group of m7G is introduced into 18-S pre-rRNA, the direct precursor of 17-S rRNA, in the nucleus. The .**GRAPHIC**. sequence is methylated after transport of the 18-S pre-rRNA molecules to the cytoplasm prior to the final maturation into 17-S rRNA.