Structural characterization and in vitro processing of Escherichia coli ribosomal RNA transcripts containing 5- triphosphates, leader sequences, 16 S rRNA, and spacer tRNAs.
Structural characterization and in vitro processing of Escherichia coli ribosomal RNA transcripts containing 5- triphosphates, leader sequences, 16 S rRNA, and spacer tRNAs.
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含有 5-三磷酸、前导序列、16 S rRNA 和间隔 tRNA 的大肠杆菌核糖体 RNA 转录物的结构表征和体外加工。
DOI:
10.1016/0022-2836(80)90188-6
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发表时间:
1980
影响因子:
5.6
通讯作者:
Apirion,D
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作者:
Gegenheimer,P;Apirion,D
Strains ofEscherichia colilacking the ribosomal RNA processing endonuclease RNAase III produce an 18 S RNA species which contains the entire sequence of p16 precursor rRNA plus additional “leader” sequences at the 5′ end. RNAase III−RNAase P−cells synthesize a 19 S RNA which includes p16 rRNA plus leader sequences and transfer RNA sequences. The 19 S RNA transcripts originate from most or all of the rRNA gene clusters. They start with ATP or GTP and end with tRNA sequences.RNAase P cleavage of 19 S RNA processes out mature tRNA2Glu, tRNA1Ile, and tRNA1BAla, the so-called “spacer” transfer RNAs which are transcribed from the spacer region between 16 S and 23 S rRNA cistrons. Cleavage of 19 S RNA by RNAase III produces p16 rRNA, leader RNAs, and spacer RNA fragments. Leader RNAs are initiated with ATP or GTP. The spacer fragments extend from the 3′ terminus of p16 rRNA to the mature 3′ terminus of a spacer tRNA; subsequent treatment with RNAase P releases mature spacer tRNAs. These results indicate that RNAase III is the first enzyme to process the 5′ region of nascent rRNA transcripts, that spacer tRNA sequences are located at the 3′ end of 19 S RNA molecules, and that the tRNA processing enzyme RNAase P participates in the processing of transcripts from rRNA operons. Using this data, a processing cleavage map can be drawn of transcripts from the proximal regions of at least five different ribosomal RNA operons.