PROTEIN-CODING INTRONS FROM THE 23S RIBOSOMAL-RNA-ENCODING GENE FORM STABLE CIRCLES IN THE HYPERTHERMOPHILIC ARCHAEON PYROBACULUM-ORGANOTROPHUM

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作者
DALGAARD, JZ [1 ]
GARRETT, RA [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV COPENHAGEN,INST BIOL CHEM B,SOLVGADE 83,DK-1307 COPENHAGEN K,DENMARK
关键词
RECOMBINANT DNA; RNA SPLICING; BULGE-HELIX-BULGE MOTIF; INTRON-ENCODED PROTEINS;
D O I
10.1016/0378-1119(92)90167-N
中图分类号
Q3 [遗传学];
学科分类号
071007 ; 090102 ;
摘要
Two archaeal introns have been discovered in the single-copy 23S rRNA-encoding gene of the hyperthermophile, Pyrobaculum organotrophum. After excision from rRNA transcripts, both introns circularize and are stably retained in the cell. Putative proteins encoded by the introns and covering most of the intron sequence share a decapeptide motif with proteins encoded by another archaeal intron and by group I introns.
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