ARE 5S RIBOSOMAL-RNA PRIMARY TRANSCRIPTS EDITED

Citation
M. Szymanski et al., ARE 5S RIBOSOMAL-RNA PRIMARY TRANSCRIPTS EDITED, Biochemistry and molecular biology international, 37(3), 1995, pp. 413-422
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Biology
ISSN journal
10399712
Volume
37
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
413 - 422
Database
ISI
SICI code
1039-9712(1995)37:3<413:A5RPTE>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
Comparative analysis of the nucleotide sequences of plant 5S rRNA gene s shows numerous discrepancies with the mature 5S rRNAs. Detailed insp ection of these differences revealed that they are mainly due to singl e nucleotide substitutions, insertions and deletions. In several cases also longer insertions were found, two of which are particularly inte resting. Their location in loops resembles tRNA introns. One of these insertions is 79 nucleotides long and can potentially form a tRNA-like structure, with 50% homology to plant tRNA(Gly). This observation led us to propose that, in the maturation of some 5S rDNA transcripts, ed iting and splicing mechanisms may be involved.