Resumen
In a previous investigation of the rDNA region in Tetrahymena pyriformis mitochondrial DNA, we identified a putative tRNAMet gene [Heinonen et al. (1987) J. Biol. Chem. 262, 2879-2887]. On the basis of Northern hybridization analyses, we suggested that this gene is expressed, even though the resulting tRNA would be unusually small and have an atypical dihydrouridine stem-loop domain. We report here the complete nucleotide sequence and post-transcriptional modification pattern of this tRNAMet, confirming its predicted primary structure and supporting the view that this structurally aberrant species functions in translation in T. pyriformis mitochondria.
Idioma original | English |
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Páginas (desde-hasta) | 24-28 |
Número de páginas | 5 |
Publicación | FEBS Letters |
Volumen | 362 |
N.º | 1 |
DOI | |
Estado | Published - mar. 27 1995 |
Publicado de forma externa | Sí |
Nota bibliográfica
Funding Information:T. pyriform& strain used in this study, and T.Y.K. Heinonen for advice on isolation of mitochondria. This work was supported by an operating grant (MT-4124) from the Medical Research Council of Canada (M.W.G.), a Walter C. Sumner Memorial Fellowship (S.J.G.), and a Fellowship (M.W.G.) from the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research.
ASJC Scopus Subject Areas
- Biophysics
- Structural Biology
- Biochemistry
- Molecular Biology
- Genetics
- Cell Biology
PubMed: MeSH publication types
- Journal Article
- Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't