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Analysis of transcription in the archaebacterium Sulfolobus indicates that archaebacterial promoters are homologous to eukaryotic pol II promoters.

Nucleic acids research ·Vol. 16 ·No. 1 ·1988-01-11 ·Pages 1-19

Reiter WD, Palm P, Zillig W

Abstract

The 5'-termini were precisely mapped for five constitutive and one UV-inducible transcript from the Sulfolobus virus-like particle SSV1. The comparison of the DNA sequences around these transcriptional initiation sites revealed the presence of two conserved sequence elements: a trinucleotide sequence close to the initiation site itself and an AT-rich hexanucleotide sequence centered about 26 nucleotides upstream of it. Similar DNA sequences were found upstream of the transcriptional start sites for the ribosomal RNA genes in Sulfolobus and upstream of transcriptional start sites in other archaebacteria, allowing the derivation of a general consensus sequence for archaebacterial promoters. This consensus sequence is unlike that found in eubacteria but it resembles promoters recognized by eukaryotic RNA polymerase II.

MeSH Terms
Archaea/genetics Bacteria/genetics Base Sequence DNA Restriction Enzymes Genes, Bacterial Molecular Sequence Data Nucleotide Mapping Oligodeoxyribonucleotides Promoter Regions, Genetic Transcription, Genetic
Chemicals
Oligodeoxyribonucleotides DNA Restriction Enzymes
Authors & Affiliations
3 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Reiter W D
Max-Planck-Institut für Biochemie, Martinsried, FRG.
Palm P
Zillig W
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Article Info
Journal
Nucleic acids research
Abbr.
Nucleic Acids Res
ISSN
0305-1048
DOI
10.1093/nar/16.1.1
Published
1988-01-11
Pages
1-19
Language
English
Region
England
NLM ID
0411011
PMCID
PMC334609
Subset
IM
External Links
PubMed source DOI: 10.1093/nar/16.1.1 PMC Full Text View journal details
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