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Putative introns in tRNA genes of prokaryotes.

Kaine BP, Gupta R, Woese CR

Abstract

Sequences of two putative tRNA genes, for serine and leucine, from the archaebacterium Sulfolobus solfataricus contain intervening sequences in the anticodon region. Furthermore, the genes lack encoded CCA 3' termini and are flanked by A + T-rich DNA segments. The introns can both form the same secondary structure, which is a double-helical extension of the anticodon stalk. The resulting structure contains two symmetrically placed 3-base bulge loops, in which are located cleavage sites for the introns. In the one case tested, the gene occurs as a single copy in the genome.

MeSH Terms
Archaea/genetics Bacteria/genetics Base Sequence Cloning, Molecular DNA/analysis DNA Restriction Enzymes Genes Nucleic Acid Conformation RNA, Transfer/genetics
Chemicals
DNA RNA, Transfer DNA Restriction Enzymes
Authors & Affiliations
3 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Kaine B P
Gupta R
Woese C R
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Article Info
Journal
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Abbr.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
ISSN
0027-8424
Published
1983-06-00
Pages
3309-12
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
7505876
PMCID
PMC394031
Subset
IM
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