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Evolution in the laboratory: the genome of Halobacterium salinarum strain R1 compared to that of strain NRC-1. Genomics 2008; 91:335-46. [PMID: 18313895 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygeno.2008.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 114] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2007] [Revised: 12/12/2007] [Accepted: 01/02/2008] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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We report the sequence of the Halobacterium salinarum strain R1 chromosome and its four megaplasmids. Our set of protein-coding genes is supported by extensive proteomic and sequence homology data. The structures of the plasmids, which show three large-scale duplications (adding up to 100 kb), were unequivocally confirmed by cosmid analysis. The chromosome of strain R1 is completely colinear and virtually identical to that of strain NRC-1. Correlation of the plasmid sequences revealed 210 kb of sequence that occurs only in strain R1. The remaining 350 kb shows virtual sequence identity in the two strains. Nevertheless, the number and overall structure of the plasmids are largely incompatible. Also, 20% of the protein sequences differ despite the near identity at the DNA sequence level. Finally, we report genome-wide mobility data for insertion sequences from which we conclude that strains R1 and NRC-1 originate from the same natural isolate. This exemplifies evolution in the laboratory.
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The Phylogenetic Position of the Haloalkaliphilic Archaeon Natronobacterium magadii, determined from its 23S Ribosomal RNA Sequence. Syst Appl Microbiol 1994. [DOI: 10.1016/s0723-2020(11)80057-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Stable Maintenance in Halobacteria of Plasmids Harboring rDNA. Syst Appl Microbiol 1993. [DOI: 10.1016/s0723-2020(11)80339-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Mankin AS, Zyrianova IM, Kagramanova VK, Garrett RA. Introducing mutations into the single-copy chromosomal 23S rRNA gene of the archaeon Halobacterium halobium by using an rRNA operon-based transformation system. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1992; 89:6535-9. [PMID: 1631155 PMCID: PMC49536 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.89.14.6535] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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A vector-transformation system is described that permits replacement of a portion of the single rRNA operon of the archaeon Halobacterium halobium with a homologous fragment from a vector-borne gene. The vector construct contains three functional sections: (i) an entire H. halobium rRNA operon with two selective mutations in the 23S rRNA gene, the substitutions of A----G at position 1159 conferring resistance to thiostrepton and C----U at position 2471 conferring resistance to anisomycin; (ii) the complete pHSB1 plasmid from Halobacterium sp. SB3, which interferes with vector maintenance in the transformed halobacterial cells; and (iii) a segment of the pBR322 plasmid that permits vector replication in Escherichia coli. Transformation of H. halobium with the vector plasmid generates cells resistant to both anisomycin and thiostrepton that can be selected for, and discriminated from spontaneous mutants, by a two-step selection procedure. After transformation, the plasmid recombines homologously with the chromosome so that the plasmid-borne rDNA segment with resistance markers substitutes for the corresponding region of the chromosomal rRNA operon, and the transforming plasmid is lost. Eventually, this leads to a homogeneous population of the mutant ribosomes in the cell. Other mutations that are engineered in the vector-borne rRNA sequences can be transferred to the chromosomal rRNA operon concomitantly with the selective markers. The system has considerable potential for ribosomal engineering.
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- A S Mankin
- Belozersky Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Bioorganic Chemistry, Moscow State University, Russia
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Eisenberg H, Mevarech M, Zaccai G. Biochemical, structural, and molecular genetic aspects of halophilism. ADVANCES IN PROTEIN CHEMISTRY 1992; 43:1-62. [PMID: 1442321 DOI: 10.1016/s0065-3233(08)60553-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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- H Eisenberg
- Structural Biology Department, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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Nucleotide Sequence of the 16S Ribosomal RNA Gene from the Haloalkaliphilic Archaeon (Archaebacterium) Natronobacterium magadii, and the Phylogeny of Halobacteria. Syst Appl Microbiol 1991. [DOI: 10.1016/s0723-2020(11)80309-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Kjems J, Garrett RA. Ribosomal RNA introns in archaea and evidence for RNA conformational changes associated with splicing. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1991; 88:439-43. [PMID: 1899138 PMCID: PMC50826 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.88.2.439] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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The single 23S rRNA gene of the archaeon Staphylothermus marinus exhibits two introns which, at the RNA level, are located in highly conserved regions of domains IV and V. The RNA introns, which are 56 and 54 nucleotides long, respectively, can form single hairpin structures. In vivo, RNA splicing occurs efficiently, whereas in vitro pre-rRNA transcripts containing each intron were cleaved efficiently when incubated with archaeal cell extracts but were poorly ligated. The introns are cleaved by a mechanism which differs from the mechanisms of eukaryotic rRNA introns but resembles those of the rRNA intron of Desulfurococcus mobilis and the archaeal tRNA introns. The cleavage enzyme recognizes and cuts a putative bulge-helix-bulge structure that can form at the archaeal exon-intron junctions. Using a phylogenetic sequence comparison approach, we define the parts of this structural feature that are essential for cleavage. We also provide evidence for conformational changes occurring in the S. marinus 23S RNA, after cleavage, at both exon-exon junctions, which may account for the low yields of ligation observed in vitro.
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- J Kjems
- Biostructural Chemistry, Kemisk Institut, Aarhus University, Denmark
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Ribosomal RNA (rRNA) operons of the archaea reflect both the unity and the diversity of this third primary taxon. They have proven to be a rich source of both molecular biological and phylogenetic information.
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- R A Garrett
- Institute of Biological Chemistry B, Copenhagen University, Denmark
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Kjems J, Garrett RA. Secondary structural elements exclusive to the sequences flanking ribosomal RNAs lend support to the monophyletic nature of the archaebacteria. J Mol Evol 1990; 31:25-32. [PMID: 1696321 DOI: 10.1007/bf02101789] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Several sequences flanking the large rRNA genes of several transcripts from extreme thermophiles, extreme halophiles, and methanogens were aligned and analyzed for the presence of common primary and secondary structural features, which would bear on the concept of monophyletic archaebacteria. Few sequences were common to all the archaebacterial transcripts, and these were confined to short regions generally flanking putative double helices. At a secondary structural level, however, in addition to the previously characterized processing stems of the 16S and 23S RNAs, four helices were detected that were common to the archaebacterial transcripts: two in the 16S RNA leader sequence and two in the 16S-23S RNA spacer. Although all of these helices vary in size and form from organism to organism, three of them contain double helical segments that are strongly supported by compensating base changes among the three archaebacterial groups. Three extreme halophiles exhibited two additional helices in their relatively large spacers and a further helix preceding the 5S RNA, which are also supported by compensating base changes. Ribosomal RNA transcripts from eubacteria/chloroplasts and eukaryotes were also examined for secondary structural features with locations and forms corresponding to those of the archaebacteria, but none were detected. The analysis provides support for the monophyletic nature of the archaebacteria and reinforces their differences from eubacteria/chloroplasts and eukaryotes.
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MESH Headings
- Archaea/genetics
- Bacteria/genetics
- Base Sequence
- Biological Evolution
- DNA, Ribosomal/genetics
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Nucleic Acid Conformation
- RNA, Bacterial/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA, Ribosomal/genetics
- RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/genetics
- RNA, Ribosomal, 23S/genetics
- RNA, Ribosomal, 5S/genetics
- Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
- Transcription, Genetic
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- J Kjems
- Kemisk Institut, Aarhus University, Denmark
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Lanyi JK, Duschl A, Hatfield GW, May K, Oesterhelt D. The primary structure of a halorhodopsin from Natronobacterium pharaonis. Structural, functional and evolutionary implications for bacterial rhodopsins and halorhodopsins. J Biol Chem 1990. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)40006-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Berg KL, Squires C, Squires CL. Ribosomal RNA operon anti-termination. Function of leader and spacer region box B-box A sequences and their conservation in diverse micro-organisms. J Mol Biol 1989; 209:345-58. [PMID: 2479752 DOI: 10.1016/0022-2836(89)90002-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 113] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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All Escherichia coli rrn operons show a common motif in which anti-terminator box B-box A sequences occur twice, first in the leader and again in the 16 S-23 S spacer. In this study we have analyzed several aspects of rrn anti-termination by leader and spacer anti-terminator sequences. Using DNA synthesis and a plasmid test system, we incorporated random changes into the leader anti-terminator region and examined these mutations for their ability to read through a strong terminator. We also examined anti-termination by synthetic box A and by rrn spacer region sequences. Information derived from these experiments was used to search the rrn sequences of other micro-organisms for possible anti-termination features. Our principal conclusions were that: (1) box A was sufficient for terminator readthrough; (2) we could show no positive requirement for box B in our test system; (3) many of the negative anti-terminator mutations caused a promoter up-effect in the absence of a terminator; (4) the search of rrn operons from other micro-organisms revealed that anti-terminator-like box B-box A sequences exist in leader and spacer regions of both eubacteria and archaebacteria. The frequent occurrence of this pattern suggested that the E. coli rrn anti-termination motif is widespread in nature and has been conserved in microbial evolution.
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- K L Berg
- Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027
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Mevarech M, Hirsch-Twizer S, Goldman S, Yakobson E, Eisenberg H, Dennis PP. Isolation and characterization of the rRNA gene clusters of Halobacterium marismortui. J Bacteriol 1989; 171:3479-85. [PMID: 2722756 PMCID: PMC210074 DOI: 10.1128/jb.171.6.3479-3485.1989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Two rRNA operons of Halobacterium marismortui were identified and cloned into plasmid pBR322 as 10- and 20-kilobase-pair (kbp) HindIII fragments, respectively. Restriction maps of the 10-kbp clone (pHH10) and an 8-kbp HindIII-ClaI subclone (pHC8) of the other operon were established. Southern hybridization of 16S, 23S, and 5S rRNA probes to the clones demonstrated that both operons code for the three rRNA species. By S1 nuclease analysis, the transcription initiation sites, some of the processing sites within the primary transcripts, and the boundaries of the mature 16S and 23S rRNA molecules were determined. Both operons are transcribed in vivo. Comparison of the two operons indicated that they are not identical. The most striking difference between the operons is the existence of three putative transcription initiation sites in one operon (HC8) and only one such site in the other operon (HH10). The regions surrounding these 5' transcript end sites share a high level of sequence similarity to each other and to the rRNA promoter regions of other halophilic archaebacteria. Analysis of the proximal 130 nucleotides of the two 16S rRNA genes indicated greater-than-expected sequence heterogeneity. There are a 2-base-pair insertion in the HC8 16S gene and 10 additional sites of nucleotide sequence heterogeneity.
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- M Mevarech
- Department of Microbiology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Israel
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Brown JW, Daniels CJ, Reeve JN. Gene structure, organization, and expression in archaebacteria. Crit Rev Microbiol 1989; 16:287-338. [PMID: 2467783 DOI: 10.3109/10408418909105479] [Citation(s) in RCA: 216] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Major advances have recently been made in understanding the molecular biology of the archaebacteria. In this review, we compare the structure of protein and stable RNA-encoding genes cloned and sequenced from each of the major classes of archaebacteria: the methanogens, extreme halophiles, and acid thermophiles. Protein-encoding genes, including some encoding proteins directly involved in methanogenesis and photoautotrophy, are analyzed on the basis of gene organization and structure, transcriptional control signals, codon usage, and evolutionary conservation. Stable RNA-encoding genes are compared for gene organization and structure, transcriptional signals, and processing events involved in RNA maturation, including intron removal. Comparisons of archaebacterial structures and regulatory systems are made with their eubacterial and eukaryotic homologs.
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- J W Brown
- Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington
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Mankin AS, Kagramanova VK. Complex promoter pattern of the single ribosomal RNA operon of an archaebacterium Halobacterium halobium. Nucleic Acids Res 1988; 16:4679-92. [PMID: 3380693 PMCID: PMC336657 DOI: 10.1093/nar/16.10.4679] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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The transcription of the single ribosomal RNA gene cluster is initiated at an assemblage of promoters five of which were previously mapped in the 910 base pair region in front of the 16S rRNA gene. The nucleotide sequence between positions -1680 and -910 was determined and S1 nuclease mapping revealed therein two sites corresponding to the 5' ends of the primary transcripts. These two presumably represent the most distal promoters, P1 and P2, of the operon, P1 being separated from the 16S rRNA gene by more than 1250 bp. An additional putative "internal" promoter located within the operon body in the 16S/23S intergenic spacer was revealed by S1 nuclease mapping. A 528 bp long open reading frame is co-transcribed with the rRNA genes from the P1 promoter. Its possible functional implication is discussed.
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- A S Mankin
- Belozersky Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Bioorganic Chemistry, Moscow State University, USSR
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- W D Reiter
- Max-Planck-Institut für Biochemie, Martinsried bei München, Federal Republic of Germany
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Østergaard L, Larsen N, Leffers H, Kjems J, Garrett R. A Ribosomal RNA Operon and its Flanking Region from the Archaebacterium Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum, Marburg Strain: Transcription Signals, RNA Structure and Evolutionary Implications. Syst Appl Microbiol 1987. [DOI: 10.1016/s0723-2020(87)80022-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/15/2022]
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Mankin AS, Skripkin EA, Kagramanova VK. A putative internal promoter in the 16 S/23 S intergenic spacer of the rRNA operon of archaebacteria and eubacteria. FEBS Lett 1987; 219:269-73. [PMID: 3301400 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(87)80233-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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The existence of the internal promoter Pi in the 16 S/23 S intergenic spacers of the rRNA operons of an eubacterium Escherichia coli and archaebacterium Halobacterium halobium is proposed. The possible functional significance of these promoters is discussed.
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Kjems J, Leffers H, Garrett RA, Wich G, Leinfelder W, Böck A. Gene organization, transcription signals and processing of the single ribosomal RNA operon of the archaebacterium Thermoproteus tenax. Nucleic Acids Res 1987; 15:4821-35. [PMID: 2439991 PMCID: PMC305920 DOI: 10.1093/nar/15.12.4821] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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The single ribosomal RNA (rRNA) operon from the extreme thermophile and archaebacterium Thermoproteus tenax was sequenced. Sites of transcriptional initiation and termination were established and the processing sites on the primary transcript were mapped with nuclease S1. The operon contained genes coding for 16S and 23S RNAs but lacked those coding for tRNA and 5S RNA. Transcription initiates 175 bp upstream from the start of the 16S RNA gene (Wich et al., EMBO J. 6, 523-528, 1987) and terminates 49 bp downstream from the 23S RNA gene within a long pyrimidine sequence. An open reading frame downstream from the rRNA operon is transcribed. The sequences bordering both 16S and 23S RNA genes can form putative processing stems in the primary transcript that involve the whole of the 16S-23S RNA spacer. The stems contain irregular features that constitute processing signals and are conserved in other archaebacteria. The 16S RNA stem is cut prior to that of the 23S RNA and RNA maturation follows. An unusual 14 bp helix can form between the extremities of the transcript such that the whole transcript is highly structured and a fork-like structure is formed together with the processing stems. The 23S RNA sequence was aligned with other available 23S-like RNA sequences (Leffers et al., J. Mol. Biol. 195, in press): a putative secondary structure exhibiting archaebacterial-specific features was deduced using comparative sequence analyses. A rooted phylogenetic tree was also derived for the archaebacteria that confirms their division into three major subgroups.
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Kjems J, Garrett RA, Ansorge W. The sequence of the 16S RNA gene and its flanking region from the archaebacterium Desulfurococcus mobilis. Syst Appl Microbiol 1987. [DOI: 10.1016/s0723-2020(87)80051-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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King TC, Sirdeskmukh R, Schlessinger D. Nucleolytic processing of ribonucleic acid transcripts in procaryotes. Microbiol Rev 1986; 50:428-51. [PMID: 2432388 PMCID: PMC373081 DOI: 10.1128/mr.50.4.428-451.1986] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
MESH Headings
- Bacteria/genetics
- Bacteria/metabolism
- Escherichia coli/genetics
- Escherichia coli/metabolism
- RNA Processing, Post-Transcriptional
- RNA, Bacterial/genetics
- RNA, Bacterial/metabolism
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- RNA, Ribosomal/genetics
- RNA, Ribosomal/metabolism
- RNA, Small Nuclear/genetics
- RNA, Small Nuclear/metabolism
- RNA, Transfer/genetics
- RNA, Transfer/metabolism
- Ribonucleases/metabolism
- Transcription, Genetic
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Wich G, Hummel H, Jarsch M, Bär U, Böck A. Transcription signals for stable RNA genes in Methanococcus. Nucleic Acids Res 1986; 14:2459-79. [PMID: 2421249 PMCID: PMC339676 DOI: 10.1093/nar/14.6.2459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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A previous survey of upstream sequences of tRNA genes from the archaebacterium Methanococcus vannielii has revealed that there are two boxes of sequence homology: A box "A" of about 20 conserved nucleotides at a distance of 30 to 49 basepairs upstream from the gene and a box "B" 18 to 19 nucleotides downstream from box "A" (Wich, G., Sibold, L., and Böck, A. (1985) System. Appl. Microbiol. (in press). Nuclease S1 mapping experiments were carried out with two of these tRNA transcriptional units and with a ribosomal RNA operon, to determine whether these consensus sequences have a function in the initiation of transcription. Use was made of the fact that cells from Methanococcus accumulate primary transcript and processing intermediates of ribosomal RNA under conditions of protein synthesis inhibition. The following results were obtained: (i) Transcription in all three systems starts at the G within the conserved trinucleotide TGC of box "B". Since the box "B" motif, 5'TGCaagT3', also occurs at the site of transcription initiation of protein encoding genes, both in methanogenic and halophilic organisms, it appears to constitute a frequently used transcription start signal within these archaebacterial groups. (ii) The box "A" motif occurs with constant spacing, relative to box "B", in all 10 tRNA and ribosomal RNA transcriptional units investigated from Methanococcus. Since it is not present in the leader region of genes coding for proteins, it seems to function as a specific element which is required for the expression of genes for stable RNA. (iii) Termination of transcription of the ribosomal RNA operon from Methanococcus occurs at a distinct T within an oligo-T stretch immediately downstream from the 3'-terminal 5S RNA gene. This signal occurs in all 3'-flanking regions of transcriptional units for stable RNA from the Methanococcus strains studied. Termination signals for stable RNA genes in Methanococcus appear to be similar with those of stable RNA genes in eukaryotes. (iv) By nuclease S1 mapping a recognition site was identified for a processing enzyme involved in the maturation of preribosomal RNA.
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Chant J, Hui I, De Jong-Wong D, Shimmin L, Dennis PP. The protein synthesizing machinery of the archaebacterium Halobacterium cutirubrum: Molecular characterization. Syst Appl Microbiol 1986. [DOI: 10.1016/s0723-2020(86)80132-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Evolutionary divergence between the ribosomal RNA operons of Halococcus morrhuae and Desulfurococcus mobilis. Syst Appl Microbiol 1986. [DOI: 10.1016/s0723-2020(86)80123-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Wich G, Sibold L, Böck A. Genes for tRNA and their putative expression signals in Methanococcus. Syst Appl Microbiol 1986. [DOI: 10.1016/s0723-2020(86)80118-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Complete nucleotide sequence of the single ribosomal RNA operon of Halobacterium halobium: secondary structure of the archaebacterial 23S rRNA. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1986. [DOI: 10.1007/bf00330532] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Dennis PP. Multiple promoters for the transcription of the ribosomal RNA gene cluster in Halobacterium cutirubrum. J Mol Biol 1985; 186:457-61. [PMID: 2418207 DOI: 10.1016/0022-2836(85)90117-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The archaebacterium Halobacterium cutirubrum has a single ribosomal RNA transcription unit in its genomic DNA. The 5'-flanking sequence preceding the proximal 16 S gene contains two imperfect and three perfect copies of a bipartate direct repeat sequence and the first half of a long nearly perfect inverted repeat sequence that surrounds the 16 S gene. Initiation of transcription occurs within a preserved eight base segment present in each of the five direct repeat sequences. The most upstream and least conserved repeat element represents the major transcription start site and this site appears to exhibit growth rate-dependent regulation. The primary transcripts are processed near a short discontinuity within the first half of the long inverted repeat sequence to produce the 5' end of precursor 16 S rRNA.
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Structure of genes and an insertion element in the methane producing archaebacterium Methanobrevibacter smithii. MOLECULAR & GENERAL GENETICS : MGG 1985; 200:47-59. [PMID: 2993814 DOI: 10.1007/bf00383311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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DNA fragments cloned from the methanogenic archaebacterium Methanobrevibacter smithii which complement mutations in the purE and proC genes of E. coli have been sequenced. Sequence analyses, transposon mutagenesis and expression in E. coli minicells indicate that purE and proC complementations result from the synthesis of M. smithii polypeptides with molecular weights of 36,697 and 27,836 respectively. The encoding genes appear to be located in operons. The M. smithii genome contains 69% A/T basepairs (bp) which is reflected in unusual codon usages and intergenic regions containing approximately 85% A/T bp. An insertion element, designated ISM1, was found within the cloned M. smithii DNA located adjacent to the proC complementing region. ISM1 is 1381 bp in length, has 29 bp terminal inverted repeat sequences and contains one major ORF encoded in 87% of the ISM1 sequence. ISM1 is mobile, present in approximately 10 copies per genome and integration duplicates 8 bp at the site of insertion. The duplicated sequences show homology with sequences within the 29 bp terminal repeat sequence of ISM1. Comparison of our data with sequences from halophilic archaebacteria suggests that 5'GAANTTTCA and 5'TTTTAATATAAA may be consensus promoter sequences for archaebacteria. These sequences closely resemble the consensus sequences which precede Drosophila heat-shock genes (Pelham 1982; Davidson et al. 1983). Methanogens appear to employ the eubacterial system of mRNA: 16SrRNA hybridization to ensure initiation of translation; the consensus ribosome binding sequence is 5'AGGTGA.
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Polyadenylated [poly(A)+] RNA molecules have been isolated from Methanococcus vannielii by oligodeoxythymidylate-cellulose affinity chromatography at 4 degrees C. Approximately 16% of the label in RNA isolated from cultures allowed to incorporate [3H]uridine for 3 min at 37 degrees C was poly(A)+ RNA. In contrast, less than 1% of the radioactivity in RNA labeled over a period of several generations was contained in poly(A)+ RNA molecules. Electrophoretic separation of poly(A)+ RNA molecules showed a heterogeneous population with mobilities indicative of sizes ranging from 900 to 3,000 bases in length. The population of poly(A)+ RNA molecules was found to have a half-life in vivo of approximately 12 min. Polyadenylate [poly(A)] tracts were isolated by digestion with RNase A and RNase T1 after 3' end labeling of the poly(A)+ RNA with RNA ligase. These radioactively labeled poly(A) oligonucleotides were shown by electrophoresis through DNA sequencing gels to average 10 bases in length, with major components of 5, 9, 10, 11, and 12 bases. The lengths of these poly(A) sequences are in agreement with estimates obtained from RNase A and RNase T1 digestions of [3H]adenine-labeled poly(A)+ RNA molecules. Poly(A)+ RNA molecules from M. vannielii were labeled at their 5' termini with T4 polynucleotide kinase after dephosphorylation with calf intestine alkaline phosphatase. Pretreatment of the RNA molecules with tobacco acid pyrophosphatase did not increase the amount of phosphate incorporated into poly(A)+ RNA molecules by polynucleotide kinase, indicating that the poly(A)+ RNA molecules did not have modified bases (caps) at their 5' termini. The relatively short poly(A) tracts, the lack of 5' cap structures, and the instability of the poly(A)+ RNA molecules isolated from M. vannielii indicate that these archaebacterial poly(A)+ RNAs more closely resemble eubacterial mRNAs than eucaryotic mRNAs.
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Daniels CJ, Gupta R, Doolittle WF. Transcription and excision of a large intron in the tRNATrp gene of an archaebacterium, Halobacterium volcanii. J Biol Chem 1985. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)89482-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Mankin AS, Kagramanova VK, Teterina NL, Rubtsov PM, Belova EN, Kopylov AM, Baratova LA, Bogdanov AA. The nucleotide sequence of the gene coding for the 16S rRNA from the archaebacterium Halobacterium halobium. Gene 1985; 37:181-9. [PMID: 2414154 DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(85)90271-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The complete 1473-bp sequence of the 16S rRNA gene from the archaebacterium Halobacterium halobium has been determined. Alignment with the sequences of the 16S rRNA gene from the archaebacteria Halobacterium volcanii and Halococcus morrhua reveals similar degrees of homology, about 88%. Differences in the primary structures of H. halobium and eubacterial (Escherichia coli) 16S rRNA or eukaryotic (Dictyostelium discoideum) 18S rRNA are much higher, corresponding to 63% and 56% homology, respectively. A comparison of the nucleotide sequence of the H. halobium 16S rRNA with those of its archaebacterial counterparts generally confirms a secondary structure model of the RNA contained in the small subunit of the archaebacterial ribosome.
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