Class I self-splicing introns are found in the T-even bacteriophage family

Title: Class I self-splicing introns are found in the T-even bacteriophage family

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The thymidylate synthase gene (td) and ribonucleotide reductase B2 subunit gene (nrdB) EMBO both of bacteriophage T4 in origin, are procaryotic intron-containing protein-encoding genes. To screen for other procaryotic introns, southern hybridization analysis of several procaryotic genomes was carried out, using T4 phage td DNA restriction fragments and synthetic oligodeoxynucleotides defining strategic td exon and intron regions. Furthermore, the labeling pattern of total RNA with (..cap alpha..-/sup 32/P)GTP, a typical reaction of self-splicing RNAs (class I), was examined. Experimental data implicate multiple self-splicing introns only in the T-even phages: five (1, 0.9, 0.83, 0.75 and 0.6 kb) in T4 and three (1, 0.9 and 0.75 kb) each in T2 and T6 phages. Northern hybridization analysis of total RNA extracted from T-even phage-infected cells confirms that the 1 kb RNA from each phage is in fact the excised intron segment from the precursor RNA transcribed from an intron-containing td gene in each case. This RNA cyclizes to form a contiguous circular molecule. The 0.6 kb RNA is most likely the T4 phage nrdB intron which seems to be absent from the corresponding gene in T2 and T6. The remaining RNA species are candidates for other self-splicing introns in these phages.

Authors:: Chu, F K; Maley, F; Maley, G F

Publication Date:: 1987-05-01

Research Org.:: New York State Dept. of Health, Albany

OSTI Identifier:: 6173081

Report Number(s):: CONF-870644-
Journal ID: CODEN: FEPRA

Resource Type:: Conference

Journal Name:: Fed. Proc., Fed. Am. Soc. Exp. Biol.; (United States)

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 46:6; Conference: 78. annual meeting of the American Society of Biological Chemists conference, Philadelphia, PA, USA, 7 Jun 1987

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; BACTERIOPHAGES; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; GENES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; RNA; HYBRIDIZATION; CHROMOSOMES; PHOSPHORUS 32; TRACER TECHNIQUES; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; ISOTOPE APPLICATIONS; ISOTOPES; LIGHT NUCLEI; MICROORGANISMS; NUCLEI; NUCLEIC ACIDS; ODD-ODD NUCLEI; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PARASITES; PHOSPHORUS ISOTOPES; RADIOISOTOPES; VIRUSES; 550201* - Biochemistry- Tracer Techniques

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                    Chu, F K, Maley, F, and Maley, G F. Class I self-splicing introns are found in the T-even bacteriophage family.  United States: N. p., 1987. 
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@article{osti_6173081,

  title        = {Class I self-splicing introns are found in the T-even bacteriophage family},

  author       = {Chu, F K and Maley, F and Maley, G F},

  abstractNote = {The thymidylate synthase gene (td) and ribonucleotide reductase B2 subunit gene (nrdB) EMBO both of bacteriophage T4 in origin, are procaryotic intron-containing protein-encoding genes. To screen for other procaryotic introns, southern hybridization analysis of several procaryotic genomes was carried out, using T4 phage td DNA restriction fragments and synthetic oligodeoxynucleotides defining strategic td exon and intron regions. Furthermore, the labeling pattern of total RNA with (..cap alpha..-/sup 32/P)GTP, a typical reaction of self-splicing RNAs (class I), was examined. Experimental data implicate multiple self-splicing introns only in the T-even phages: five (1, 0.9, 0.83, 0.75 and 0.6 kb) in T4 and three (1, 0.9 and 0.75 kb) each in T2 and T6 phages. Northern hybridization analysis of total RNA extracted from T-even phage-infected cells confirms that the 1 kb RNA from each phage is in fact the excised intron segment from the precursor RNA transcribed from an intron-containing td gene in each case. This RNA cyclizes to form a contiguous circular molecule. The 0.6 kb RNA is most likely the T4 phage nrdB intron which seems to be absent from the corresponding gene in T2 and T6. The remaining RNA species are candidates for other self-splicing introns in these phages.},

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  year         = {1987},

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