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Oligonucleotides with rapid turnover of the phosphate groups occur endogenously in eukaryotic cells

Journal Article · · Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.; (United States)
Endogenous oligonucleotides were found in trichloroacetic acid extracts of hamster lung fibroblasts and Tetrahymena cells. Peaks of radioactivity that eluted with retention times similar to oligonucleotide markers (5- to 50-mer) were found by HPLC in cells labeled briefly with /sup 32/Pi. Only minute amounts of UV-absorbing material were detected, consistent with a rapid turnover of phosphate groups. The /sup 32/P-labeled material also migrated as oligonucleotides on 20% polyacrylamide gels; it was not hydrolyzed by alkaline phosphatase but was digested by snake venom phosphodiesterase, S1 nuclease, and pancreatic RNase and was phosphorylated by T4 polynucleotide kinase. The /sup 32/P-labeled material isolated by HPLC was alkali labile and the hydrolyzate ran as nucleotides on paper chromatography. It is concluded that the oligonucleotides are mainly oligoribonucleotides, but it is possible that oligodeoxynucleotides are also present.
Research Organization:
Worcester Foundation for Experimental Biology, Shrewsbury, MA
OSTI ID:
6526320
Journal Information:
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.; (United States), Journal Name: Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.; (United States) Vol. 7; ISSN PNASA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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