Publication Date:
1996-08-30
Description:
In the mitochondria of trypanosomatid protozoa the precursors of messenger RNAs (pre-mRNAs) have their coding information remodeled by the site-specific insertion and deletion of uridylate (U) residues. Small trans-acting guide RNAs (gRNAs) supply the genetic information for this RNA editing. An in vitro system was developed to study the mechanism of U insertion into pre-mRNA. U-insertion editing occurs through a series of enzymatic steps that begin with gRNA-directed pre-mRNA cleavage. Inserted U's are derived from free uridine triphosphate and are added to the 3' terminus of a 5' pre-mRNA cleavage product. gRNA specifies edited RNA sequence at the subsequent ligation step by base pairing-mediated juxtaposition of the 3' cleavage product and the processed 5' cleavage product. gRNA/pre-mRNA chimeras, purported intermediates, seem to be abortive end products of the same reaction.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Kable, M L -- Seiwert, S D -- Heidmann, S -- Stuart, K -- GM08347/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- GM42188/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1996 Aug 30;273(5279):1189-95.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Seattle Biomedical Research Institute, Seattle, WA 98109, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8703045" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Animals
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Base Sequence
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Crithidia fasciculata/genetics/metabolism
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Mitochondria/genetics/metabolism
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Models, Genetic
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Molecular Sequence Data
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RNA/metabolism
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*RNA Editing
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RNA Precursors/*metabolism
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RNA, Guide/*metabolism
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RNA, Messenger/*metabolism
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RNA, Protozoan/metabolism
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Trypanosoma brucei brucei/genetics/metabolism
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Trypanosomatina/*genetics/metabolism
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Uridine Monophosphate/*metabolism
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Uridine Triphosphate/metabolism
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
