Przybilski, Rita ; Gräf, Stefan ; Lescoute, Aurélie ; Nellen, Wolfgang ; Westhof, Eric ; Steger, Gerhard ; Hammann, Christian (2005)
Functional hammerhead ribozymes naturally encoded in the genome of Arabidopsis thaliana.
In: The Plant cell, 17 (7)
Artikel, Bibliographie
Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract)
The hammerhead ribozyme (HHRz) is an autocatalytic RNA motif found in subviral plant pathogens and transcripts of repetitive DNA sequences in animals. Here, we report the discovery and characterization of unique HHRzs encoded in a plant genome. Two novel sequences were identified on chromosome IV of Arabidopsis thaliana in a database search, which took into account recently defined structural requirements. The HHRzs are expressed in several tissues and coexist in vivo as both cleaved and noncleaved species. In vitro, both sequences cleave efficiently at physiological Mg(2+) concentrations, indicative of functional loop-loop interactions. Kinetic analysis of loop nucleotide variants was used to determine a three-dimensional model of these tertiary interactions. Based on these results, on the lack of infectivity of hammerhead-carrying viroids in Arabidopsis, and on extensive sequence comparisons, we propose that the ribozyme sequences did not invade this plant by horizontal transfer but have evolved independently to perform a specific, yet unidentified, biological function.
| Typ des Eintrags: | Artikel |
|---|---|
| Erschienen: | 2005 |
| Autor(en): | Przybilski, Rita ; Gräf, Stefan ; Lescoute, Aurélie ; Nellen, Wolfgang ; Westhof, Eric ; Steger, Gerhard ; Hammann, Christian |
| Art des Eintrags: | Bibliographie |
| Titel: | Functional hammerhead ribozymes naturally encoded in the genome of Arabidopsis thaliana. |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Publikationsjahr: | 2005 |
| Titel der Zeitschrift, Zeitung oder Schriftenreihe: | The Plant cell |
| Jahrgang/Volume einer Zeitschrift: | 17 |
| (Heft-)Nummer: | 7 |
| Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract): | The hammerhead ribozyme (HHRz) is an autocatalytic RNA motif found in subviral plant pathogens and transcripts of repetitive DNA sequences in animals. Here, we report the discovery and characterization of unique HHRzs encoded in a plant genome. Two novel sequences were identified on chromosome IV of Arabidopsis thaliana in a database search, which took into account recently defined structural requirements. The HHRzs are expressed in several tissues and coexist in vivo as both cleaved and noncleaved species. In vitro, both sequences cleave efficiently at physiological Mg(2+) concentrations, indicative of functional loop-loop interactions. Kinetic analysis of loop nucleotide variants was used to determine a three-dimensional model of these tertiary interactions. Based on these results, on the lack of infectivity of hammerhead-carrying viroids in Arabidopsis, and on extensive sequence comparisons, we propose that the ribozyme sequences did not invade this plant by horizontal transfer but have evolved independently to perform a specific, yet unidentified, biological function. |
| Fachbereich(e)/-gebiet(e): | 10 Fachbereich Biologie ?? fb10_mikrobiologie ?? 10 Fachbereich Biologie > Regulatorische RNAs und Ribozyme |
| Hinterlegungsdatum: | 29 Jul 2010 12:25 |
| Letzte Änderung: | 05 Mär 2013 09:34 |
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