PRIMARY STRUCTURE OF THE 2ND LARGEST SUBUNIT OF HUMAN RNA POLYMERASE-II (OR B)

被引:26
作者
ACKER, J
WINTZERITH, M
VIGNERON, M
KEDINGER, C
机构
[1] Laboratoire de Génétique Moléculaire, Eucaryotes (CNRS) Unite 184 de Biologie Moleculaire et de Genie Genetique (INSERM), 67085 Strasbourg Cedex
关键词
CDNA; EVOLUTION; HOMOLOGY; SEQUENCE; TRANSCRIPTION;
D O I
10.1016/0022-2836(92)91071-V
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
The cDNA of the second largest subunit of RNA polymerase II (or B) from HeLa cells has been cloned and sequenced. A predicted amino acid sequence of 1174 residues (calculated molecular mass of 133,896 Da) was derived from the longest open reading frame and compared to the sequences of homologous subunits of polymerases of eukaryotic, archaeal and bacterial origin. After optimal alignment, about 16% of the residues were found to be conserved throughout evolution, from human to Escherichia coli. About 2 3 of the overall length of the conserved domains delinated by these residues are clustered within the C-terminal half of the human polypeptide, whereas the remaining is spread over its N-terminal half. The putative functional significance of these conserved domains is discussed. © 1992.
引用
收藏
页码:1295 / 1299
页数:5
相关论文
共 33 条
[1]  
AHEARN JM, 1987, J BIOL CHEM, V262, P10695
[2]   EXTENSIVE HOMOLOGY AMONG THE LARGEST SUBUNITS OF EUKARYOTIC AND PROKARYOTIC RNA-POLYMERASES [J].
ALLISON, LA ;
MOYLE, M ;
SHALES, M ;
INGLES, CJ .
CELL, 1985, 42 (02) :599-610
[3]   RELATEDNESS OF ARCHAEBACTERIAL RNA-POLYMERASE CORE SUBUNITS TO THEIR EUBACTERIAL AND EUKARYOTIC EQUIVALENTS [J].
BERGHOFER, B ;
KROCKEL, L ;
KORTNER, C ;
TRUSS, M ;
SCHALLENBERG, J ;
KLEIN, A .
NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH, 1988, 16 (16) :8113-8128
[4]   MOLECULAR-CLONING AND SEQUENCING OF AMA-1, THE GENE ENCODING THE LARGEST SUBUNIT OF CAENORHABDITIS-ELEGANS RNA POLYMERASE-II [J].
BIRD, DM ;
RIDDLE, DL .
MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY, 1989, 9 (10) :4119-4130
[5]   ACCURATE TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION BY RNA POLYMERASE-II IN A SOLUBLE EXTRACT FROM ISOLATED MAMMALIAN NUCLEI [J].
DIGNAM, JD ;
LEBOVITZ, RM ;
ROEDER, RG .
NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH, 1983, 11 (05) :1475-1489
[6]   RNA POLYMERASE-II OF DROSOPHILA - RELATION OF ITS 140,000 MR SUBUNIT TO THE BETA-SUBUNIT OF ESCHERICHIA-COLI RNA-POLYMERASE [J].
FALKENBURG, D ;
DWORNICZAK, B ;
FAUST, DM ;
BAUTZ, EKF .
JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, 1987, 195 (04) :929-937
[7]   MUTATIONS IN A CONSERVED REGION OF RNA POLYMERASE-II INFLUENCE THE ACCURACY OF MESSENGER-RNA START SITE SELECTION [J].
HEKMATPANAH, DS ;
YOUNG, RA .
MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY, 1991, 11 (11) :5781-5791
[8]   CLUSTAL - A PACKAGE FOR PERFORMING MULTIPLE SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT ON A MICROCOMPUTER [J].
HIGGINS, DG ;
SHARP, PM .
GENE, 1988, 73 (01) :237-244
[9]   NUCLEOTIDE-SEQUENCE OF THE MAIZE CHLOROPLAST RPO B/C1/C2 OPERON - COMPARISON BETWEEN THE DERIVED PROTEIN PRIMARY STRUCTURES FROM VARIOUS ORGANISMS WITH RESPECT TO FUNCTIONAL DOMAINS [J].
IGLOI, GL ;
MEINKE, A ;
DORY, I ;
KOSSEL, H .
MOLECULAR AND GENERAL GENETICS, 1990, 221 (03) :379-394
[10]   ANALYSIS OF THE GENE ENCODING THE LARGEST SUBUNIT OF RNA POLYMERASE-II IN DROSOPHILA [J].
JOKERST, RS ;
WEEKS, JR ;
ZEHRING, WA ;
GREENLEAF, AL .
MOLECULAR & GENERAL GENETICS, 1989, 215 (02) :266-275