TELOMERASE IN YEAST

被引:251
作者
COHN, M [1 ]
BLACKBURN, EH [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV CALIF SAN FRANCISCO, DEPT MICROBIOL & IMMUNOL, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94143 USA
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D O I
10.1126/science.7618104
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
The ribonucleoprotein enzyme telomerase synthesizes telomeric DNA by copying an internal RNA template sequence. The telomerase activities of the yeasts Saccharomyces castellii and Saccharomyces cerevisiae-with regular and irregular telomeric sequences, respectively-have now been identified and characterized. The S. cerevisiae activity required the telomerase RNA gene TLC1 but not the EST1 gene, both of which are required for normal telomere maintenance in vivo. This activity exhibited low processivity and produced no regularly repeated products. An inherently high stalling frequency of the S. cerevisiae telomerase may account for its in vitro properties and for the irregular telomeric sequences of this yeast.
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页码:396 / 400
页数:5
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