Secondary structures and features of the 18S, 5.8S and 26S ribosomal RNAs from the Apicomplexan parasite Toxoplasma gondii

被引:35
作者
Gagnon, S [1 ]
Bourbeau, D [1 ]
Levesque, RC [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV LAVAL,FAC MED,ST FOY,PQ G1K 7P4,CANADA
基金
英国医学研究理事会;
关键词
protozoan; gene organization; DNA sequence; RNA folding; evolution; phylogeny;
D O I
10.1016/0378-1119(96)00215-6
中图分类号
Q3 [遗传学];
学科分类号
071007 ; 090102 ;
摘要
The two major subunits of the ribosomal RNA (rRNA) of Toxoplasma gondii, 18S and 26S, as well as 5.8S, have been sequenced and folded according to known consensus and established secondary structures. Conserved and variable nucleotide (nt) regions were identified using multiple alignments with rRNA sequences of selected organisms. The 18S rRNA showed a well conserved core structure of 48 stems and a hypervariable V4 region identified four additional stems including a pseudoknot. The 18S rRNA contained an additional helix in the V2 region located between nt 204 to 258. We noted that T. gondii 18S does not have a true V6 region, but was organized as a motif of a simple stem. T. gondii 26S had a conserved core structure of 83 stems and its expansion segments, so-called divergent domains, demonstrated a high degree of similarity with secondary structures from rRNA of dinoflagellates and ciliates. For the T. gondii 26S sequence, we found two additional stems, D3d and D3e, composed of 140 nt having a higher Delta G value. These segments are absent from the prokaryotic rRNA structures, whereas the hypervariable V4 region of the small subunit is not as variable. The well preserved structures could indicate an additional function for the eukaryotic ribosome.
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