FUNCTIONAL-ANALYSIS OF TRANSCRIBED SPACERS OF YEAST RIBOSOMAL DNA

被引:139
作者
MUSTERS, W
BOON, K
VANDERSANDE, CAFM
VANHEERIKHUIZEN, H
PLANTA, RJ
机构
关键词
ribosomal RNA; RNA processing; yeast;
D O I
10.1002/j.1460-2075.1990.tb07620.x
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
Making use of an rDNA unit, containing oligonucleotide tags in both the 17S and 26S rRNA gene, we have analyzed the effects of various deletions in the External Transcribed Spacer (ETS) and in one of the Internal Transcribed Spacers 1 (ITS1) on the process of ribosome formation in yeast. By following the fate of the tagged transcripts of this rDNA unit in vivo by Northern hybridization we found that deleting various parts of the ETS prevents the accumulation of tagged 17S rRNA and its assembly into 40S subunits, but not the formation of 60S subunits. Deleting the central region of Its1, including a processing site that is used in an early stage of the maturation process, was also found to prevent the accumulation of functional 40S subunits, whereas no effect on the formation of 60S subunits was detected. The implications of these findings for yeast pre-rRNA processing are discussed.
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页码:3989 / 3996
页数:8
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