Conservation of the 5'-Terminal Nucleotide Sequences of Ribosomal 18-S RNA in Eukaryotes. Differential Evolution of Large and Small Ribosomal RNA
- 1 April 1976
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in European Journal of Biochemistry
- Vol. 63 (2), 339-350
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1432-1033.1976.tb10235.x
Abstract
The 5'-terminal nucleotide sequences of ribosomal 18-S and 28-S RNA of seven species of eukaryotes including three mammals, one bird, one amphibian, one echinoderm and one slime mold, were analyzed either by means of terminal phosphorylation of RNA with polynucleotide kinase of by fingerprint analysis of uniformly labeled RNA. The following conclusions were obtained. 1. The 5'-terminal sequences of the 18-S RNA of the mouse, chicken and Dictyostelium discoideum were pUpApCp(Cp,Up)Gp---, suggesting strongly that all the eukaryotes had this same sequence at the 5'-terminus. Preliminary analysis of the 5'-termini of the 18-S RNA from human, rat, Xenopus and sea urchin cells revealed the same pUp(Np)Gp--- type 5'-terminal structure, supporting the above hypothesis. 2. The 5'-terminal sequences of the 28-S RNA of the human, rat, mouse and chicken cells were all pCpGp---, whereas those of the lower animals such as Xenopus, sea urchin and Dictyostelium were different.Keywords
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