Sutton R E, Boothroyd J C
Department of Medical Microbiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, California 94305.
Mol Cell Biol. 1988 Jan;8(1):494-6. doi: 10.1128/mcb.8.1.494-496.1988.
Most, if not all, trypanosome mRNAs have the same 35-base sequence at their 5' terminus which is derived from a short RNA (medRNA) probably by the process of trans-splicing. It is of interest, evolutionarily and mechanistically, to determine the chemical structure of the 5' terminus of the precursor (medRNA) and product (mRNA). We demonstrate here that the cap structure of both is most probably 7-methylguanosine in a 5',5' triphosphate linkage, consistent with a precursor/product relationship.
大多数(如果不是全部的话)锥虫mRNA在其5'末端具有相同的35个碱基的序列,该序列可能通过反式剪接过程源自短RNA(medRNA)。从进化和机制的角度确定前体(medRNA)和产物(mRNA)5'末端的化学结构是很有意义的。我们在此证明两者的帽结构很可能是5',5'三磷酸连接的7-甲基鸟苷,这与前体/产物关系一致。