Chen G S, Siddiqui M A
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1973 Sep;70(9):2610-3. doi: 10.1073/pnas.70.9.2610.
Evidence for the presence of rapidly labeled short-lived RNA species, presumed to be precursors to transfer RNA (tRNA), in the silk glands of Bombyx mori is presented. These precursors, which migrate between 4S and 5S markers on acrylamide gels, can be converted in vitro into molecules indistinguishable in size from tRNA. The conversion is also catalyzed by a crude enzyme fraction isolated from ribosomes of E. coli. Since a similar enzyme preparation cleaves the suppressor tRNA(Tyr) sequence of E. coli from its precursor molecule, it would appear that the precursor to E. coli tRNA(Tyr) and the precursors to silk-gland tRNAs share common structural features.
本文提供了家蚕丝腺中存在快速标记的短寿命RNA种类(推测为转运RNA(tRNA)前体)的证据。这些前体在丙烯酰胺凝胶上于4S和5S标记之间迁移,可在体外转化为大小与tRNA无法区分的分子。这种转化也由从大肠杆菌核糖体分离的粗酶组分催化。由于类似的酶制剂能从其前体分子上切割大肠杆菌的抑制性tRNA(Tyr)序列,因此看来大肠杆菌tRNA(Tyr)的前体和丝腺tRNA的前体具有共同的结构特征。