Klobutcher L A, Herrick G
Department of Biochemistry, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington 06030, USA.
Nucleic Acids Res. 1995 Jun 11;23(11):2006-13. doi: 10.1093/nar/23.11.2006.
During the formation of a transcriptionally active macronucleus, ciliated protozoa excise large numbers of interstitial segments of DNA (internal eliminated sequences; IESs) from their chromosomes. In this study we analyze the published sequences of 20 IESs that interrupt surface protein genes of Paramecium and identify a consensus inverted terminal repeat. This sequence is similar to the ends of the Tc1-related transposons found in nematodes and other metazoans, as well as to both the ends of the Tec transposons and at least some of the IESs in the distantly related ciliate Euplotes crassus. The results of these analyses bolster previous proposals that IESs were created by transposition.
在转录活性大核形成过程中,纤毛原生动物从其染色体上切除大量的DNA间隔片段(内部消除序列;IESs)。在本研究中,我们分析了20个中断草履虫表面蛋白基因的IESs的已发表序列,并鉴定出一个共有反向末端重复序列。该序列类似于线虫和其他后生动物中发现的Tc1相关转座子的末端,也类似于Tec转座子的两端以及远缘纤毛虫粗尾真核生物中至少一些IESs的末端。这些分析结果支持了先前关于IESs是通过转座产生的提议。