Grisanti P, Francisci S, Tataseo P, Palleschi C
Department of Developmental and Cell Biology, University of Rome, La Sapienza, Italy.
Curr Genet. 1993 Jul-Aug;24(1-2):122-5. doi: 10.1007/BF00324675.
The occurrence of discrete transcripts originating from the non-coding strand of the yeast mitochondrial genome is described. The region under investigation is localized in the large tRNA gene cluster between the LSU ribosomal RNA and OXI 1 genes. The transcripts originating from the non-coding strand were detected in a wild-type strain and in a rho- mutant. Their size range includes transcripts of about 2000 nucleotides able to accommodate more than one "anti-tRNA". In some cases their extremities can be mapped near highly-conserved nonanucleotides that could function as origins of transcription. The involvement of the tRNA-processing machinery in the cleavage of these transcripts is also hypothesized.
本文描述了源自酵母线粒体基因组非编码链的离散转录本的出现情况。所研究的区域位于大核糖体RNA基因和OXI 1基因之间的大tRNA基因簇中。在野生型菌株和rho-突变体中均检测到了源自非编码链的转录本。它们的大小范围包括约2000个核苷酸的转录本,这些转录本能够容纳不止一个“反tRNA”。在某些情况下,它们的末端可以定位在可能作为转录起始点的高度保守的九核苷酸附近。还推测了tRNA加工机制参与这些转录本的切割过程。