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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
22
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-12-28
pubmed:abstractText
Functional analysis of genome sequences has largely ignored RNA genes and their structures. We introduce here the notion of 'ribonomics' to describe the search for the distribution of and eventually the determination of the physiological roles of these RNA structures found in the sequence databases. The utility of this approach is illustrated here by the identification in the GenBank database of RNA motifs having known binding or chemical activity. The frequency of these motifs indicates that most have originated from evolutionary drift and are selectively neutral. On the other hand, their distribution among species and their location within genes suggest that the destiny of these motifs may be more elaborate. For example, the hammerhead motif has a skewed organismal presence, is phylogenetically stable and recent work on a schistosome version confirms its in vivo biological activity. The under-representation of the valine-binding motif and the Rev-binding element in GenBank hints at a detrimental effect on cell growth or viability. Data on the presence and the location of these motifs may provide critical guidance in the design of experiments directed towards the understanding and the manipulation of RNA complexes and activities in vivo.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Adenosine Triphosphate, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Flavin Mononucleotide, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Flavin-Adenine Dinucleotide, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Gene Products, rev, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Gene Products, tat, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Ligands, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Neomycin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Paromomycin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/RNA, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/RNA, Catalytic, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/RNA, Transfer, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/RNA-Binding Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Ribosomal Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Theophylline, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/leadzyme, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/ribosomal protein S1
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
1362-4962
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
27
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
4457-67
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-20
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10536156-Adenosine Triphosphate, pubmed-meshheading:10536156-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:10536156-Binding Sites, pubmed-meshheading:10536156-Catalytic Domain, pubmed-meshheading:10536156-Databases, Factual, pubmed-meshheading:10536156-Evolution, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:10536156-Flavin Mononucleotide, pubmed-meshheading:10536156-Flavin-Adenine Dinucleotide, pubmed-meshheading:10536156-Gene Products, rev, pubmed-meshheading:10536156-Gene Products, tat, pubmed-meshheading:10536156-Information Storage and Retrieval, pubmed-meshheading:10536156-Ligands, pubmed-meshheading:10536156-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:10536156-Neomycin, pubmed-meshheading:10536156-Nucleic Acid Conformation, pubmed-meshheading:10536156-Paromomycin, pubmed-meshheading:10536156-Phylogeny, pubmed-meshheading:10536156-RNA, pubmed-meshheading:10536156-RNA, Catalytic, pubmed-meshheading:10536156-RNA, Transfer, pubmed-meshheading:10536156-RNA-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10536156-Ribosomal Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10536156-Theophylline
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
The distribution of RNA motifs in natural sequences.
pubmed:affiliation
Département de Biochimie, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, Succursale Centre-Ville, Montréal, QC H3C 3J7, Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't