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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-5-16
pubmed:abstractText
Our understanding of the mechanism of RNA biosynthesis in archaebacteria is limited, due in part to the inability of purified RNA polymerases to transcribe purified genes accurately in vitro. In the present study, we show that cell extracts of Methanococcus vannielii and Methanococcus thermolithotrophicus purified by gradient centrifugation synthesize a distinct transcript from templates harboring a cloned homologous tRNA(Val) and tRNA(Arg) gene. The in vitro transcripts initiate with GTP at the same sites as in Methanococcus cells. About 60% of the sequence of the in vitro RNA products was analyzed by dideoxyterminated primer extension and found to be identical with that of the precursors of tRNA(Val) and tRNA(Arg). This finding indicates that this RNA polymerase fraction both initiates and terminates transcription faithfully in vitro. After purification of a cell-free extract (S-100) of M. thermolithotrophicus by phosphocellulose chromatography, the endogenous RNA polymerase has lost its ability to transcribe the tRNA(Val) gene accurately. The activity directing specific expression of this template was reconstituted by the addition of a protein-fraction devoid of RNA polymerase activity. Thus, a transcription factor appears to be required for accurate cell-free expression of tRNA genes from M. vannielii.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0305-1048
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
25
pubmed:volume
18
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1361-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
An archaebacterial cell-free transcription system. The expression of tRNA genes from Methanococcus vannielii is mediated by a transcription factor.
pubmed:affiliation
Lehrstuhl für Mikrobiologie, Universität Regensburg, FRG.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't