Heterogeneity of 5S RNA in fungal ribosomes

Neurospora crassa has at least seven types of 5S RNA genes (alpha, beta, gamma, epsilon, delta, zeta, and eta) with different coding regions. A high resolution gel electrophoresis system was developed to separate minor 5S RNA's from the major 5S RNA (alpha). A study of several Neurospora crassa strains, four other species in the genus Neurospora, members of two closely related genera, and three distantly related genera demonstrated that 5S RNA heterogeneity is common among fungi. In addition, different 5S RNA's are present in Neurospora ribosomes. The finding that fungal ribosomes are structurally heterogeneous suggests that ribosomes may be functionally heterogeneous as well.     

Localization of 5S RNA genes on Drosophila chromosomes by RNA-DNA hybridization

[(3)H]RNA with a high specific activity was prepared from larvae of Drosophila melanogaster grown 4 days in contact with [(3)H]uridine. Purified tritiated 5S RNA was annealed to the DNA of polytene chromosomes, which had been denatured in formamide. The 5S RNA genes are placed within the region 56E-F of the right arm of chromosome 2. This localization was determined from autoradiographs, where the radioactivity from hybrids of [(3)H]RNA and DNA was confined to the 56E-F segment.     

Mitochondrial RNA synthesis during mitosis

HeLa cells arrested in metaphase synthesized relatively normal amounts of mitochondrial RNA, while little RNA synthesis associated with the nucleus was detected. The RNA synthesized resembled the portion of mitochondrial RNA sensitive to ethidium bromide in interphase cells, with major peaks at 21, 12, and 4S. Unlike that in interphase cells, RNA synthesis in the mitoclhonidrial fraction of mitotic cells was completely inhibited by ethidium bromide.     

Structure of the S15,S6,S18-rRNA complex: assembly of the 30S ribosome central domain

The crystal structure of a 70-kilodalton ribonucleoprotein complex from the central domain of the Thermus thermophilus 30S ribosomal subunit was solved at 2.6 angstrom resolution. The complex consists of a 104-nucleotide RNA fragment composed of two three-helix junctions that lie at the end of a central helix, and the ribosomal proteins S15, S6, and S18. S15 binds the ribosomal RNA early in the assembly of the 30S ribosomal subunit, stabilizing a conformational reorganization of the two three-helix junctions that creates the RNA fold necessary for subsequent binding of S6 and S18. The structure of the complex demonstrates the central role of S15-induced reorganization of central domain RNA for the subsequent steps of ribosome assembly.     

5S RNA synthesized by Escherichia coli in presence of chloramphenicol: different 5'-terminal sequences

Escherichia coli cells, grown in the presence of chloramphenicol, synthesize a low molecular weight RNA (CM-5S RNA) not bound to ribosomes which is similar to ribosomal 5S RNA. Oligonucleotide patterns derived from ribonuclease digests of 5S RNA and of CM-5S RNA are indistinguishable except that the 5'-terminal oligonucleotides differ. Whereas the nucleotide sequence of the 5'-terminus of normal 5S RNA is (p)U(p)G-, there are three alternate sequences of the 5'-terminus of CM-5S RNA: (p)U(p)U(p)G-, (p)U(p)U(p)U(p)G-, and (p)A(p)U(p)U(p)U(p)G-.     

Nucleotide sequence of KB cell 5S RNA

The nucleotide sequence of 5S RNA derived from KB carcinoma cell ribosomes has been determined. The molecule has a length of either 120 or 121 nucleotides with uridine at its 3'-terminus and guanylic acid at its 5'-terminus. If, in addition to Watson-Crick base-pairing, one accepts occasional base-pairing of guanylic acid to uridylic acid, long sequences of complementary nucleotides can be identified within the molecule. Two regions of the molecule contain sequences complementary to four or five bases in the pentanucleotide sequence guanylic acid, ribothymidylic acid, pseudouridylic acid, cytidylic acid, guanylic acid, which is common to most transfer RNA molecules. This is the first time the sequence of an animal-cell RNA has been determined.     

S6K1- and betaTRCP-mediated degradation of PDCD4 promotes protein translation and cell growth

The tumor suppressor programmed cell death protein 4 (PDCD4) inhibits the translation initiation factor eIF4A, an RNA helicase that catalyzes the unwinding of secondary structure at the 5' untranslated region (5'UTR) of messenger RNAs (mRNAs). In response to mitogens, PDCD4 was rapidly phosphorylated on Ser67 by the protein kinase S6K1 and subsequently degraded via the ubiquitin ligase SCF(betaTRCP). Expression in cultured cells of a stable PDCD4 mutant that is unable to bind betaTRCP inhibited translation of an mRNA with a structured 5'UTR, resulted in smaller cell size, and slowed down cell cycle progression. We propose that regulated degradation of PDCD4 in response to mitogens allows efficient protein synthesis and consequently cell growth.     

The "spliceosome": yeast pre-messenger RNA associates with a 40S complex in a splicing-dependent reaction

The in vitro splicing reactions of pre-messenger RNA (pre-mRNA) in a yeast extract were analyzed by glycerol gradient centrifugation. Labeled pre-mRNA appears in a 40S peak only if the pre-mRNA undergoes the first of the two partial splicing reactions. RNA analysis after extraction of glycerol gradient fractions shows that lariat-form intermediates, molecules that occur only in mRNA splicing, are found almost exclusively in this 40S complex. Another reaction intermediate, cut 5' exon RNA, can also be found concentrated in this complex. The complex is stable even in 400 mM KCl, although at this salt concentration, it sediments at 35S and is clearly distinguishable from 40S ribosomal subunits. This complex, termed a "spliceosome," is thought to contain components necessary for mRNA splicing; its existence can explain how separated exons on pre-mRNA are brought into contact.     

Crystal Structure and Optical Properties of Cd32S14(SC6H5)36. DMF4, a Cluster with a 15 Angstrom CdS Core

Recrystallization of the solid Cd(10)S(4)(SC(6)H(5))(12) from a solution of pyridine and N, N-di-methylformamide (DMF) results in the formation of the cluster Cd(32)S(14)(SC(6)H(5))(36)-DMF(4) as pale yellow cubes. The structure consists of an 82-atom CdS core that is a roughly spherical piece of the cubic sphalerite lattice approximately 12 angstroms in diameter. The four corners of the lattice are capped by hexagonal wurtzite-like CdS units, which results in an overall tetrahedral cluster approximately 15 angstroms in diameter. This cluster dissolves intact in tetrahydrofuran where its absorption spectrum reveals a sharp peak at 358 nanometers at room temperature and its emission spectra show a strong broad band at 500 nanometers.     

我国鸡传染性支气管炎病毒地方分离株

根据IBV Beaudette株全基因组序列，借助基因分析软件自行设计合成了3个引物（youl,you2-youM ),引物you1 和you2-在S1基因两则，跨幅为1611bp,引物you2-和youM 在S1基因的3‘端，跨幅为535bp，用引物you1 和you2-对5个IBV地方分离株（HN2、HN4、JX1、SC2和SC4）进行RT－PCR，均成功地扩增出预期大小的目的片段，对RT－PCR的产物用限制性内切酶PstI进行酶切分析，结果酶切产物中得到2条条带，大小分别为560和1050bp，与GeneBank中11株已发表的S1基因分析结果一致，初步鉴定结果显示，已经成功分离得到了IBV－S1基因。     

Molecular cloning of complementary DNA for the alpha subunit of the G protein that stimulates adenylate cyclase

A complementary DNA clone encoding the alpha subunit of the adenylate cyclase stimulatory G protein (Gs) was isolated and identified. A bovine brain complementary DNA library was screened with an oligonucleotide probe derived from amino acid sequence common to known G proteins. The only clone that was obtained with this probe has a complementary DNA insert of approximately 1670 base pairs. An antibody to a peptide synthesized according to deduced amino acid sequence reacts specifically with the alpha subunit of Gs. In addition, RNA that hybridizes with probes made from the clone is detected in wild-type S49 cells; however, cyc- S49 cells, which are deficient in Gs alpha activity, are devoid of this messenger RNA.     

Distribution of protein and RNA in the 30S ribosomal subunit

In Escherichia coli, the small ribosomal subunit has a sedimentation coefficient of 30S, and consists of a 16S RNA molecule of 1541 nucleotides complexed with 21 proteins. Over the last few years, a controversy has emerged regarding the spatial distribution of RNA and protein in the 30S subunit. Contrast variation with neutron scattering was used to suggest that the RNA was located in a central core of the subunit and the proteins mainly in the periphery, with virtually no separation between the centers of mass of protein and RNA. However, these findings are incompatible with the results of efforts to locate individual ribosomal proteins by immune electron microscopy and triangulation with interprotein distance measurements. The conflict between these two views is resolved in this report of small-angle neutron scattering measurements on 30S subunits with and without protein S1, and on subunits reconstituted from deuterated 16S RNA and unlabeled proteins. The results show that (i) the proteins and RNA are intermingled, with neither component dominating at the core or the periphery, and (ii) the spatial distribution of protein and RNA is asymmetrical, with a separation between their centers of mass of about 25 angstroms.     

Structural roles for human translation factor eIF3 in initiation of protein synthesis

Protein synthesis in mammalian cells requires initiation factor eIF3, a approximately 750-kilodalton complex that controls assembly of 40S ribosomal subunits on messenger RNAs (mRNAs) bearing either a 5'-cap or an internal ribosome entry site (IRES). Cryo-electron microscopy reconstructions show that eIF3, a five-lobed particle, interacts with the hepatitis C virus (HCV) IRES RNA and the 5'-cap binding complex eIF4F via the same domain. Detailed modeling of eIF3 and eIF4F onto the 40S ribosomal subunit reveals that eIF3 uses eIF4F or the HCV IRES in structurally similar ways to position the mRNA strand near the exit site of 40S, promoting initiation complex assembly.     

凡纳滨对虾总RNA完整性的正确评估

凝胶电泳技术通常被用于总RNA完整性检测,一般认为28S和18S rRNA条带亮度的比值大于等于2表示总RNA完整性良好,该比值越小表明总RNA降解越严重。为了检测这一标准在水产虾蟹类中是否继续适用,分别对凡纳滨对虾rRNA和mRNA的完整性进行了分析。用TRIzol分离纯化的凡纳滨对虾总RNA经凝胶电泳检测,发现其28S:18S rRNA的比值远小于2;但是以同样的总RNA为模板进行RT-PCR,能顺利扩增出长约1 100 bp的ACT和eEF1A基因序列。进一步的3':5'分析显示这2个内参基因mRNA的3':5' ratio分别为2.79和1.53,直接表明被测mRNA完整性良好。因此,凝胶电泳低估了水产虾蟹类总RNA的完整性,建议采用3':5'分析技术对水产虾蟹类总RNA完整性进行检测。     

Ribosome assembly factors prevent premature translation initiation by 40S assembly intermediates

Ribosome assembly in eukaryotes requires approximately 200 essential assembly factors (AFs) and occurs through ordered events that initiate in the nucleolus and culminate in the cytoplasm. Here, we present the electron cryo-microscopy (cryo-EM) structure of a late cytoplasmic 40S ribosome assembly intermediate from Saccharomyces cerevisiae at 18 angstrom resolution. We obtained cryo-EM reconstructions of preribosomal complexes lacking individual components to define the positions of all seven AFs bound to this intermediate. These late-binding AFs are positioned to prevent each step in the translation initiation pathway. Together, they obstruct the binding sites for initiation factors, prevent the opening of the messenger RNA channel, block 60S subunit joining, and disrupt the decoding site. These redundant mechanisms probably ensure that pre-40S particles do not enter the translation pathway, which would result in their rapid degradation.     

Recognition of cognate transfer RNA by the 30S ribosomal subunit

Crystal structures of the 30S ribosomal subunit in complex with messenger RNA and cognate transfer RNA in the A site, both in the presence and absence of the antibiotic paromomycin, have been solved at between 3.1 and 3.3 angstroms resolution. Cognate transfer RNA (tRNA) binding induces global domain movements of the 30S subunit and changes in the conformation of the universally conserved and essential bases A1492, A1493, and G530 of 16S RNA. These bases interact intimately with the minor groove of the first two base pairs between the codon and anticodon, thus sensing Watson-Crick base-pairing geometry and discriminating against near-cognate tRNA. The third, or "wobble," position of the codon is free to accommodate certain noncanonical base pairs. By partially inducing these structural changes, paromomycin facilitates binding of near-cognate tRNAs.     

不同方法提取狗脊蕨叶片总RNA的比较分析

[目的]为构建狗脊蕨叶cDNA文库,保存珍贵基因资源,克隆和研究与有效成分合成相关的基因等提供技术参考。[方法]以狗脊蕨叶片为材料,采用CTAB法、一步法、酚-SDS法和RNA试剂盒提取分离法提取总RNA,通过比较分析确定最优方法。[结果]这4种方法都能提取出182、8 S的RNA,但CTAB法和试剂盒提取分离法的总RNA质量较高,CTAB法还提取出清晰的5S RNA。一步法和SDS法带型模糊,有降解现象。CTAB法提取的狗脊蕨叶片总RNA质量较好,28S1、8S和5S条带清晰,且无明显降解。CTAB提取法OD260/OD280的值在1.93~2.06,试验中其OD260/OD280值为2.012,接近2.0,纯度较高。一步法和SDS法OD260/OD280>2.0,试剂盒法OD260/OD280<2.0。[结论]CTAB法适合提取的狗脊蕨叶片总RNA,质量较好,可用于cDNA合成、文库构建等后续分子生物学试验。     

山西省主要土壤硫状况和施硫效应的研究

通过对山西省主要土壤耕层硫含量，形态分组的分析测定，结果表明：山西省土壤硫的平均含量为１８μｇ／ｇ，属中下水平，有效硫为１５．１μｇ／ｇ，有效硫／全硫量为８．４％。有效硫的缺硫临界值为１２μｇ／ｇ，施用硫肥油菜可增产１６．８％。