Initiator tRNAs from archaebacteria show common unique sequence characteristics (original) (raw)

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Archaebacteria have recently become of interest in studies on the phylogeny of organisms, for they are quite different from true bacteria as well as from eukaryotes and are thought to be derived from a separate primary line of descents from true bacteria1. This conclusion is based mainly on nucleotide sequence analysis of 16S ribosomal RNA by Woese and his co-workers, and other genotypic and phenotypic analysis of archaebacteria. To obtain more information on the phylogeny of archaebacteria, we examined the nucleotide sequences of their initiator tRNAs, because much information is available on initiator tRNAs of various organisms, and distinct differences have been found between the sequences of initiator tRNAs of prokaryotes and eukaryotes2. We have now determined the nucleotide sequences of initiator tRNAs from Sulfolobus acidocaldarius, Halococcus morrhuae and Thermoplasma acidophilum, and have found that they have a common unique structural feature that differs from both true bacterial initiator tRNAs and eukaryotic initiator tRNAs.

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  1. Biology Division, National Cancer Center Research Institute, Tsukiji 5–1–1, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, 104, Japan
    Yoshiyuki Kuchino, Makoto Ihara, Yuko Yabusaki & Susumu Nishimura

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Kuchino, Y., Ihara, M., Yabusaki, Y. et al. Initiator tRNAs from archaebacteria show common unique sequence characteristics.Nature 298, 684–685 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1038/298684a0

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