Analysis of class I introns in a mitochondrial plasmid associated with senescence of Podospora anserina reveals extraordinary resemblance to the Tetrahymena ribosomal intron - PubMed (original) (raw)

Analysis of class I introns in a mitochondrial plasmid associated with senescence of Podospora anserina reveals extraordinary resemblance to the Tetrahymena ribosomal intron

F Michel et al. Curr Genet. 1985.

Abstract

Recently, the nucleotide sequences for three "mitochondrial plasmids" associated with senescence of Podospora anserina were determined (Cummings et al. 1985). One of these sequences, corresponding to the plasmid termed epsilon senDNA, contains three class I introns, all within a protein coding sequence equivalent to the mammalian "URF1" gene. Here, we present primary and secondary structure analyses for two of these introns as well as a partial analysis for the third, which extends beyond the DNA sequence determined. With regard to both primary and secondary structure, the closest known relative of intron 1 is the self-splicing intron in the large ribosomal RNA gene of Tetrahymena. One secondary structure domain at the periphery of intron 1 and Tetrahymena models is also present in intron 2. The latter intron is the longest known class I member and contains remnants of two protein-coding sequences, one of which is split by the other. Evolutionary processes that might be responsible for the unusual structure of introns 1 and 2 are discussed.

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