Two distinct subforms of the retrotransposable DRE element in NC4 strains of Dictyostelium discoideum.

Abstract:

:Approximately 2% of the Dictyostelium discoideum genome consists of multiple copies of a retrotransposable element termed DRE (Dictyostelium Repetitive Element). These elements have always been found integrated in a position and orientation-specific manner 50 +/- 4 nucleotides upstream of the coding region of tRNA genes (tDNAs). An intact DRE is 5.7 kb long. It carries an extensive coding region flanked by non-identical long terminal repeats (LTRs), composed of three distinct modules A, B and C. The left LTR proximal to the tRNA gene contains one or several A-modules followed by a single B-module (AnB). By contrast, the right LTR is composed of a B-module followed by a C-module (BC). Approximately 50% of the DRE elements in NC4 derivatives of D. discoideum are structurally different from the 5.7 kb DRE described above. They carry the following alterations: a) a 3.1 kb deletion in the coding region; b) two small deletions of 8 and 29 nucleotides in the B-module of the right LTR; c) a 72 bp deletion in the B-C junction; and d) three distinct point mutations within the A-module of the left LTR. The deletion in the open reading frame encompasses the putative coding regions for reverse transcriptase adn integrase. At least 60 copies of this smaller 2.4 kb DRE subtype are found in the genome of D. discoideum NC4 strains associated with tRNA genes. Thus, inspite of their lack in reverse transcriptase and integrase those 2.4 kb elements are presumably transposable and at least all isolated copies are found exclusively in the proximity of tRNA gene loci. The enzymes needed for their replication and transposition are likely to be provided by the intact 5.7 kb DREs.

journal_name

Nucleic Acids Res

journal_title

Nucleic acids research

authors

Marschalek R,Hofmann J,Schumann G,Dingermann T

doi

10.1093/nar/20.23.6247

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Has Abstract

pub_date

1992-12-11 00:00:00

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6247-52

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23

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0305-1048

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1362-4962

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20

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