Nuclear pre-mRNA introns: analysis and comparison of intron sequences from Tetrahymena thermophila and other eukaryotes.

Abstract:

:We have sequenced 14 introns from the ciliate Tetrahymena thermophila and include these in an analysis of the 27 intron sequences available from seven T. thermophila protein-encoding genes. Consensus 5' and 3' splice junctions were determined and found to resemble the junctions of other nuclear pre-mRNA introns. Unique features are noted and discussed. Overall the introns have a mean A + T content of 85% (21% higher than neighbouring exons) with smaller introns tending towards a higher A + T content. Approximately half of the introns are less than 100 bp. Introns from other organisms (approximately 30 of each) were also examined. The introns of Dictyostelium discoideum, Caenorhabditis elegans and Drosophila melanogaster, like those of T. thermophila, have a much higher mean A + T content than their neighbouring exons (greater than 20%). Introns from plants, Neurospora crassa and Schizosaccharomyces pombe also have a significantly higher A + T content (10%-20%). Since a high A + T content is required for intron splicing in plants (58), the elevated A + T content in the introns of these other organisms may also be functionally significant. The introns of yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) and mammals (humans) appear to lack this trait and thus in some aspects may be atypical. The polypyrimidine tract, so distinctive of vertebrate introns, is not a trait of the introns in the non-vertebrate organisms examined in this study.

journal_name

Nucleic Acids Res

journal_title

Nucleic acids research

authors

Csank C,Taylor FM,Martindale DW

doi

10.1093/nar/18.17.5133

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1990-09-11 00:00:00

pages

5133-41

issue

17

eissn

0305-1048

issn

1362-4962

journal_volume

18

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