Reverse transcriptase in bacteria.

Abstract:

:Reverse transcriptase, discovered in 1970 in retroviruses, has until recently been found only in eukaryotic organisms. Recently it was shown to occur in two groups of bacteria: myxobacteria and Escherichia coli. The gene for reverse transcriptase is part of a chromosomal genetic element that codes for the production of a branched DNA-RNA compound. In this compound a single-stranded DNA is connected to RNA at a specific G residue by a 2'-5' phosphodiester linkage. The precursor for the DNA-RNA compound is a folded messenger RNA, in which the specific G residue is the initiation point for reverse transcription. In the final DNA-RNA compound, the portion of the RNA transcribed by reverse transcriptase is eliminated by RNase H. The DNA-RNA compound is present in several hundred copies per cell. Its biological function is unknown at present.

journal_name

Mol Microbiol

journal_title

Molecular microbiology

authors

Lim D,Maas WK

doi

10.1111/j.1365-2958.1989.tb00264.x

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1989-08-01 00:00:00

pages

1141-4

issue

8

eissn

0950-382X

issn

1365-2958

journal_volume

3

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