生物
内含子
互补
遗传学
基因
酿酒酵母
突变体
核糖核酸
换位(逻辑)
语言学
哲学
作者
Karen Chapman,Jef D. Boeke
出处
期刊:Cell
[Elsevier]
日期:1991-05-01
卷期号:65 (3): 483-492
被引量:224
标识
DOI:10.1016/0092-8674(91)90466-c
摘要
Using a genetic screen aimed at identifying cellular factors involved in Ty1 transposition, we have identified a mutation in a host gene that reduces Ty1 transposition frequency. The mutant, dbr1, is also defective in the process of intron turnover. In dbr1 cells, excised introns derived from a variety of pre-mRNAs are remarkably stable and accumulate to levels exceeding that of the corresponding mRNA. The stable excised introns accumulate in the form of a lariat that is missing the linear sequences 3' of the branchpoint. The DBR1 gene has been isolated by complementation of the transposition phenotype. DBR1 is shown to encode debranching enzyme, an RNA processing activity that hydrolyzes the 2'-5' phosphodiester linkage at the branchpoint of excised intron lariats. In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, debranching enzyme plays a requisite role in the rapid turnover of excised introns, yet its function is not essential for viability.
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