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| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Two self-splicing group I introns in the ribonucleotide reductase large subunit gene of Staphylococcus aureus phage Twort |
| Creators Name: | Landthaler, M., Begley, U., Lau, N.C. and Shub, D.A. |
| Abstract: | We have recently described three group I introns inserted into a single gene, orf142, of the staphylococcal bacteriophage Twort and suggested the presence of at least two additional self-splicing introns in this phage genome. Here we report that two previously uncharacterized introns, 429 and 1087 nt in length, interrupt the Twort gene coding for the large subunit of ribonucleotide reductase (nrdE). Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) of RNA isolated from Staphylococcus aureus after phage infection indicates that the introns are removed from the primary transcript in vivo. Both nrdE introns show sequence similarity to the Twort orf142 introns I2 and I3, suggesting either a common origin of these introns or shuffling of intron structural elements. Intron 2 encodes a DNA endonuclease, I-TwoI, with similarity to homing endonucleases of the HNH family. Like I-HmuI and I-HmuII, intron-encoded HNH endonucleases in Bacillus subtilis phages SPO1 and SP82, I-TwoI nicks only one strand of its DNA recognition sequence. However, whereas I-HmuI and I-HmuII cleave the template strand in exon 2, I-TwoI cleaves the coding strand in exon 1. In each case, the 3' OH created on the cut strand is positioned to prime DNA synthesis towards the intron, suggesting that this reaction contributes to the mechanism of intron homing. Both nrdE introns are inserted in highly conserved regions of the ribonucleotide reductase gene, next to codons for functionally important residues. |
| Keywords: | Amino Acid Sequence, Conserved Sequence, Endodeoxyribonucleases, Viral Genes, Viral Genome, Introns, Molecular Sequence Data, Nucleic Acid Conformation, Protein Subunits, RNA Splicing, Viral RNA, Ribonucleotide Reductases, Sequence Alignment, Staphylococcus Phages, Staphylococcus aureus, Virus Integration |
| Source: | Nucleic Acids Research |
| ISSN: | 0305-1048 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Volume: | 30 |
| Number: | 9 |
| Page Range: | 1935-1943 |
| Date: | 1 March 2002 |
| Official Publication: | http://nar.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/30/9/1935 |
| PubMed: | View item in PubMed |
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