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SELECTIVE CLEAVAGE OF CLOSELY-RELATED MESSENGER-RNAS BY SYNTHETIC RIBOZYMES
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UNSPECIFIED (1992) SELECTIVE CLEAVAGE OF CLOSELY-RELATED MESSENGER-RNAS BY SYNTHETIC RIBOZYMES. NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH, 20 (4). pp. 831-837. ISSN 0305-1048.
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Abstract
In Phaseolus vulgaris L. (French bean) glutamine synthetase (GS) is encoded by four closely-related genes termed gln-alpha, gln-beta, gln-gamma and gln-delta. We have constructed and characterised in vitro a number of hammerhead ribozymes designed to cleave individual RNAs encoded by these genes. The three ribozymes, termed J1, J2 and J3, were targeted to cleave RNA at the start of the gamma and beta, and the middle of the gamma, GS open reading frames respectively. All three ribozymes successfully discriminated between the four (alpha, beta, gamma and delta) highly homologous sequences, even though the targeted sites of cleavage shared up to 18 out of 22 identical bases with other gene family members. The ribozyme-mediated cleavage reactions were Mg2+ dependent and enhanced at higher temperatures, although the J1 ribozyme retained considerable activity at physiological temperatures. Both J1 and J2 demonstrated a time-dependent cleavage of their targeted GS RNAs, although these two ribozymes differed markedly in their ability to cleave multiple substrate molecules. The rate of cleavage by J1 was found to be reduced in the presence of related GS RNAs and by total leaf poly(A) RNAs. The implications of these results for ribozyme activity in vivo are discussed.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | Q Science > QD Chemistry | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH | ||||
Publisher: | OXFORD UNIV PRESS UNITED KINGDOM | ||||
ISSN: | 0305-1048 | ||||
Official Date: | 25 February 1992 | ||||
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Volume: | 20 | ||||
Number: | 4 | ||||
Number of Pages: | 7 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 831-837 | ||||
Publication Status: | Published |
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