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Query: EC:3.1.26.5 (
RNase P
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The chemically synthesized gene for Escherichia coli tyrosine suppressor tRNA has been joined to both plasmid (ColE1 ampr) and bacteriophage (Charon 3A) vector chromosomes after the latter had been digested with the restriction endonuclease EcoRI. Suppression of both bacterial (trpA, his, lacZ) and bacteriophage lambda amber mutations (Aam32, Bam1) has been demonstrated after transformation of E. coli with the recombinant DNA molecules carrying the synthetic suppressor tRNA gene. The cloned synthetic gene has been reisolated from the vector chromosomes after digestion of the latter with EcoRI restriction endonuclease and characterized in regard to its size and its ability to serve as a source of suppressor activity in further transformation experiments. This synthetic gene has also been shown to suppress bacterial amber mutations after it had been incorporated into the E. coli chromosome as part of a lambda prophage. Transcription, in vitro, of the cloned synthetic suppressor gene gave a product which, on treatment with a crude E. coli extract, afforded the tyrosine suppressor tRNA precursor. The latter was characterized by two-dimensional fingerprinting after digestion with T1-
RNase
. Exposure of the in vitro transcript to
RNase P
Selectively released the 41-nucleotide-long fragment characteristic of the 5'-end of the tRNA precursor. Thus, the nucleotide sequence of the cloned gene is accurate and its expression is controlled by its promoter.
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PMID:Total synthesis of a tyrosine suppressor tRNA gene. XVIII. Biological activity and transcription, in vitro, of the cloned gene. 37 20
RNase P
preparations from Escherichia coli can be separated into RNA and protein by chromatography, in buffers containing 7 M urea, on Sephadex G-200, DEAE-Sephadex, or CM-Sephadex columns. Neither RNA nor protein components alone exhibits any
RNase
activity.
RNase P
activity can be reconstituted by mixing separated RNA and protein components in buffer containing 7M urea followed by dialysis of this mixture to remove the urea. Of several purified RNAs tried, only M2 RNA, the RNA species found in purified
RNase P
, is active in the reconstitution experiments.
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PMID:Reconstitution of RNase P activity from inactive RNA and protein. 38 49
A fragment representing the 3'-terminal 'tRNA-like' region of turnip yellow mosaic (TYM) virus RNA has been purified following incubation of intact TYM virus RNA with Escherichia coli '
RNase P
'. This fragment, which is 112+3-nucleotides long has been completely digested with T1
RNase
and pancreatic RNase and all the oligonucleotides present in such digests have been sequenced using 32P-end labelling techniques in vitro. The TYM virus RNA fragment is free of modified nucleosides and does not contain a G-U-U-C-R sequence. Using nuclease P1 from Penicillium citrinum, the sequence of 26 nucleotides from the 5' end and 16 nucleotides from the 3' end of this fragment has been deduced. The nucleotide sequence at the 5' end of the TYM virus RNA fragment indicates that this fragment includes the end of the TYM virus coat protein gene.
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PMID:Studies on the sequence of the 3'-terminal region of turnip-yellow-mosaic-virus RNA. 40 64
In a temperature-sensitive mutant of E. coli defective in tRNA biosynthesis, many tRNA precursors, including monomeric and multimeric forms, accumulate. Some of the multimeric precursors contain three or more tRNA sequences within a molecule. These large precursors were cleaved by cell extracts first into intermediate size pieces which were subsequently processed by
RNase P
. On the basis of heat stability of mutant cell extracts, the endonuclease responsible for the initial cleavage appears to be distinct from
RNase P
and is designated
RNase
O. One of the monomeric precursors was shown to be processed first by
RNase P
and the product subsequently cleaved further into a smaller molecule. The nuclease responsible for this second cleavage also appears to be distinct from
RNase P
and is designated
RNase
Q. The functions of these nucleases are sequential in the trimming process with respect to that of
RNase P
;
RNase
O works prior to
RNase P
and
RNase
Q after
RNase P
but in both cases, not vice versa.
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PMID:Sequential processing of precursor tRNA molecules in Escherichia coli. 110 44
Our results indicate that
RNase P
has a very general role in the processing of tRNA precursors in E. coli, being responsible for the cleavage of virtually all precursor molecules at a site corresponding to the 5' end of the mature tRNA, and that at least two other RNases play specific roles in precursor processing. One of these, which may be RNase II, is responsible for removing extra nucleotides from the 3' end of tRNA precursors. The other, which we call
RNase
P2, is an endonuclease that cleaves precursors in spacer regions between different tRNA sequences; this enzyme is involved in the processing of large multimeric precursors.
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PMID:Processing of E. coli tRNA precursors. 110
The genes encoding the RNA subunit of
ribonuclease P
from the unicellular cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803, and from the heterocyst-forming strains Anabaena sp. PCC 7120 and Calothrix sp. PCC 7601 were cloned using the homologous gene from Anacystis nidulans (Synechococcus sp. PCC 6301) as a probe. The genes and the flanking regions were sequenced. The genes from Anabaena and Calothrix are flanked at their 3'-ends by short tandemly repeated repetitive (STRR) sequences. In addition, two other sets of STRR sequences were detected within the transcribed regions of the Anabaena and Calothrix genes, increasing the length of a variable secondary structure element present in many RNA subunits of
ribonuclease P
from eubacteria. The ends of the mature RNAs were determined by primer extension and
RNase
protection. The predicted secondary structure of the three RNAs studied is similar to that of Anacystis and although some idiosyncrasies are observed, fits well with the eubacterial consensus.
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PMID:Analysis of the gene encoding the RNA subunit of ribonuclease P from cyanobacteria. 128 40
Mammalian MRP (for mitochondrial RNA processing) RNA, also known as 7-2 RNA, is a nuclear encoded small RNA which has been reported to function in two different cellular compartments: in the mitochondria and in the nucleus. The ribonucleoprotein particle which contains the 7-2/MRP RNA, called
RNase
MRP, has ribonucleolytic activity and shares some structural similarity with
RNase P
. It has been proposed that in mitochondria, the
RNase
MRP is responsible for endonucleolytic cleavage of primer RNA during DNA replication. We have characterized the gene and cDNAs encoding 7-2/MRP-like RNA in Arabidopsis and tobacco, and found that in plants this RNA is enriched in nucleoli but is undetectable in purified mitochondria isolated from tobacco leaves or cells grown in suspension. In glycerol gradients tobacco 7-2/MRP RNA cosediments with large approximately 80S structures possibly representing ribosomal precursors. Fractionation of HeLa cells has also revealed that 7-2/MRP resides in the nucleolus and that most of it is associated with complexes sedimenting at approximately 80S, similar to those containing the U3 nucleolar RNA which is known to participate in pre-rRNA processing. These results indicate that the 7-2/MRP ribonucleoparticle may be involved in ribosome biogenesis, in both plant and mammalian cells.
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PMID:7-2/MRP RNAs in plant and mammalian cells: association with higher order structures in the nucleolus. 138 78
In order to facilitate studies of the assembly and transport of the site-specific
RNase
mitochondrial RNA processing (MRP) ribonucleoprotein, we have characterized it from Xenopus laevis cells. X. laevis
RNase
MRP displayed a similar spectrum of cleavage activity to that produced by previously isolated mammalian nuclear enzymes. A 277-nucleotide RNA component of the ribonucleoprotein was identified; the gene for the RNA was isolated, sequenced, and found to be 66 and 63% similar to mouse and human
RNase
MRP RNAs, respectively. Despite the evolutionary distance from its mammalian counterparts, X. laevis
RNase
MRP RNA contains five regions of homology to the mammalian
RNase
MRP RNA. Four of these regions correspond to those previously identified as conserved between
RNase
MRP and
RNase P
RNAs; the fifth encompasses nucleotides recently discovered to be sufficient for autoantigen binding. The expression and assembly of Xenopus
RNase
MRP RNA were examined in frog oocytes and developing embryos.
RNase
MRP RNA was expressed throughout oogenesis; it started to accumulate at stage I and reached a maximum in stage IV. During embryogenesis
RNase
MRP RNA expression began to elevate at approximately stage 22 and continued to rise through the swimming tadpole stage. When injected into the nucleus of mature oocytes, the X. laevis
RNase
MRP RNA gene was expressed accurately, and transcripts were packaged into immunoprecipitable particles.
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PMID:Characterization of a Xenopus laevis ribonucleoprotein endoribonuclease. Isolation of the RNA component and its expression during development. 138 27
A 40-kDa To antigen recognized by sera from some patients with autoimmune diseases is an integral component of both human
RNase P
and mitochondrial RNA processing (MRP)
RNase
. Human MRP and
RNase P
RNAs, synthesized in vitro, readily associate with the To antigen present in the HeLa cell extract. Using this in vitro reconstitution system, the binding site of the To antigen is localized to a 44-nucleotide-long sequence corresponding to nucleotides 21 to 64 of the human MRP RNA. UV cross-linking experiments showed that the To antigen binds directly to MRP RNA and to
RNase P
(H1) RNA through RNA-protein interactions. Although the MRP RNA and RNAse P (H1) RNA show sequence homology in four conserved blocks (H. A. Gold, J. N. Topper, D. A. Clayton, and J. Craft, Science 245:1377-1380, 1989), the To antigen-binding site in MRP RNA does not show any obvious primary sequence homology with H1 RNA. These data suggest that the To antigen binds to a conserved and presumably a common secondary or tertiary structure in human MRP and
RNase P
RNAs.
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PMID:The 40-kilodalton to autoantigen associates with nucleotides 21 to 64 of human mitochondrial RNA processing/7-2 RNA in vitro. 171 26
We have previously described a mitochondrial activity that removes 5' leaders from yeast mitochondrial precursor tRNAs and suggested that it is a mitochondrial
RNase P
. Here we demonstrate that the cleavage reaction results in a 5' phosphate on the tRNA product and thus the activity is analogous to that of other
RNase
Ps. A mitochondrial gene called the tRNA synthesis locus encodes an A + U-rich RNA required for this activity in vivo. Two regions of this RNA display sequence similarity to conserved sequences in bacterial
RNase P
RNAs. This sequence similarity coupled with the analogous activities of the enzymes has led us to conclude that the RNAs are homologous and that the tRNA synthesis locus does code for the mitochondrial
RNase P
RNA subunit. The smallest and most abundant transcript of the tRNA synthesis locus is 490 nucleotides long. However, during purification of the holoenzyme, RNA is degraded and pieces of the original RNA are sufficient to support
RNase P
activity in vitro.
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PMID:Characterization of yeast mitochondrial RNase P: an intact RNA subunit is not essential for activity in vitro. 247 23
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