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  • 标题:Two versions of the gene encoding the 41-kilodalton subunit of the telomere binding protein of Oxytricha nova.
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  • 作者:B J Hicke ; D W Celander ; G H MacDonald
  • 期刊名称:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 印刷版ISSN:0027-8424
  • 电子版ISSN:1091-6490
  • 出版年度:1990
  • 卷号:87
  • 期号:4
  • 页码:1481-1485
  • DOI:10.1073/pnas.87.4.1481
  • 语种:English
  • 出版社:The National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
  • 摘要:Macronuclear chromosomes of the ciliated protozoan Oxytricha nova terminate with a single-stranded (T4G4)2 overhang. The (T4G4)2 telomeric overhang is tenaciously bound by a protein heterodimer. We have cloned and sequenced the gene encoding the 41-kDa subunit of this telomere binding protein. The predicted amino acid sequence comprises two distinct regions, a carboxyl-terminal two-thirds that is 23% lysine and bears similarity to histone H1 and an amino-terminal one-third containing a hydrophobic stretch of about 15 amino acids. Two macronuclear versions of the gene differ in nucleotide sequence at several positions, but the derived polypeptides differ only at a single position, Ser-110 or Ala-110. Both versions harbor a small intron. The existence of this intron demonstrates that, despite the elimination of 95% of the micronuclear genome from the developing macronucleus, at least some noncoding DNA is retained during macronuclear development of hypotrichous ciliates.
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