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Homólogos de pequeños ARN nucleolares en las arqueas
A D Omer1, T M Lowe, A G Russell
1Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia, 2146 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada.
Resumen
Los investigadores descubrieron pequeños ARN similares a nieve (ARNs) en Archaea, lo que sugiere que la modificación de ARN ribosomal guiada por ARN pequeño nucleolar (ARNsno) existía en el antepasado común de Archaea y Eukarya.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Biología Molecular Biología Molecular
- La genómica es la genómica.
- Biología evolutiva Biología evolutiva.
Sus antecedentes:
- Los ARN ribosómicos eucariotas (ARNr) sufren numerosas modificaciones posttranscripcionales guiadas por los pequeños ARN nucleolares (ARNsno).
- Anteriormente se desconocía la presencia y función de los snoRNA en las arqueas.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Para investigar la existencia de homólogos de snoRNA en genomas arqueológicos.
- Para identificar y caracterizar pequeños ARN similares a nieve (ARNs) en las arqueas.
- Para inferir el origen evolutivo de la modificación del ARNr guiada por snoRNA.
Principales métodos:
- Coinmunoprecipitación de las proteínas de la fibrillarina arqueal y NOP56 para aislar los ARN pequeños asociados.
- Clonado y secuenciación de pequeños ARN similares a nieve (ARNm) identificados de Sulfolobus acidocaldarius.
- Desarrollo de un modelo probabilístico para la identificación in silico de ARNs adicionales en genomas arqueológicos.
Principales resultados:
- Dieciocho sRNAs fueron clonados de Sulfolobus acidocaldarius.
- Se identificaron más de 200 ARNs s adicionales en siete genomas arqueológicos, que abarcan Crenarchaeota y Euryarchaeota.
- Se encontraron homólogos de genes de snoRNA en ambas ramas arqueológicas principales.
Conclusiones:
- El procesamiento de ARNr guiado por ARN pequeño nucleolar (snoRNA) probablemente es anterior a la divergencia de Archaea y Eukarya.
- Este mecanismo estaba presente en el último antepasado común de Archaea y Eukarya, que precedió a la evolución de un núcleo distinto.
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