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RNA editing in trypanosomes

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EJB Reviews 1994

Part of the book series: EJB Reviews 1994 ((EJB REVIEWS,volume 1994))

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Abstract

The nucleotide sequence of mitochondrial pre-mRNAs in trypanosomes is posttranscriptionally edited by the insertion and deletion of uridylate (U) residues. In some RNAs editing is limited to small sections but in African trypanosomes, such as Trypanosoma brucei, 9 of the 18 known mitochondrial mRNAs are created by massive editing which can produce more than 50% of the coding sequence. In all cases, however, RNA editing is a key event in gene expression during which translatable RNAs are generated. The information for the editing process and possibly also the inserted Us are provided by small guide RNAs, which are encoded in both the maxicircle and minicircle components of the trypanosome mitochondrial DNA. Current models of editing are largely based on the characteristics of partially edited RNAs and on the occurrence in vivo and the possibility of synthesis in vitro of chimeric molecules in which a guide RNA is covalently linked through its 3′ oligo(U) tail to an editing site in pre-mRNA. In this paper, I will review the research in this rapidly growing field and illustrate how different interpretations of the available data can lead to different views of the mechanism and the biochemistry of the editing process.

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Abbreviations

gRNA:

guide RNA

mt:

mitochondrial

PCR:

polymerase chain reaction

RPS:

ribosomal protein of the small subunit

ATP:

ATP synthase

cox:

cytochrome c oxidase

CYb:

apocytochrome b

G(CR):

gene producing G-rich pre- mRNA (from a C-rich template strand)

ND:

NADH-dehydrogenase

MURF:

maxicircle unidentified reading frame.

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