BBC Russian
Svoboda | Graniru | BBC Russia | Golosameriki | Facebook

This website requires cookies, and the limited processing of your personal data in order to function. By using the site you are agreeing to this as outlined in our privacy notice and cookie policy.

Archaebacterial DNA-dependent RNA polymerases testify to the evolution of the eukaryotic nuclear genome.

Author information

Affiliations

  • 1. Max-Planck-Institut für Biochemie, Martinsried, Federal Republic of Germany.
      Authors
    • Pühler G 1
    (1 author)

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 01 Jun 1989, 86(12):4569-4573
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.86.12.4569 PMID: 2499884 PMCID: PMC287312

Free full text in Europe PMC

Abstract 

Genes for DNA-dependent RNA polymerase components B, A, and C from the archaebacterium Sulfolobus acidocaldarius and for components B", B', A, and C from the archaebacterium Halobacterium halobium were cloned and sequenced. They are organized in gene clusters in the order above, which corresponds to the order of the homologous rpoB and rpoC genes in the corresponding operon of the Escherichia coli genome. Derived amino acid sequences of archaebacterial components A and C were aligned with each other and with the sequences of corresponding (largest) subunits from the archaebacterium Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum, with sequences of various eukaryotic nuclear RNA polymerases I, II, and III, and with the sequence of the beta' component from E. coli polymerase. The archaebacterial genes for component A are homologous to about the first two-thirds of genes for the eukaryotic component A and the eubacterial component beta', and the archaebacterial genes for component C are homologous to the last third of the genes for the eukaryotic component A and the eubacterial component beta'. Unrooted phylogenetic dendrograms derived from both distance matrix and parsimony analyses show the archaebacteria are a coherent group closely related to the eukaryotic nuclear RNA polymerase II and/or III lineages. The eukaryotic polymerase I lineage appears to arise separately from a bifurcation with the eubacterial beta' component lineage.

Free full text 

Logo of pnasLink to Publisher's site
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1989 Jun; 86(12): 4569–4573.
PMCID: PMC287312
PMID: 2499884

Archaebacterial DNA-dependent RNA polymerases testify to the evolution of the eukaryotic nuclear genome.

G Pühler, H Leffers, F Gropp, P Palm, H P Klenk, F Lottspeich, R A Garrett, and W Zillig
Author information Copyright and License information Disclaimer

Abstract

Genes for DNA-dependent RNA polymerase components B, A, and C from the archaebacterium Sulfolobus acidocaldarius and for components B", B', A, and C from the archaebacterium Halobacterium halobium were cloned and sequenced. They are organized in gene clusters in the order above, which corresponds to the order of the homologous rpoB and rpoC genes in the corresponding operon of the Escherichia coli genome. Derived amino acid sequences of archaebacterial components A and C were aligned with each other and with the sequences of corresponding (largest) subunits from the archaebacterium Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum, with sequences of various eukaryotic nuclear RNA polymerases I, II, and III, and with the sequence of the beta' component from E. coli polymerase. The archaebacterial genes for component A are homologous to about the first two-thirds of genes for the eukaryotic component A and the eubacterial component beta', and the archaebacterial genes for component C are homologous to the last third of the genes for the eukaryotic component A and the eubacterial component beta'. Unrooted phylogenetic dendrograms derived from both distance matrix and parsimony analyses show the archaebacteria are a coherent group closely related to the eukaryotic nuclear RNA polymerase II and/or III lineages. The eukaryotic polymerase I lineage appears to arise separately from a bifurcation with the eubacterial beta' component lineage.

Full text

Full text is available as a scanned copy of the original print version. Get a printable copy (PDF file) of the complete article (1.3M), or click on a page image below to browse page by page. Links to PubMed are also available for Selected References.
 
icon of scanned page 4569
4569
icon of scanned page 4570
4570
icon of scanned page 4571
4571
icon of scanned page 4572
4572
icon of scanned page 4573
4573
 

Selected References

These references are in PubMed. This may not be the complete list of references from this article.
  • Woese CR, Olsen GJ. Archaebacterial phylogeny: perspectives on the urkingdoms. Syst Appl Microbiol. 1986;7:161–177. [Abstract] [Google Scholar]
  • Woese CR. Bacterial evolution. Microbiol Rev. 1987 Jun;51(2):221–271. [Europe PMC free article] [Abstract] [Google Scholar]
  • Mémet S, Gouy M, Marck C, Sentenac A, Buhler JM. RPA190, the gene coding for the largest subunit of yeast RNA polymerase A. J Biol Chem. 1988 Feb 25;263(6):2830–2839. [Abstract] [Google Scholar]
  • Schnabel R, Thomm M, Gerardy-Schahn R, Zillig W, Stetter KO, Huet J. Structural homology between different archaebacterial DNA-dependent RNA polymerases analyzed by immunological comparison of their components. EMBO J. 1983;2(5):751–755. [Europe PMC free article] [Abstract] [Google Scholar]
  • Huet J, Schnabel R, Sentenac A, Zillig W. Archaebacteria and eukaryotes possess DNA-dependent RNA polymerases of a common type. EMBO J. 1983;2(8):1291–1294. [Europe PMC free article] [Abstract] [Google Scholar]
  • Reiter WD, Palm P, Zillig W. Analysis of transcription in the archaebacterium Sulfolobus indicates that archaebacterial promoters are homologous to eukaryotic pol II promoters. Nucleic Acids Res. 1988 Jan 11;16(1):1–19. [Europe PMC free article] [Abstract] [Google Scholar]
  • Thomm M, Wich G. An archaebacterial promoter element for stable RNA genes with homology to the TATA box of higher eukaryotes. Nucleic Acids Res. 1988 Jan 11;16(1):151–163. [Europe PMC free article] [Abstract] [Google Scholar]
  • Bucher P, Trifonov EN. Compilation and analysis of eukaryotic POL II promoter sequences. Nucleic Acids Res. 1986 Dec 22;14(24):10009–10026. [Europe PMC free article] [Abstract] [Google Scholar]
  • Fitch WM, Margoliash E. Construction of phylogenetic trees. Science. 1967 Jan 20;155(3760):279–284. [Abstract] [Google Scholar]
  • Leffers H, Gropp F, Lottspeich F, Zillig W, Garrett RA. Sequence, organization, transcription and evolution of RNA polymerase subunit genes from the archaebacterial extreme halophiles Halobacterium halobium and Halococcus morrhuae. J Mol Biol. 1989 Mar 5;206(1):1–17. [Abstract] [Google Scholar]
  • Oesterhelt D, Stoeckenius W. Isolation of the cell membrane of Halobacterium halobium and its fractionation into red and purple membrane. Methods Enzymol. 1974;31:667–678. [Abstract] [Google Scholar]
  • Madon J, Zillig W. A form of the DNA-dependent RNA polymerase of Halobacterium halobium, containing an additional component, is able to transcribe native DNA. Eur J Biochem. 1983 Jun 15;133(2):471–474. [Abstract] [Google Scholar]
  • Young RA, Davis RW. Efficient isolation of genes by using antibody probes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1983 Mar;80(5):1194–1198. [Europe PMC free article] [Abstract] [Google Scholar]
  • Frischauf AM, Lehrach H, Poustka A, Murray N. Lambda replacement vectors carrying polylinker sequences. J Mol Biol. 1983 Nov 15;170(4):827–842. [Abstract] [Google Scholar]
  • Guo LH, Yang RC, Wu R. An improved strategy for rapid direct sequencing of both strands of long DNA molecules cloned in a plasmid. Nucleic Acids Res. 1983 Aug 25;11(16):5521–5540. [Europe PMC free article] [Abstract] [Google Scholar]
  • Kieny MP, Lathe R, Lecocq JP. New versatile cloning and sequencing vectors based on bacteriophage M13. Gene. 1983 Dec;26(1):91–99. [Abstract] [Google Scholar]
  • Norrander J, Kempe T, Messing J. Construction of improved M13 vectors using oligodeoxynucleotide-directed mutagenesis. Gene. 1983 Dec;26(1):101–106. [Abstract] [Google Scholar]
  • Sanger F, Nicklen S, Coulson AR. DNA sequencing with chain-terminating inhibitors. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1977 Dec;74(12):5463–5467. [Europe PMC free article] [Abstract] [Google Scholar]
  • Devereux J, Haeberli P, Smithies O. A comprehensive set of sequence analysis programs for the VAX. Nucleic Acids Res. 1984 Jan 11;12(1 Pt 1):387–395. [Europe PMC free article] [Abstract] [Google Scholar]
  • Lake JA. Determining evolutionary distances from highly diverged nucleic acid sequences: operator metrics. J Mol Evol. 1987;26(1-2):59–73. [Abstract] [Google Scholar]
  • Holmquist R, Miyamoto MM, Goodman M. Analysis of higher-primate phylogeny from transversion differences in nuclear and mitochondrial DNA by Lake's methods of evolutionary parsimony and operator metrics. Mol Biol Evol. 1988 May;5(3):217–236. [Abstract] [Google Scholar]
  • Olsen GJ, Pace NR, Nuell M, Kaine BP, Gupta R, Woese CR. Sequence of the 16S rRNA gene from the thermoacidophilic archaebacterium Sulfolobus solfataricus and its evolutionary implications. J Mol Evol. 1985;22(4):301–307. [Abstract] [Google Scholar]
  • Mankin AS, Kagramanova VK, Teterina NL, Rubtsov PM, Belova EN, Kopylov AM, Baratova LA, Bogdanov AA. The nucleotide sequence of the gene coding for the 16S rRNA from the archaebacterium Halobacterium halobium. Gene. 1985;37(1-3):181–189. [Abstract] [Google Scholar]
  • Berghöfer B, Kröckel L, Körtner C, Truss M, Schallenberg J, Klein A. Relatedness of archaebacterial RNA polymerase core subunits to their eubacterial and eukaryotic equivalents. Nucleic Acids Res. 1988 Aug 25;16(16):8113–8128. [Europe PMC free article] [Abstract] [Google Scholar]
  • Allison LA, Moyle M, Shales M, Ingles CJ. Extensive homology among the largest subunits of eukaryotic and prokaryotic RNA polymerases. Cell. 1985 Sep;42(2):599–610. [Abstract] [Google Scholar]
  • Corden JL, Cadena DL, Ahearn JM, Jr, Dahmus ME. A unique structure at the carboxyl terminus of the largest subunit of eukaryotic RNA polymerase II. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1985 Dec;82(23):7934–7938. [Europe PMC free article] [Abstract] [Google Scholar]
  • Evers R, Hammer A, Köck J, Jess W, Borst P, Mémet S, Cornelissen AW. Trypanosoma brucei contains two RNA polymerase II largest subunit genes with an altered C-terminal domain. Cell. 1989 Feb 24;56(4):585–597. [Abstract] [Google Scholar]
  • Köck J, Evers R, Cornelissen AW. Structure and sequence of the gene for the largest subunit of trypanosomal RNA polymerase III. Nucleic Acids Res. 1988 Sep 26;16(18):8753–8772. [Europe PMC free article] [Abstract] [Google Scholar]
  • Ovchinnikov YuA, Monastyrskaya GS, Gubanov VV, Guryev SO, Salomatina IS, Shuvaeva TM, Lipkin VM, Sverdlov ED. The primary structure of E. coli RNA polymerase, Nucleotide sequence of the rpoC gene and amino acid sequence of the beta'-subunit. Nucleic Acids Res. 1982 Jul 10;10(13):4035–4044. [Europe PMC free article] [Abstract] [Google Scholar]
  • Nonet M, Sweetser D, Young RA. Functional redundancy and structural polymorphism in the large subunit of RNA polymerase II. Cell. 1987 Sep 11;50(6):909–915. [Abstract] [Google Scholar]
  • Feng DF, Johnson MS, Doolittle RF. Aligning amino acid sequences: comparison of commonly used methods. J Mol Evol. 1984;21(2):112–125. [Abstract] [Google Scholar]
  • Lake JA, Henderson E, Oakes M, Clark MW. Eocytes: a new ribosome structure indicates a kingdom with a close relationship to eukaryotes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1984 Jun;81(12):3786–3790. [Europe PMC free article] [Abstract] [Google Scholar]
  • Miller G. Animal model for Epstein-Barr lymphoma. Nature. 1986 Feb 20;319(6055):626–626. [Abstract] [Google Scholar]
  • Auer J, Lechner K, Böck A. Gene organization and structure of two transcriptional units from Methanococcus coding for ribosomal proteins and elongation factors. Can J Microbiol. 1989 Jan;35(1):200–204. [Abstract] [Google Scholar]
  • Kjems J, Garrett RA. Novel expression of the ribosomal RNA genes in the extreme thermophile and archaebacterium Desulfurococcus mobilis. EMBO J. 1987 Nov;6(11):3521–3530. [Europe PMC free article] [Abstract] [Google Scholar]
  • Murphy S, Di Liegro C, Melli M. The in vitro transcription of the 7SK RNA gene by RNA polymerase III is dependent only on the presence of an upstream promoter. Cell. 1987 Oct 9;51(1):81–87. [Abstract] [Google Scholar]
  • Fox GE, Stackebrandt E, Hespell RB, Gibson J, Maniloff J, Dyer TA, Wolfe RS, Balch WE, Tanner RS, Magrum LJ, et al. The phylogeny of prokaryotes. Science. 1980 Jul 25;209(4455):457–463. [Abstract] [Google Scholar]
  • Zillig W, Palm P, Reiter WD, Gropp F, Pühler G, Klenk HP. Comparative evaluation of gene expression in archaebacteria. Eur J Biochem. 1988 May 2;173(3):473–482. [Abstract] [Google Scholar]
Articles from Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America are provided here courtesy of National Academy of Sciences

Full text links 

Read article at publisher's site: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.86.12.4569

Read article for free, from open access legal sources, via Unpaywall: https://europepmc.org/articles/pmc287312?pdf=renderUnpaywall

Citations & impact 

Impact metrics

117
Citations
Jump to Citations

Citations of article over time

Alternative metrics

Altmetric item for https://www.altmetric.com/details/34337368
Altmetric
Discover the attention surrounding your research
https://www.altmetric.com/details/34337368

Smart citations by scite.ai
Smart citations by scite.ai include citation statements extracted from the full text of the citing article. The number of the statements may be higher than the number of citations provided by EuropePMC if one paper cites another multiple times or lower if scite has not yet processed some of the citing articles.
Explore citation contexts and check if this article has been supported or disputed.
https://scite.ai/reports/10.1073/pnas.86.12.4569

Supporting
Mentioning
Contrasting
7
119
1

Article citations

Go to all (117) article citations

Similar Articles 

To arrive at the top five similar articles we use a word-weighted algorithm to compare words from the Title and Abstract of each citation.