RNA metabolism, manganese, and RNA polymerases of zinc-sufficient and zinc-deficient Euglena gracilis.
AUTOR(ES)
Falchuk, K H
RESUMO
The three major RNA classes from zinc-sufficient [(+Zn)] and zinc-deficient [(=Zn)] Euglena gracilis have been separated by affinity chromatography on oligo(dT)- and N-[N'-[m-(dihydroxyboryl)phenyl]succinamoyl]aminoethyl (DBAE)-celluloses. The total RNA content and the ribosomal and transfer RNA fractions are the same in (+Zn) and (=Zn) cells. IN (-Zn) cells, the messenger RNA fraction increases, and its altered base composition reveals additional bases and a 2-fold increase in the (G+C)/(A+U) ratio. Since the intracellular content of manganese increases in (-Zn) cells, we have examined its role in determining these changes in RNA composition. An increase in the Mn2+ content from 1 to 10 mM in assays with RNA polymerases I and II from (+Zn) cells and those with the single RNA polymerase from (-Zn) cells decreases the ratio of UMP to CMP incorporated from 1.7 to 1.0, 2.1 to 0.8 and 3.5 to 0.4, respectively. Thus, Mn2+ concentration can significantly alter the products of the enzymatic action of RNA polymerases from both (+Zn) and (-Zn) E. gracilis cells.
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