Complete nucleotide sequence of an unusual mobile element from trypanosoma brucei |
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Authors: | G Hasan M J Turner J S Cordingley |
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Affiliation: | 1. MRC Unit for Biochemical Parasitology The Molteno Institute Downing Street Cambridge CB2 3EE, England;2. Department of Pathology University of Cambridge Tennis Court Road Cambridge CB2 1QP, England |
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Abstract: | The complete nucleotide sequence of a mobile element from Trypanosoma brucei is presented along with the sequence of its target site, which shows that the insertion has generated a 7 base pair direct repeat. The cloned copy of the element is a dimeric structure, one end of each monomer consisting of a stretch of 14 A residues preceded by a putative trypanosome polyadenylation signal. Six base pairs of DNA of unknown origin are found in the dimer between the two copies of the element. Evidence suggests that the element is present in the genome mainly as a monomer whose sequence is conserved across several species of trypanosome. The element contains an open reading frame encoding the same 160 amino acid protein in both sequenced copies and is extensively transcribed from both strands. |
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