A low-molecular-weight RNA species in yeast mitochondria arising from a 3' end trimming of cytochrome b pre-mRNA.
Immobilization of yeast mitochondrial RNA on nitrocellulose filters without prior alkali treatment revealed a low-MW RNA species (integral of 300 bases) which hybridizes specifically to the RNA coding strand of a DNA fragment BglII-HinfI at the 3' end of the COB-BOX gene. This RNA species (often a doublet) was found in several independent preparations of wild-type mtRNA and even in box- mutants blocked in the earliest steps of mRNA maturation (e.g. box 8-1). It may, therefore, result from an endonucleolytic cut similar to that which precedes the addition of a poly-A tail in other systems.
D003573:Cytochrome b Group; D003580:Cytochromes / Q000235:genetics*; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000032:analysis*; D008970:Molecular Weight; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D012331:RNA, Fungal / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism
D003573:Cytochrome b Group; D003580:Cytochromes; D012331:RNA, Fungal; D012333:RNA, Messenger