title: Organization of a Sulfolobus solfataricus gene cluster homologous to the Escherichia coli str operon.
abstract: The Sulfolobus solfataricus S12, S7 and S10 ribosomal proteins and the elongation factor 1 alpha genes are organized in a sequence analogous to that in the Escherichia coli str operon. Northern analysis showed that the S12 gene belongs to a transcript different from that corresponding to the other three genes. Compared to the Sulfolobus acidocaldarius S12 and to the Methanococcus vannielii S7 proteins, the S. solfataricus S12 and S7 proteins were 33 and 47 amino acids longer respectively. These differences were eliminated if the 5' flanking regions of the S. acidocaldarius S12 and the M. vannielii S7 genes were translated from a different start codon. Despite the structural similarities between the archaeal and the bacterial str operons the S. solfataricus ribosomal proteins S12, S7 and S10 are more similar to the eukaryotic counterparts.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Biochimica e Biotecnologie Mediche, Università di Napoli Federico II, Italia.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ianniciello
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gallo
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Arcari
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bocchini
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018387:Codon, Initiator; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D005798:Genes, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D005810:Multigene Family / Q000235:genetics*; D016366:Open Reading Frames / Q000235:genetics; D009876:Operon / Q000235:genetics*; D020648:Peptide Elongation Factor 1; D010445:Peptide Elongation Factors / Q000235:genetics; D010802:Phylogeny; D012329:RNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis; D012269:Ribosomal Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D016944:Sulfolobus / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D018387:Codon, Initiator; D020648:Peptide Elongation Factor 1; D010445:Peptide Elongation Factors; D012329:RNA, Bacterial; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D012269:Ribosomal Proteins; C029537:ribosomal protein S10; C034212:ribosomal protein S12; C037442:ribosomal protein S7