title: A putative signal recognition particle receptor alpha subunit (SR alpha) homologue is expressed in the hyperthermophilic crenarchaeon Sulfolobus acidocaldarius.
abstract: A 1.64 kb genomic DNA sequence from the hyperthermophilic crenarchaeon Sulfolobus acidocaldarius is composed of two adjacent genes. The first functionally unassigned open reading frame (orf-1) comprises 450 base pairs. The second 1.1 kb large open reading frame encodes the putative signal recognition particle receptor alpha subunit (SR alpha). Both genes are expressed under the heterotrophic growth conditions of the organism. The main transcript of orf-1 appears as a monocistronic RNA in Northern hybridization. With regard to SR alpha the transcription pattern was investigated by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction and primer extension analysis. A polyclonal antiserum directed against E. coli lacZ'/Sulfolobus SR alpha fusion protein detects a 40.5 kDa protein (p41) in agreement with the 41.4 kDa as deduced from the nucleotide sequence.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biochemistry, Medical University of Lübeck, Germany.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Moll
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Schmidtke
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Schaefer
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000235:genetics; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011487:Protein Conformation; D012329:RNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D018000:Receptors, Peptide / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D018271:Signal Recognition Particle / Q000378:metabolism*; D016944:Sulfolobus / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D012329:RNA, Bacterial; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear; D018000:Receptors, Peptide; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D018271:Signal Recognition Particle; C036318:signal peptide receptor