title: Isolation and characterization of a cDNA encoding a putative high mobility group (HMG)--box protein from stored mRNA in resting cysts of the ciliate Oxytricha (Sterkiella) nova: ciliate macronuclear gene encoding a putative HMG-box protein.
abstract: We have isolated an cDNA after applying a DDRT-PCR analysis on mRNA from mature resting cysts of the ciliate Oxytricha (Sterkiella) nova. From this cDNA fragment the complete macronuclear minichromosome was obtained by using the Mac-End-PCR method. After cloning and sequencing, this cDNA shown certain similarity to HMG-like proteins. The analysis of the inferred amino acid sequence shown that this putative HMG-like protein has one HMG-box interrupted by a intron. The analysis of others characteristics (including a 3D model) confirms that it is a HMGB family protein. It is the first time that a macronuclear gene encoding a putative HMG-box protein is isolated from resting cysts of a stichotrich ciliate. The possible implications of this stored mRNA in the ciliate cryptobiotic stage are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Microbiología-111, Facultad de Biología, C/. José Antonio Novais, 2, Universidad Complutense (UCM), 28040 Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Sergio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Callejas
authors.forename: Juan Carlos
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Gutiérrez
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D024002:HMGB Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016813:Oxytricha / Q000166:cytology / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D023121:RNA, Messenger, Stored / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D024002:HMGB Proteins; D023121:RNA, Messenger, Stored