Leader sequences of Strongylocentrotus purpuratus histone mRNAs start at a unique heptanucleotide common to all five histone genes.

AUTOR(ES)

Sures, I

RESUMO

We have determined the sequence of the untranslated leader nucleotides of all five histone mRNAs from Strongylocentrotus purpuratus by the dideoxy chain termination method. Total polysomal RNA from sea urchin embryos was used as a substrate for cDNA synthesis primed by specific DNA restriction fragments. Each of the primers was derived from the 5'-terminal part of the coding region for a different histone protein. The five histone mRNA leader sequences are different in length and primary structure. The 5' termini of all five histone mRNAs coincide with the unique heptanucleotide Py-Py-A-T-T-C-Pu in genomic DNA. This sequence, which defines the start of the individual histone mRNAs, is preceded by the A+T-rich octanucleotide identified in front of all eukaryotic structural genes where sequences have been determined to date.

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