A tRNA pseudogene in the archaeon Methanococcus jannaschii.

Journal article

While searching the first completely sequenced genome of the archaeon Methanococcus jannaschii for a small RNA gene, we discovered a 5' truncated gene of a transfer RNA (tRNA(Ser-UCR)) at position 334,431-334,486; including the CCA-end that exactly matched the 3' terminal domain of the annotated M. jannaschii tRNA(Ser-UCR) gene located at position 303,992-304,081. This truncated tRNA gene covering 56 nucleotides (about 2/3) of the genuine tRNA represents, to the best of our knowledge, the first described tRNA pseudogene in the archaeal domain.

Authors: Lühn, K; Makalowski, W; Brosius, J

• Journal: DNA sequence : the journal of DNA sequencing and mapping
• Volume: 11
• Issue: 1-2
• Pages: 97-99
• Publication date: 2000-01-01
• EISSN: 1029-2365
• ISSN: 1042-5179
• Language: English
• Keywords: Genes, Archaeal; DNA, Archaeal; Base Sequence; RNA, Transfer, Amino Acyl; RNA, Archaeal; Methanococcus; Pseudogenes; Molecular Sequence Data