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Comparative Study
. 1984;21(3):259-69.
doi: 10.1007/BF02102358.

Comparison of the nucleotide sequence of soybean 18S rRNA with the sequences of other small-subunit rRNAs

V K Eckenrode, J Arnold, R B Meagher
Comparative Study

Comparison of the nucleotide sequence of soybean 18S rRNA with the sequences of other small-subunit rRNAs

V K Eckenrode et al. J Mol Evol. 1984.

Abstract

We present the sequence of the nuclear-encoded ribosomal small-subunit RNA from soybean. The soybean 18S rRNA sequence of 1807 nucleotides (nt) is contained in a gene family of approximately 800 closely related members per haploid genome. This sequence is compared with the ribosomal small-subunit RNAs of maize (1805 nt), yeast (1789 nt), Xenopus (1825 nt), rat (1869 nt), and Escherichia coli (1541 nt). Significant sequence homology is observed among the eukaryotic small-subunit rRNAs examined, and some sequence homology is observed between eukaryotic and prokaryotic small-subunit rRNAs. Conserved regions are found to be interspersed among highly diverged sequences. The significance of these comparisons is evaluated using computer simulation of a random sequence model. A tentative model of the secondary structure of soybean 18S rRNA is presented and discussed in the context of the functions of the various conserved regions within the sequence. On the basis of this model, the short base-paired sequences defining the four structural and functional domains of all 18S rRNAs are seen to be well conserved. The potential roles of other conserved soybean 18S rRNA sequences in protein synthesis are discussed.

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