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S Hashimoto

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Dependence of platelet adenyl cyclase system on oxidative phosphorylation.

The radioactive adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate (cyclic AMP) level derived from 8-14C adenine in intact rabbit platelets decreased in the presence of mitochondrial inhibitor (potassium cyanide) or uncoupler (sodium azide), and markedly increased by the addition of NaF, monoiodoacetic acid (MIA), or 2-deoxy-D-glucose. The stimulative effect of the glycolytic inhibitors was distinctly enhanced by the simultaneous addition of sodium succinate. MIA did neither directly stimulate the adenyl cyclase activity nor inhibit the phosphodiesterase activity. These results suggest that cyclic AMP synthesis in platelets is closely linked to mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation.

3',5'-Cyclic-AMP Phosphodiesterases↗

2'-O-methylated oligonucleotides in ribosomal 18S and 28S RNA of a mouse hepatoma, MH 134.

Simple two-dimensional thin-layer chromatography was found to be useful for the separation of sugar methylated dinucleotides in RNA. Of the 16 possible sequences of the type Nm-Np, 15 were separated and all the sequences were determined. In a mouse hepatoma, MH 134, the levels of the sugar methylation in the 18S and 28S RNA molecules were 17-18 and 11-12 per 1000 nucleotides, respectively. Thus, 18s RNA contained approximately 35 2'-O-methylated dinucleotides and 28S RNA approximately 60 2'-O-methylated dinucleotides. The pattern of distribution was also distinct between these two molecules. Two 2'-O-methylated trinucleotides were identified in the 28S RNA with the sequences Um-Gm-Up and Um-Gm-psip. A unique 2'-O-methylated tetranucleotide was present also in the 28S RNA, the sequence of which was Am-Gm-Cm-Ap. The 5'-terminal nucleotides of both 18S and 28S RNA were obtained as nucleoside 3',5'-diphosphates (pNp) in the trinucleotide fraction of the RNase T2 digest. The 5'-termimi of 18S and 28S RNA were pUp and pCp, respectively, and found to be almost homogeneous.

Alkaline Phosphatase↗

Oligonucleotide sequences of pancreatic and T1 ribonuclease digests of 5S ribosomal RNA from mouse cells.

Oligonucleotides produced by complete pancreatic and T1 RNase digestion of 5S ribosomal RNA from a mouse hepatoma, MH 134, have been separated with two-dimensional electrophoresis and their nucleotide sequences determined. Except for the presence of a 5'-terminal diphosphate, these nucleotide sequences were identical with those of KB cells, confirming the identity of the primary structure of 5S RNA between these animals. Both oligonucleotide patterns produced with these enzymes from 5S RNA of the liver were also identical with those of the hepatoma. All these agree with the strong conservation of 5S RNA genes in animal species. However, when 5S ribosomal RNA was extracted from ribosomes which were prepared from microsomal pellet, pancreatic RNase digest contained two trinucleotides (A-G-Cp and G-A-Cp) that were not found in 5S RNA prepared with a one-step procedure. It was concluded that different isolation procedure might indeed cause artifactual fragments on enzymatic digestion due to internal nicks produced during isolation. The significance of 5'-terminal diphosphate in relation to the biosynthesis of 5S ribosomal RNA is also discussed.

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