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Molecular Biology and Evolution, Vol 7, 29-44, Copyright © 1990 by Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution

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Evolution of nucleic acids coding for ribonucleases: the mRNA sequence of mouse pancreatic ribonuclease

C Schuller, HM Nijssen, R Kok and JJ Beintema
Biochemisch Laboratorium, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, The Netherlands.

The cDNA of mouse pancreatic mRNA has been cloned. After the library was screened with a rat ribonuclease cDNA probe, the positive clones were isolated and sequenced. There were no differences from the previously determined protein sequence. The mRNA codes for a preribonuclease of 149 amino acid residues including a signal peptide of 25 amino acids. The 3' noncoding region has a length of 260 bp, and the total mRNA length is approximately 940 bp. Comparison with the rat pancreatic ribonuclease sequence showed a high rate of nucleotide substitution. Within the coding region, nonsynonymous and synonymous substitution rates are 4.3 X 10(-9) and 15 X 10(-9) nucleotide substitutions/site/year, respectively. The latter value is one of the highest rates observed in the molecular evolution of mammalian nuclear genes. In the signal sequences the synonymous substitution rate is much lower and about the same as the nonsynonymous rate. Signal sequences of other mouse and rat proteins also exhibit little difference between synonymous and nonsynonymous rates. The sequences of rat and mouse pancreatic ribonuclease messengers were compared with those of bovine pancreatic, seminal, and brain ribonuclease. While the 3' noncoding regions of rat and mouse are very similar, as are those of the three bovine messengers, there is no significant similarity between both rodent and the three bovine messengers for the greater part of these regions. There is a duplication of approximately 50 nucleotides in the 3' noncoding region of the bovine messengers, with a region rich in A and C in between. The presence of this structural feature may be correlated with recent gene duplications that have occurred in the bovine genome.
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