Nucleic Acids Research, 1980, Vol. 8, No. 5 979-987
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Nucleotide sequence of Lactobacillus viridescens 5S RNA
School of Biochemistry, University of New South Wales Kensington, N.S.W. 2033, Australia
Received January 2, 1980. The nucleotide sequence of Lactobacillus viridescens ATCC 12706 5S RNA was determined to be pU-G-U-U-G-U-G-A-U-G-A-U-G-G-C-A-U-U-G-A-G-G-U-C-A-C-A-C C-U-G-U-U-C-C-C-A-U-A-C-C-G-A-A-C-A-C-A-G-A-A-G-U-U-A-A-G-C-U-C-A-A-U-A-G-C-G C-C-G-A-A-A-G-U-A-G-U-U-G-G-A-G-G-A-U-C-U-C-U-U-C-C-U-G-C-G-A-G-G-A-U-A-G-G-A C-G-U-C-G-C-A-A-U-G-COH. When compared with other published sequences of prokaryotic 5S RNA species, this sequence shows as much homology with that from B. subtilis (80% homology when all variations included) and B. megaterium (77% homology) as with the 5S RNA from another member of Lactobacillaceae family (L. brevis, 79% homology). The sequence contains the proposed tRNA binding site (CGAAC, positions 4145) and can accommodate most, but not all, of the more recently proposed helical regions of secondary structure.