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Mol Cell Biol. 1987 July; 7(7): 2388-2396

Additional RNA polymerase I initiation site within the nontranscribed spacer region of the rat rRNA gene.

ABSTRACT

We identified and characterized an additional promoter within the nontranscribed spacer (NTS) of the rat ribosomal gene repeat that is capable of supporting initiation of transcription by RNA polymerase I in vitro. Within this promoter there is a sequence of 13 nucleotides which is 100% homologous to nucleotides -18 to -6 (+1 being the first nucleotide of 45S rRNA) of the major promoter of 45S pre-rRNA and is located between nucleotides -731 and -719. To identify the exact location of the upstream initiation site, the RNA synthesized in vitro from this new promoter was gel isolated and subjected to fingerprint analysis, Southern hybridization, and reverse transcriptase elongation. Based on these analyses, the in vitro-synthesized RNA initiates with an A at nucleotide -713. When compared individually, the upstream promoter was transcribed ninefold less efficiently than the major promoter. When templates which contain both promoters on the same piece of DNA were transcribed, the major promoter was at least 50-fold more efficient.

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