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  • Can PolyA tails be within Expressed Sequence Tags?

    Can polyA tails occur within (rather than at the end) of a sequenced tag? Consider, for example the following two sequences from NCBI: DY008075

    >gi|119423037|gb|DY008075.1|DY008075 19ACACYS_UP_022_A11_29OCT2004_095 Brassica napus 19ACACYS Brassica napus cDNA 5', mRNA sequence
    TGGTACGGTCAGATGCTTGCTAAAGGAGAAATAAATAGAGACATGGGTGATAGTATAAGCGGAAAGGGAA
    TGATTCAGGGTGTTTCTGCAGTGGGAGCGTTTTACCAACTGCTTAGTCAGTCCAGCCTAAGTATATTGCA
    TTCTGAAGAGAAGAAACCTGTGGCTCCGGTTGAATCATGTCCTATTTTGAAAACACTCTACAAGATACTC
    ATCACAAGAGAACAATCAACACAAGCGATTCTGCAAGCATTAAGGGATGAAACACTGAATGACCCAAGAG
    ACAGGATTGAGATTGCACAGAGCCATGCATTCTACAGGCCTTCCCTTCTAGATCAGCCTTGATTAGTCTG
    TCATGGCTCATAATCCGAACTTCTAAGATCTTACTTGTGCAAACTGCAGATTCTGCTATGTTAAACATCA
    TGTCTTAAAATTGATTGTTGTTCAGCCAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACATGTC

    or EE485195

    >gi|126492146|gb|EE485195.1|EE485195 DHBN8DCT_UP_012_C05_25FEB2005_043 BRASSICA NAPUS SEEDS BNDH8DCT Brassica napus cDNA 5', mRNA sequence
    GTTACAGCTGGTTGAGAACAGTGACAATTCCCGGTTGAGCAAAGAAATTGCAGACAAGAGCCACCAACTA
    AGGCAAATGAGAGGAGAGGAACTTCAAGGACTTAACATAGAAGAGCTGCAACAGCTGGAAAAGGCCCTTG
    AAGCTGGTTTGACGCGCGTGATTGAAACAAAGAGTGAGAAGATTATGAGTGAGATCAGTGACCTTCAAAG
    AAAGGGAATGAAATTGATGGATGAGAACAAGCGGCTAAGGCAGCATGGAACACAACTAACAGAAGAGAAC
    GAGCGACTAGGCAAGCAAATATATAATAATATGCATGAAAGATACGGTGGTGTTGAGTCGGAGAAGACCG
    CCGTGTACGAGGAAGGGCAGTCGTCAGAGTCCATTACTAACGCCGGAAACTCCACCGGCGCTCCTGTTGA
    CTCCGAGAGCTCCGATACCTCTCTTAGGCTCGGCTTACCGTATGGCGGTTAGAGATGGAACCATACAAAG
    AAGTTCATGGAGTGAGGAGATGCTCTGTAGTAACAAGTGGCAATGTAGTAATTTCTCTTGTTTGATGTAA
    GTTTTTGTCTGAGGAAGAGGTTTTCCTTTTATGTTCTCTTTGATATTATTATCTTTCTTCACTGCAAAAA
    AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACATGTC

    It seems to me that both the polyA sequences at the end are some sort of tail rather than actual coding for poly lysines. If we BLAST either of the sequences, the polyA part doesn't align with any reliable nucleotide or protein (i.e., with the NCBI non-redundant databases). I can give more examples and show their best alignments to nr-Sequences but it will make the question too long.

    Cross-posted on StackExchange.

  • #2
    Both of the examples are annotated as cDNA sequences, so why would you be surprised to find poly(A) tails on them?

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    • #3
      poly-A tails are added to untranslated region of an exons in the pre-mRNA

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      • #4
        Originally posted by HESmith View Post
        Both of the examples are annotated as cDNA sequences, so why would you be surprised to find poly(A) tails on them?
        I was expecting to find it at the very end. I guess my question is why is there a CATGTC after the poly-A tail.

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        • #5
          Originally posted by ysnapus View Post
          I was expecting to find it at the very end. I guess my question is why is there a CATGTC after the poly-A tail.
          Note that ACATGT is a palindrome; this is probably the site the cDNA was cloned into. Should have been trimmed prior to submission

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          • #6
            Originally posted by krobison View Post
            Note that ACATGT is a palindrome; this is probably the site the cDNA was cloned into. Should have been trimmed prior to submission
            Thanks! You're right, it was from the cloning vector.

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