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. 2005 May;11(5):619–645. doi: 10.1261/rna.7174805

TABLE 3.

The predicted modifications on T. brucei rRNA compared to plants, humans, and yeast

T. brucei Plant Human Yeast
Site SnoRNA snoRNA Site snoRNA Site snoRNA Site Conservation of sites
SSU Cm16 TB10Cs2C1 T
SSU Um36 TB10Cs2C1 T
SSU Cm46 TB8Cs3C3 T
SSU Am56 TB8Cs2C1 AtU27 Am28 U27 Am27 SnR74 Am28 PHYT
SSU Cm66 TB8Cs2C1 AtsnoR66 Cm38 PT
SSU Am125 TB8Cs1C2 Am98 SnR51 Am100 YHT
SSU Um680 TB10Cs3C3 AtsnoR77Y Um580 Nd Um627 SnR77 Um578 PHYT
SSU Um714 TB9Cs2C6 AtsnoR13 Um613 PT
SSU Am721 TB6Cs2C1 AtU36 Am621 U36a Am668 SnR47 Am619 PHYT
SSU Gm1517 TB11Cs3C2 T
SSU Gm1603 TB8Cs3C2 T
SSU Um1652 TB10Cs1C3 T
SSU Um1674 TB10Cs3C2 U33 Um1270 U33 Um1326 SnR55 Um1267 PHYT
SSU Gm1676 TB9Cs3C1 AtsnoR21 Gm1272 U32 Gm1328 SnR40 Gm1269 PHYT
SSU Cm1824 TB3Cs2C1 T
SSU Gm1895 TB9Cs2C4 AtsnoR19 Gm1431 U25 Gm1490 SnR56 Gm1427 PHYT
SSU Um1899 TB11Cs2C1 T
SSU Gm1931 TB10Cs4C4 T
SSU Cm1932 TB10Cs4C2 T
SSU Um2054 TB8Cs2C0 T
SSU Am2096 TB9Cs3C2 T
SSU Um2123 TB10Cs4C3 AtU43 Cm1641 U43 Cm1705 SnR70 Cm1638 PHYT
SSU Gm2227 TB8Cs1C1 AtsnoR23 Am1754 Nd Am1850 Nd Am1779 PHYT
5.8s Um7 TB10Cs1C3 T
5.8s Um32 TB10Cs4C1 T
5.8s Gm75 TB8Cs3C3 AtsnoR39BY Gm79 Nd Gm75 PHT
5.8s Am163 TB9Cs4C2 T
LSU5 Am420 TB10Cs3C2 T
LSU5 Am907 TB9Cs2C2 T
LSU5 Am910 TB10Cs2C2 AtU18 Am660 U18 Am1313 U18 Am647 PHYT
LSU5 Cm911 TB10Cs2C2 U18 Cm648A YT
LSU5 Gm920 TB6Cs2C2 T
LSU5 Cm924 TB9Cs2C2 AtsnoR58Y Cm674 Nd Cm1327 SnR58 Cm661 PHYT
LSU5 Um1078 TB9Cs2C3 T
LSU5 Um1080 TB11Cs4C2 T
LSU5 Gm1089 TB9Cs2C3 AtsnoR39BY Gm812 Nd Gm1509 SnR39B Gm803 PHYT
LSU5 Am1091 TB11Cs4C2 AtU51 Am814 U51/U32a Am1511 SnR39/59 Am805 PHYT
LSU5 Am1150 TB10Cs4C5 T
LSU5 Am1160 TB9Cs5C2 AtsnoR72Y Am883 SnR72 Am874 PYT
LSU5 Cm1170 TB9Cs5C1 T
LSU5 Am1188 TB11Cs1C3 T
LSU5 Gm1192 TB9Cs2C5 AtU80 Um915 U80 Gm1612 SnR60 Gm906 PHYT
LSU5 Um1309 TB10Cs3C4 T
LSU5 Am1344 TB9Cs5C1 T
LSU5 Um1345 TB10Cs3C4 AtsnoR41Y Um1064 PT
LSU5 Cm1420 TB3Cs2C1 T
LSU5 Gm1431 TB9Cs4C1 AtU38 Am1140 U38ab Am1858 SnR61 Am1131 PHYT
LSU5 Cm1772 TB8Cs3C1 AtU24 Cm1439 U24 Cm2338 U24 Cm1435 PHYT
LSU5 Am1784 TB8Cs3C1 AtU24 Am1451 U76 Am2350 U24 Am1447 PHYT
LSU5 Gm1785 TB8Cs3C1 Gm2351 U24 Gm1448 TYH
LSU5 Gm1798 TB8Cs1C3 T
LSU5 G1873 TB8Cs1C1 T
LSU5 Cm1890 TB10Cs4C5 T
LSU5 Cm2251 TB11Cs1C1 T
LSU3 Gm11 TB9Cs1C1 AtU34 Um1882 U34 Um2824 SnR62 Um1886 PHYT
LSU3 Gm319 TB9Cs4C3 T
LSU3 Am342 TB6Cs1C2 T
LSU3 Um360 TB11Cs2C1 T
LSU3 Am481 TB6Cs1C3 SnR13 Am2278 YT
LSU3 Am482 TB6Cs1C3 AtU15 Am2271 U15 Am3764 SnR13 Am2279 PHYT
LSU3 Gm489 TB10Cs1C4 AtU15 Gm2278 SnR75 Gm2286 PYT
LSU3 Um515 TB11Cs3C1 Um3787 HT
LSU3 Am525 TB8Cs1C3 AtsnoR44 Am2316 U79 Am3809 PHT
LSU3 Cm538 TB10Cs1C1 AtsnoR44 Cm2327 U74 Cm3820 SnR64 Cm2235 PHYT
LSU3 Am546 TB10Cs1C1 T
LSU3 Gm596 TB9Cs2C7 SnR190 Gm2394 YT
LSU3 Um611 TB11Cs4C3 AtsnoR53 Um2400 PT
LSU3 Um622 TB9Cs2C7 AtsnoR37 Um2411 U52 Um3904 SnR78 Um2414 PHYT
LSU3 Um656 TB10Cs3C5 AtsnoR16.1 Um2445 PT
LSU3 Um665 TB10Cs3C5 T
LSU3 Um949 TB6Cs1C2 T
LSU3 Gm1000 TB11Cs2C1 AtU31 Gm2610 U31 Gm4166 SnR67 Gm2616 PHYT
LSU3 Um1031 TB5Cs1C1 AtsnoR10 Um2641 Nd Um4197 PHT
LSU3 Cm1113 TB5Cs1C1 T
LSU3 Gm1183 TB11Cs1C2 AtsnoR1 Gm2781 SnR48 Gm2788 PYT
LSU3 Cm1202 TB6Cs1C1 T
LSU3 Gm1207 TB11Cs1C2 AtsnoR38Y Gm2805 SnR38 Gm2812 PYT
LSU3 Um1313 TB10Cs3C1 snR52 Um2918 YT
LSU3 Gm1314 TB10Cs3C1 Gm4459 snR52 Gm2919 TYH
LSU3 Am1326 TB11Cs4C1 AtsnoR18 Am2924 PT
LSU3 Am1338 TB11Cs4C1 AtU29 Am2936 U29 Am4493 SnR71 Am2943 PHYT
LSU3 Cm1351 TB9Cs2C1 AtU35 Cm2949 U35 Cm4506 SnR73 Cm2956 PHYT
LSU3 Um1373 TB9Cs3C3 T
LSU3 Cm1754 TB11Cs3C1 T
SSU Ψ40 TB10Cs1H3 T
SSU Ψ61 TB11Cs4H2 T
SSU Ψ263 TB10Cs3H1 ACA10 Ψ 214 HT
SSU Ψ505 TB10Cs4H4 T
SSU Ψ662 TB6Cs1H3 ACA24 Ψ 613 HT
SSU Ψ1001 TB6Cs2C1 T
SSU Ψ1088 TB9Cs1H1 T
SSU Ψ1113 TB8Cs2H1 T
SSU Ψ1186 TB10Cs4H2 T
SSU Ψ1423 TB8Cs3H1 T
SSU Ψ1619 TB9Cs1H2 T
SSU Ψ2123 TB9Cs4H1 T
LSU5 Ψ824 TB6Cs1H4 T
LSU5 Ψ901 TB10Cs1H2 T
LSU5 Ψ1103 TB9Cs3H2 AtsnoR77 826 Nd 1523 PHT
LSU5 Ψ1250 TB9Cs1H3 T
LSU5 Ψ1412 TB9Cs2H2 T
LSU5 Ψ1773 TB10Cs4H3 T
LSU5 Ψ2248 TB10Cs4H1 T
LSU3 Ψ360 TB9Cs4H4 T
LSU3 Ψ380 TB6Cs1H1 T
LSU3 Ψ397 TB10Cs3H2 SnR32 2191 YT
LSU3 Ψ475 TB11Cs3H2 T
LSU3 Ψ566 TB11Cs4H3 T
LSU3 Ψ617 TB9Cs2H1 T
LSU3 Ψ659 TB10Cs1H1 T
LSU3 Ψ1167 TB10Cs2H1 AtsnoR93 2773 Nd 4330 PHT
LSU3 Ψ1208 TB9Cs3H1 AtU65 2816 U65 4373 SnR34 2823 PHYT
LSU3 Ψ1272 TB9Cs1H1 AtU65 2870 U65 4427 SnR34 2877 PHYT
LSU3 Ψ1308 TB11Cs3H1 T
LSU3 Ψ1336 TB9Cs2H2 ACA10 Ψ 4492 SnR37 2941 HTY
LSU3 Ψ1357 TB11Cs4H1 T

The predicted modifications in T. brucei (T) are compared with their counterparts in S. cerevisae (Y), plants (Arabidopsis) (P), and humans (H). The target site on the respective rRNA is given. Nm and Ψ designate 2′-O-methylation and pseudouridine, respectively. The modifications shared by other species are indicated. There are collectively 84 Nms; 44 sites are conserved with at least one other organism; 36 are conserved between trypanosomes and plants; 34 between trypanosomes and yeast; and 30 between trypanosomes and humans. Among the 32 predicted pseudouridines, only nine are conserved.