The 27SA3 pre-rRNA accumulates during Rlp7p depletion. RNA
was isolated from the pGAL1∷RLP7
strain after growth in galactose (lane 3) or 17 h (lane 4) and
20 h (lane 5) after switching to growth in glucose. RNA was
isolated from an otherwise isogenic strain, YPH259, after growth in
galactose (lane 2) or 24 h after the switch to growth in glucose
(lane 1). Primer extension with the oligonucleotide
A2/A3 that hybridizes to ITS2 was used to
reveal processing sites A2, A3,
B1L, and B1S. Primer extension with the
oligonucleotide C1 that hybridizes to the 25S rRNA was used
to map the 5′ end of the 25S rRNA. Products of the primer extension
reactions were resolved on polyacrylamide gels next to a DNA sequencing
ladder (not shown for 25S) and exposed to x-ray film.