An extraordinary retrotransposon family encoding dual endonucleases

Table 1.

Target site duplications (TSDs) of the Dualen elements


5′ TSD

Element (5′-3′)a

3′ TSDb
DualenCr1 7 TSDs


ATTGCGGGTGTC TTCAT...GTAGAtattattattattatt attGCGGGTGTC
TGTCAACCATGTC CCCAG...GTAGAtattattattattttt TGTCAACCATGTC
GGGGTG AGCTT...GTAGAtattatttcatca GGGGTG
TGTAGCAAGT TATGG...GTAGAtattattattattattat tGTAGCAAGT
CCGTGGAGCTGCC TGGTG...GTAGAtattattattattatt CCGTGGAGCTGCC
CTACCGTCCTCCTCG ATGGT...GTAGAtattattattatta CTACCGTCCTCCTCG
TTCTCCA
TCCGT...GTAGAtattattattatta
ttCTCCA
DualenCr2 15 TSDs


CATCTGGATGAC TCTAC...GTGTCtctatttctatttctattt cATCTGGATGAC
TTCACTCTGCCTGG TCGTG...GTGTCtctatttctatttctat ttcACTCTGCCTGG
CAGCCTGCCTGT ATTGC...GTGTCtctatttctatttctattt cAGCCTGCCTGT
TACAGCTAGAT TCACA...GTGTCtctatttctatttctatttc taCAGCTAGAT
CGTGGTGAGGT AGTGG...GTGTAtctatttctatttctattt cGTGGTGAGGT
TCACTCGCCTGGT CGGTA...GTGTAtctatttctatttctatt tcACTCGCCTGGT
CCCGGTT GCTCG...GTGTAtctatctctatttctattctt CCCGGTT
CAAACAATATCAC GCTCG...GTGTAtctatttctatttctatttct CAAACAATATCAC
TTCCAGATATTC GGTAG...GTGTGtctatttctatttctgt ttcCAGATATTC
TGCGCGCCACCG GTAAT...GTGTCtctatttctatttctattct TGCGCGCCACCG
CTAAACTTGTGGAT GCTCG...GTGTAtctatttctatttctattt ctaAACTTGTGGAT
TTTGGTTGGGCT GAGTG...GTGTAtctatttctatttctatgt TTTGGTTGGGCT
TTGCTCTTTGC CTCGG...GTGTAtctgttttctatttcctatt tTGCTCTTGC
TACCGTGTG CCTGG...GTGTCtctatttctatttctatttc taCCGTGTG
CGCCCTGCTGACCACTTGCCT GCCTG...GTGTAtctatttctattt cGCCCTGCTGACCACTTGCC
GCCACTCCACCGTGCTG

TGCCACTCCACCGTGCTG
DualenCr3 5 TSDs


TTGCCACCGTTGTAG ACATT...TTTGAattattattatta ttGCCACCGTTGTAG
TGCAACTGCG GTTAC...TTTGAattattattattatta tGCAACTGCG
ATCAGCAACAGCAGCA CTGCC...TTTGAattattattattatt atCAGCAACAGCAGCA
TTCTTGCGGTCAGG ATCCT...TTTGAattattattatta ttCTTGCGGTCAGG
CCCTATGAAACACCA
CAGCT...TTTGAattattattatcat
CCCTATGAAACACCA
DualenCr4 6 TSDs


CCATCTACAAGATACCGGTAC CGAAG...ACC—Attattattattatta CCATCTACAAGATACCGGTA
GGTACTGCACCGGGTGCCGTC CGGTACTGCACCGGGTGCCG
CGG TCCGG
TTGCCCAGGACC AACCG...AAC—Attaatatta ttGCCCAGGACC
CTCCTGCTCCTGCT CAGCG...ACC—Attatcattattattattattat CTCCTGCTCCTGCT
TGCTGGACC ATGCG...ACCTAttattattattat tGCTGGACC
TCACAGCCCCAA TTTGG...ACCTAttattattatca tCACAGCCCCAA
TGACGCACAGGT
GCAGG...ACCTAttattattattattta
TGACGCACAGGT
  • a 3′-terminal repeats are shown in lowercase.

  • b Nucleotides that can be interpreted as either 3′-terminal repeats or TSDs are in lowercase.

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  1. Genome Res. 15: 1106-1117

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