Non-methylated guanosine as the 5′ terminus of capped mRNA from insect oocytes

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Abstract

Guanosine, rather than its methylated derivative, was found to be the inverted nucleoside present in the 5′ terminal capping structure of insect oocyte messenger RNA. Since methylation of the terminal guanosine at the 7 position is necessary for the initiation of protein synthesis in eukaryotes, this evidence suggests that the translational inactivity of the mRNA prior to fertilization may be associated with the absence of methylation.

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