RNA EDITING OF TOBACCO PETB MESSENGER-RNAS OCCURS BOTH IN CHLOROPLASTS AND NONPHOTOSYNTHETIC PROPLASTIDS

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作者
HIROSE, T
WAKASUGI, T
SUGIURA, M
KOSSEL, H
机构
[1] NAGOYA UNIV,CTR GENE RES,NAGOYA,AICHI 46401,JAPAN
[2] UNIV FREIBURG,INST BIOL 3,D-79104 FREIBURG,GERMANY
关键词
RNA EDITING; NICOTIANA TABACUM; PROPLASTID; CHLOROPLAST; PRE-MESSENGER-RNA;
D O I
10.1007/BF00039562
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
We found an RNA editing site in the protein coding region of tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) petB transcripts. This editing (C (C) under bar A to C (U) under bar A) leads to an amino acid conversion from proline to leucine. It is observed not only in chloroplasts isolated from tobacco leaves but also in non-photosynthetic proplastids isolated from a tobacco cell culture. Also unspliced pre-mRNA shows complete editing. The editing site is the same as that recently observed in the maize petB transcripts which restores the codon for a highly conserved leucine residue, suggesting that RNA editing at this site is critical for the protein (cytochrome b6) function.
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页码:509 / 513
页数:5
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