CODON RECOGNITION MECHANISMS IN PLANT CHLOROPLASTS

被引:54
作者
PFITZINGER, H
WEIL, JH
PILLAY, DTN
GUILLEMAUT, P
机构
[1] UNIV STRASBOURG 1,INST BIOL MOLEC PLANTES,12 RUE GEN ZIMMER,F-67084 STRASBOURG,FRANCE
[2] UNIV WINDSOR,DEPT BIOL,WINDSOR N9B 3P4,ONTARIO,CANADA
[3] UNIV STRASBOURG 1,INST TECHNOL,F-67070 STRASBOURG,FRANCE
关键词
chloroplast; codon reading mechanism; codon-anticodon interaction; tRNA;
D O I
10.1007/BF00016513
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
In chloroplasts, all 61 sense codons are found in chloroplast (cp) DNA sequences coding for proteins. However among the sequenced cp tRNAs or tRNA genes, tRNAs with anticodons complementary to codons CUU/C (Leu), CCU/C (Pro), GCU/C (Ala) and CGC/A/G (Arg) [or CGC/A (Arg) in Marchantia] have not been found. In this paper we show that cp tRNAAla(U*GC), cp tRNAPro(U*GG) and cp tRNAArg(ICG) are able to decode the corresponding four-codon family. In the case of leucine codons CUU/C, we show that 'U:U and U:C wobble' mechanisms can operate to allow the reading of these codons by cp tRNALeu (UAm7G). © 1990 Kluwer Academic Publishers.
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页码:805 / 814
页数:10
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