NUCLEOTIDE-SEQUENCE OF A 28-KBP PORTION OF RICE MITOCHONDRIAL-DNA - THE EXISTENCE OF MANY SEQUENCES THAT CORRESPOND TO PARTS OF MITOCHONDRIAL GENES IN INTERGENIC REGIONS

Authors
ITADANI H WAKASUGI T SUGITA M SUGIURA M NAKAZONO M HIRAI A
Citation
H. Itadani et al., NUCLEOTIDE-SEQUENCE OF A 28-KBP PORTION OF RICE MITOCHONDRIAL-DNA - THE EXISTENCE OF MANY SEQUENCES THAT CORRESPOND TO PARTS OF MITOCHONDRIAL GENES IN INTERGENIC REGIONS, Plant and Cell Physiology, 35(8), 1994, pp. 1239-1244
Citations number
50
Categorie Soggetti
Plant Sciences
Journal title
Plant and Cell Physiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00320781
Volume
35
Issue
8
Year of publication
1994
Pages
1239 - 1244
Database
ISI
SICI code
0032-0781(1994)35:8<1239:NOA2PO>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
The nucleotide sequence of a 27,588-bp region of rice mitochondrial DN A was determined. This sequence contains putative genes that encode in itiator methionine tRNA (trnfM), subunits III (nad3) and IV (nad4) of the NADH dehydrogenase complex, and ribosomal proteins S3 (rps3), S12 (rps12) and L16 (rpl16). An open reading frame that contains sequences homologous to parts of rps2 and atpA is also present. In addition to these regions, there are many short sequences with homology to fragmen ts of mitochondrial DNAs from rice or other plants. These sequences ma y be remnants of multiple rearrangements of the genome and their prese nce seems to explain, in part, the large sizes of the mitochondrial ge nomes of higher plants.