A NEW OPEN READING FRAME IN THE GENOME OF THE CYANOBACTERIUM SYNECHOCYSTIS SP PCC-6803

Authors
LYSENKO ES OGARKOVA OA ELANSKAYA IV TARASOV VA SHESTAKOV SV
Citation
Es. Lysenko et al., A NEW OPEN READING FRAME IN THE GENOME OF THE CYANOBACTERIUM SYNECHOCYSTIS SP PCC-6803, Genetika, 31(2), 1995, pp. 162-169
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Genetics & Heredity
Journal title
Genetika → ACNP
ISSN journal
00166758
Volume
31
Issue
2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
162 - 169
Database
ISI
SICI code
0016-6758(1995)31:2<162:ANORFI>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
A new open reading frame ORF242, coding for a 26.47-kDa polypeptide, w as found in a DNA fragment of the cyanobacterium Synechocystis 6803, t ransforming a photosynthetic mutant to photoautotrophy and having homo logy with plant chloroplast DMA. In the 5' flanking region of ORF242, consensus sequences characteristic of a functioning gene were found. O ne copy of ORF242 is present in the Synechoscystis 6803 genome. Insert ion inactivation of ORF242 does not lead to a decrease in photosynthet ic activity in cells of cyanobacteria but may influence the ratio betw een active complexes of photosystems I and II.