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Discrimintion and Mapping of the Primary and Processed Transcripts in Maize Mitochondrion Using a Circular RT-PCR-based Strategy
Published on: July 29, 2019
Nucleotide Sequence of the F(1)-ATPase alpha Subunit Gene from Maize Mitochondria
1Department of Genetics, Box 7614, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-7614.
Abstract:
The alpha subunit of the F(1)-ATPase complex of maize is a mitochondrial translational product, presumably encoded by the mitochondrial genome. Based on nucleotide and amino acid homology, we have identified a mitochondrial gene, designated atpalpha, that appears to code for the F(1)-ATPase alpha subunit of Zea mays. The atpalpha gene is present as a single copy in the maize. Texas cytoplasm and is actively transcribed. The maize alpha polypeptide has a predicted length of 508 amino acids and a molecular mass of 55,187 daltons. Amino acid homologies between the maize mitochondrial alpha subunit and the tobacco chloroplast CF(1) and Escherichia coli alpha subunits are 54 and 51%, respectively. The origin of the atpalpha gene is discussed.
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