Open AccessNONHEME IRON PROTEINS, XI. SOME GENETIC ASPECTS
Author(s) -
Ann M. Benson,
Kerry T. Yasunobu
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
proceedings of the national academy of sciences of the united states of america
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.011
H-Index - 771
eISSN - 1091-6490
pISSN - 0027-8424
DOI - 10.1073/pnas.63.4.1269
Subject(s) - genetic code , gene , biology , genetics , nuclear gene , amino acid , ferredoxin , nucleic acid , sequence (biology) , translation (biology) , biochemistry , genome , enzyme , messenger rna
Ferredoxin was isolated from individualLeucaena glauca trees, and the distribution of amino acids at three of the four sites of sequence heterogeneity was determined. The results indicated that the most probable causes of the observed microheterogeneity are the presence of either nonallelic nuclear genes or differing chloroplast genes, and also ambiguity in translation of the genetic code.