Use of the UGA terminator as a tryptophan codon in yeast mitochondria. | Zendy

G. Macino | Zendy; Gloria M. Coruzzi | Zendy; F. G. Nóbrega | Zendy; M Li | Zendy; A Tzagoloff | Zendy

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Use of the UGA terminator as a tryptophan codon in yeast mitochondria.

Author(s) -

G. Macino,

Gloria M. Coruzzi,

F. G. Nóbrega,

M Li,

A Tzagoloff

Publication year - 1979

Publication title -

proceedings of the national academy of sciences

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 5.011

H-Index - 771

eISSN - 1091-6490

pISSN - 0027-8424

DOI - 10.1073/pnas.76.8.3784

Subject(s) - terminator (solar) , mitochondrial dna , cytochrome c oxidase , cytochrome b , biology , genetics , cytochrome c1 , mitochondrion , coding region , stop codon , genetic code , transfer rna , biochemistry , dna , gene , chemistry , rna , ionosphere , physics , astronomy

We propose that the UGA terminator regularly occurs as a tryptophan codon in yeast mitochondrial DNA. This conclusion is based on the sequence analysis of mitochondrial DNA regions coding for structural genes of cytochrome b, cytochrome oxidase, and the ATPase.

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