MAIZE MITOCHONDRIAL PLASMID S-1 SEQUENCES SHARE HOMOLOGY WITH CHLOROPLAST GENE psbA | Zendy

Ronald R. Sederoff | Zendy; Pamela C. Ronald | Zendy; Patricia A. Bedinger | Zendy; Carol J. Rivin | Zendy; Virginia Walbot | Zendy; Molly M. Bland | Zendy; C. S. Levings | Zendy

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MAIZE MITOCHONDRIAL PLASMID S-1 SEQUENCES SHARE HOMOLOGY WITH CHLOROPLAST GENE psbA

Author(s) -

Ronald R. Sederoff,

Pamela C. Ronald,

Patricia A. Bedinger,

Carol J. Rivin,

Virginia Walbot,

Molly M. Bland,

C. S. Levings

Publication year - 1986

Publication title -

genetics

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.792

H-Index - 246

eISSN - 1943-2631

pISSN - 0016-6731

DOI - 10.1093/genetics/113.2.469

Subject(s) - biology , genetics , chloroplast dna , homology (biology) , mitochondrial dna , gene , transposable element , inverted repeat , chloroplast , base pair , plasmid , chimeric gene , homologous chromosome , nucleic acid sequence , dna , microbiology and biotechnology , genome , gene expression

The linear, 6397-base pair (bp), mitochondrial S-1 DNA molecule from maize contains a 420-bp segment that is homologous with the chloroplast gene (psbA) that codes for the quinone binding protein of photosystem II. This is the first report of a chloroplast sequence in a naturally occurring viral-like or plasmid DNA. The complete sequence of the S-1 chloroplast segment has been compared with homologous regions of six different chloroplast genes. The S-1 segment has diverged from the other genes both by length mutation and base substitution. Several of the length mutations are exact adjacent tandem duplications of 4 and 5 bp similar to "footprints" left after excision of transposable elements in maize nuclear DNA.

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