| Literature DB >> 15927343 |
Thalia Salinas1, Cécile Schaeffer, Laurence Maréchal-Drouard, Anne-Marie Duchêne.
Abstract
Plant mitochondrial genomes lack a number of tRNA genes and the corresponding tRNAs, which are nuclear-encoded, are imported from the cytosol. We show that specific import of tRNA(Gly) isoacceptors occurs in tobacco mitochondria: tRNA(Gly)(UCC) and tRNA(Gly)(CCC) are cytosolic and mitochondrial, while tRNA(Gly)(GCC) is found only in the cytosol. Exchange of sequences between tRNA(Gly)(UCC) and tRNA(Gly)(GCC) shows that the anticodon and D-domain are essential for tRNA(Gly)(UCC) import. However the reverse mutations in tRNA(Gly)(GCC) are not sufficient to promote its import into tobacco mitochondria.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID: 15927343 DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2005.04.004
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biochimie ISSN: 0300-9084 Impact factor: 4.079