| Literature DB >> 7948899 |
T Hirose1, T Wakasugi, M Sugiura, H Kössel.
Abstract
We found an RNA editing site in the protein coding region of tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) petB transcripts. This editing (CCA to CUA) leads to an amino acid conversion from proline to leucine. It is observed not only in chloroplasts isolated from tobacco leaves but also in non-photosynthetic proplastids isolated from a tobacco cell culture. Also unspliced pre-mRNA shows complete editing. The editing site is the same as that recently observed in the maize petB transcripts which restores the codon for a highly conserved leucine residue, suggesting that RNA editing at this site is critical for the protein (cytochrome b6) function.Entities:
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Year: 1994 PMID: 7948899 DOI: 10.1007/bf00039562
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Plant Mol Biol ISSN: 0167-4412 Impact factor: 4.076