1. The nucleotide sequence of spinach chloroplast methionine elongator tRNA.
- Author
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Pirtle R, Calagan J, Pirtle I, Kashdan M, Vreman H, and Dudock B
- Subjects
- Base Sequence, Escherichia coli analysis, Nucleic Acid Conformation, Nucleic Acid Hybridization, Plants analysis, Species Specificity, Chloroplasts analysis, RNA, Transfer, Amino Acyl
- Abstract
The nucleotide sequence of spinach chloroplast methionine elongator tRNA (sp. chl. tRNAm Met) has been determined. This tRNA is considerably more homologous to E. coli tRNAm Met (67% homology) than to the three known eukaryotic tRNAm Met (50-55% homology). Sp. chl. tRNAm Met, like the eight other chloroplast tRNAs sequenced, contains a methylated GG sequence in the dihydrouridine loop and lacks unusual structural features which have been found in several mitochondrial tRNAs.
- Published
- 1981
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