Plant Molecular Biology

, Volume 23, Issue 4, pp 727–736 | Cite as

A tRNA Val(GAC) gene of chloroplast origin in sunflower mitochondria is not transcribed

  • Luigi R. Ceci
  • Adolfo Saiardi
  • Luisa Siculella
  • Carla Quagliariello
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Abstract

A tRNAVal (GAC) gene is located in opposite orientation 552 nucleotides (nt) down-stream of the cytochrome oxidase subunit III (coxIII) gene in sunflower mitochondria. The comparison with the homologous chloroplast DNA revealed that the tRNAVal gene is part of a 417 nucleotides DNA insertion of chloroplast origin in the mitochondrial genome. No tRNAVal is encoded in monocot mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), whereas two tRNAVal species are coded for by potato mtDNA. The mitochondrial genomes of different plant species thus seem to encode unique sets of tRNAs and must thus be competent in importing the missing differing sets of tRNAs.

Key words

sunflower mitochondrial DNA chloroplast DNA DNA insertion tRNAVal(GAC) 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Luigi R. Ceci
    • 1
  • Adolfo Saiardi
    • 2
  • Luisa Siculella
    • 3
  • Carla Quagliariello
    • 2
  1. 1.Centro Studi Mitocondri e Metabolismo Energetico-C.N.R.TraniItaly
  2. 2.Dipartimento di Biologia CellulareUniversità della CalabriaArcavacata di Rende
  3. 3.Dipartimento di BiologiaUniversità degli StudiLecceItaly

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