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The chloroplast genes encoding subunits of the H+-ATP synthase

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Three CF1 and three CF0 subunits of the chloroplast H+-ATP synthase are encoded on the chloroplast genome. The chloroplast atp genes are organized as two Operons in plants but not in the green alga, Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. The atpBE or β Operon shows a relatively simple organisation and transcription pattern, while the atpIHFA or α Operon is transcribed into a large variety of mRNAs. The atp genes are related to those of cyanobacteria and, more distantly, to those of non-photosynthetic bacteria such as E. coli, suggesting a common origin of most F1F0 ATP synthase subunits. Both the chloroplast and cyanobacterial ATP synthases have four F0 subunits, not three as in the E. coli complex. The proton pore of the CF0 is proposed to be formed by the interaction of subunits III and IV.

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Hudson, G.S., Mason, J.G. (1988). The chloroplast genes encoding subunits of the H+-ATP synthase. In: Govindjee (eds) Molecular Biology of Photosynthesis. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2269-3_26

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