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Nicotiana chloroplast genes for components of the photosynthetic apparatus

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In order to understand more fully chloroplast genetic systems, we have determined the complete nucleotide sequence (155, 844 bp) of tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum var. Bright Yellow 4) chloroplast DNA. It contains two copies of an identical 25,339 bp inverted repeat, which are separated by 86, 684 bp and 18,482 bp single-copy regions. The genes for 4 different rRNAs, 30 different tRNAs, 44 different proteins and 9 other predicted protein-coding genes have been located. Fifteen different genes contain introns.

Twenty-two genes for components of the photosynthetic apparatus have so far been identified. Most of the genes (except the gene for the large subunit of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase) code for thylakoid membrane proteins. Twenty of them are located in the large single-copy region and one gene for a 9-kd polypeptide of photosystem I is located in the small single-copy region. The gene for the 32-kd protein of photosystem II as well as the gene for the large subunit of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase have strong promoters and are transcribed monocistronically while the other genes are transcribed polycistronically. We have found that the predicted amino acid sequences of six DNA sequences resemble those of components of the respiratory-chain NADH dehydrogenase from human mitochondria. As these six sequences are highly transcribed in tobacco chloroplasts, they are probably genes for components of a chloroplast NADH dehydrogenase. These observations suggest the existence of a respiratory-chain in the chloroplast of higher plants.

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Shinozaki, K., Hayashida, N. & Sugiura, M. Nicotiana chloroplast genes for components of the photosynthetic apparatus. Photosynth Res 18, 7–31 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00042978

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