Article
A spontaneous tRNA suppressor of a mutation in the Chlamydomonas reinhardtii nuclear MCD1 gene required for stability of the chloroplast petD mRNA.
Nucleic acids research - 1 Jan 2005
Murakami Shinya, Kuehnle Katrin, Stern David B
Abstract excerpt
Numerous nuclear gene products are required for the correct expression of organellar genes. One such gene in the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii is MCD1, whose product is required for stability of the chloroplast-encoded petD mRNA. In mcd1 mutants, which are non-photosynthetic, petD mRNA is degraded by a 5'-3' exonuclease activity, resulting in a failure to synthesize its product, subunit IV of the...
Topics
- Algal Proteins
- Alleles
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- Cell Nucleus
- Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
- Chloroplasts
- Cloning, Molecular
- Cytochrome b6f Complex
- Genes, Suppressor
- Genetic Complementation Test
