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AtnMat2, a nuclear-encoded maturase required for splicing of group-II introns in Arabidopsis mitochondria.
RNA (New York, N.Y.) - 1 Dec 2009
Keren Ido, Bezawork-Geleta Ayenachew, Kolton Max, Maayan Inbar, Belausov Eduard, Levy Maggie, Mett Anahit, Gidoni David, Shaya Felix, Ostersetzer-Biran Oren
Abstract excerpt
Mitochondria (mt) in plants house about 20 group-II introns, which lie within protein-coding genes required in both organellar genome expression and respiration activities. While in nonplant systems the splicing of group-II introns is mediated by proteins encoded within the introns themselves (known as "maturases"), only a single maturase ORF (matR) has retained in the mitochondrial genomes in plants; however,...
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