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nMAT1, a nuclear-encoded maturase involved in the trans-splicing of nad1 intron 1, is essential for mitochondrial complex I assembly and function.
The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology - 1 Aug 2012
Keren Ido, Tal Liat, des Francs-Small Catherine C, Araújo Wagner L, Shevtsov Sofia, Shaya Felix, Fernie Alisdair R, Small Ian, Ostersetzer-Biran Oren
Abstract excerpt
Mitochondrial genomes (mtDNAs) in angiosperms contain numerous group II-type introns that reside mainly within protein-coding genes that are required for organellar genome expression and respiration. While splicing of group II introns in non-plant systems is facilitated by proteins encoded within the introns themselves (maturases), the mitochondrial introns in plants have diverged and have lost the vast majority...
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