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Molecular genetics of the peptidyl transferase center and the unusual Var1 protein in yeast mitochondrial ribosomes.
Experientia - 15 Dec 1996
Mason T L, Pan C, Sanchirico M E, Sirum-Connolly K
Abstract excerpt
Mitochondria possess their own ribosomes responsible for the synthesis of a small number of proteins encoded by the mitochondrial genome. In yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the two ribosomal RNAs and a single ribosomal protein, Var1, are products of mitochondrial genes, and the remaining approximately 80 ribosomal proteins are encoded in the nucleus. The mitochondrial translation system is dispensable in yeast,...
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