title: Higher-plant mitochondrial ribosomes contain a 5S ribosomal ribonucleic acid component.
abstract: Ribosomes from higher-plant mitochondria contain 5S rRNA, in contrast with the mitochondrial ribosomes of animals and fungi, in which such a component has not been detected. In common with the ribosomes of prokaryotes and chloroplasts, higher-plant mitochondrial ribosomes do not appear to contain an RNA equivalent to the 5.8 S rRNA that is found in eukaryoytes hydrogen-bonded to the largest of the cytoplasmic rRNA species.
mesh_terms: D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000032:analysis*; D008970:Molecular Weight; D010944:Plants / Q000032:analysis*; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D012335:RNA, Ribosomal