The mitochondrial gene encoding ribosomal protein S12 has been translocated to the nuclear genome in Oenothera.
The Oenothera mitochondrial genome contains only a gene fragment for ribosomal protein S12 (rps12), while other plants encode a functional gene in the mitochondrion. The complete Oenothera rps12 gene is located in the nucleus. The transit sequence necessary to target this protein to the mitochondrion is encoded by a 5'-extension of the open reading frame. Comparison of the amino acid sequence encoded by the nuclear gene with the polypeptides encoded by edited mitochondrial cDNA and genomic sequences of other plants suggests that gene transfer between mitochondrion and nucleus started from edited mitochondrial RNA molecules. Mechanisms and requirements of gene transfer and activation are discussed.
Grohmann
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Institut für Genbiologische Forschung, Berlin, Germany.
Brennicke
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Schuster
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D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000378:metabolism*; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial; D005091:Exons; D016678:Genome; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010944:Plants / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012269:Ribosomal Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014178:Translocation, Genetic
D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial; D012269:Ribosomal Proteins; C034212:ribosomal protein S12