title: rps10, unreported for plastid DNAs, is located on the cyanelle genome of Cyanophora paradoxa and is cotranscribed with the str operon genes.
abstract: rps10, encoding the plastid ribosomal protein S10, is a nuclear gene in higher plants and green algae, and is missing from the large ribosomal protein gene cluster of chlorophyll b-type plastids that contains components of the prokaryotic S10, spc and alpha operons. The cyanelle genome of Cyanophora paradoxa is shown to harbor rps10 as another specific feature of its organization. However, this novel plastid gene is not contiguous with the genes of the "S10" operon, but is adjacent to, and cotranscribed with, the str operon, a trait also found in archaebacteria.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Allgemeine Biochemie, Universität Wien, Austria.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Neumann-Spallart
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jakowitsch
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kraus
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Brandtner
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Bohnert
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Löffelhardt
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001105:Archaea / Q000235:genetics; D001419:Bacteria / Q000235:genetics; D001483:Base Sequence; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics*; D056890:Eukaryota / Q000235:genetics*; D005111:Extrachromosomal Inheritance; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009876:Operon; D015388:Organelles / Q000378:metabolism*; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D012269:Ribosomal Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D010940:Plant Proteins; D012269:Ribosomal Proteins; C029537:ribosomal protein S10