title: A broad bean mitochondrial atp6 gene with an unusually simple, non-conserved 5' region.
abstract: A nucleotide sequence of broad bean mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) that contains an atp6 gene of 876 ntp is presented. Relative to other plant atp6 genes, this broad bean gene comprises a 90 ntp non-conserved 5' region, a 759 ntp highly conserved central region and a 27 ntp non-conserved 3' region. The non-conserved, 5' region of the broad bean atp6 gene differs from the corresponding regions of most other plant atp6 genes in that it contains only one potential translation initiation codon and, following this codon, a 63 ntp segment that predicts an amino acid sequence with a predominance of alternating leucines.
authors: Department of Biology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City 84112.
authors: J L
authors: JL
authors: Macfarlane
authors: J A
authors: JA
authors: Wahleithner
authors: D R
authors: DR
authors: Wolstenholme
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics*; D017343:Genes, Plant; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial