title: A chloroplast gene encoding a protein with one zinc finger.
abstract: We have sequenced a pea chloroplast gene encoding a protein with a zinc finger (zfp A). The putative protein is conserved in chloroplast DNA and shows sequence homology to the E. coli protein controlling fol C expression. Exposure of etiolated pea leaves to light leads to the accumulation of zfp A transcripts. The accumulation of these transcripts does not require de novo protein synthesis in the chloroplast, although the expression of highly inducible genes such as rbc L requires it. These properties suggest that zfp A encodes a protein involved in the regulation of chloroplast gene expression.
authors.affiliation: Department of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sasaki
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nagano
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Morioka
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ishikawa
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Matsuno
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D002701:Chloramphenicol / Q000494:pharmacology; D002736:Chloroplasts / Q000032:analysis*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics*; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D007887:Fabaceae; D005784:Gene Amplification / Q000528:radiation effects; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000187:drug effects; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D005809:Genes, Regulator; D008027:Light; D008667:Metalloproteins / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D010946:Plants, Medicinal; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D015032:Zinc
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D008667:Metalloproteins; D010940:Plant Proteins; D002701:Chloramphenicol; D004247:DNA; D015032:Zinc