title: Initiation of transcription in yeast mitochondria: analysis of origins of replication and of genes coding for a messenger RNA and a transfer RNA.
abstract: The initiation of transcription of the yeast mitochondrial genes coding for subunit I of cytochrome c oxidase (COX1) and for tRNA1Thr has been examined. COX1 messenger RNA synthesis is initiated in a conserved nonanucleotide sequence (ATATAAGTA) which we have previously found immediately upstream of ribosomal RNA genes at positions at which RNA synthesis starts. The 5'-end of the precursor of tRNA1Thr is located in a variant nonanucleotide motif (TTATAAGTA), which may be characteristic for tRNA genes. Using a partially purified fraction of mtRNA polymerase, we demonstrate that RNA synthesis is precisely initiated in vitro in nonanucleotide sequences preceding both ribosomal RNA-, tRNA- and messenger RNA-encoding genes and origins of replication.
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004261:DNA Replication; D004262:DNA Restriction Enzymes; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics*; D004274:DNA, Recombinant / Q000378:metabolism; D003576:Electron Transport Complex IV / Q000235:genetics*; D005796:Genes; D005800:Genes, Fungal; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000378:metabolism; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics*; D012343:RNA, Transfer / Q000235:genetics*; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial; D004274:DNA, Recombinant; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D012343:RNA, Transfer; D003576:Electron Transport Complex IV; D004262:DNA Restriction Enzymes