title: A beta-ketoacyl-acyl carrier protein synthase III gene (fabH) is encoded on the chloroplast genome of the red alga Porphyra umbilicalis.
abstract: DNA sequencing of a region of the chloroplast genome of the red alga Porphyra umbilicalis revealed an open reading frame of 326 amino acids. Databank searches indicated that this ORF is 34% identical to an E. coli gene (fabH) encoding beta-ketoacyl-carrier protein synthase III. In addition, a leucine tRNA gene (trnL(GAG)) was detected just downstream. Neither of these genes are encoded on the chloroplast genomes of land plants.
authors.affiliation: National Research Council of Canada, Institute for Marine Biosciences, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Reith
mesh_terms: D015099:3-Oxoacyl-(Acyl-Carrier-Protein) Synthase / Q000235:genetics*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D002736:Chloroplasts / Q000201:enzymology*; D016208:Databases, Factual; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D017343:Genes, Plant; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D012356:RNA, Transfer, Leu / Q000235:genetics; D000461:Rhodophyta / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D012356:RNA, Transfer, Leu; C077402:3-ketoacyl-acyl carrier protein synthase III; D015099:3-Oxoacyl-(Acyl-Carrier-Protein) Synthase