title: Identification and characterization of the Arabidopsis thaliana chloroplast DNA region containing the genes psbA, trnH and rps19'.
abstract: A 1887-nucleotide chloroplast-DNA region from Arabidopsis thaliana was analyzed. It contains the conserved genes psbA for the precursor of the D1 reaction-centre protein of photosystem II, trnH for tRNAHis, and rps19' for the 6.8-kDa protein of the small ribosomal subunit. Northern hybridization and RNase protection experiments suggest co-transcription of a minor RNA fraction over the full lengths of psbA and the preceding trnK-UUU gene, but not including downstream trnH sequences. In front of the mapped 5' end of the major 1.2-kb psbA transcript is a DNA region that shows the typical architecture of a psbA promoter, consisting of the prokaryotic-type '-35' and '-10' elements as well as the eukaryotic-type 'TATA' motif. The common 3' end of psbA transcripts seems to be located immediately after a stem-loop structure downstream from the coding region.
authors.affiliation: University of Bochum, Germany.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Liere
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kestermann
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Müller
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Link
mesh_terms: D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000235:genetics*; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D002736:Chloroplasts / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D018744:DNA, Plant; D017343:Genes, Plant; D045322:Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D045332:Photosystem II Protein Complex; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D012313:RNA / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D018744:DNA, Plant; D045322:Photosynthetic Reaction Center Complex Proteins; D045332:Photosystem II Protein Complex; D010940:Plant Proteins; D012313:RNA