title: Silene cDNA clones for a divergent chlorophyll-a/b-binding protein and a small subunit of ribulosebisphosphate carboxylase.
abstract: We have isolated and analyzed cDNA clones for aSilene pratensis chlorophyll-a/b-binding protein (CAB) and a small subunit (SS) of ribulosebisphosphate carboxylase. These cDNA clones contain the coding information for the complete transit peptides. The CAB clone codes for a divergent CAB protein that differs from most published CAB sequences in both the transit peptide part and in the amino terminal part of the mature protein, a region with an important regulatory function. The SS clone codes for a precursor that is homologous to other published precursor sequences. In the mature part some non-conservative changes are observed.Silene cDNA clones for four chloroplast specific precursor proteins that are directed towards three different chloroplast compartments have been analyzed and the transit peptides compared.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Cell Biology, University of Utrecht, Padualaan 8, 3584 CH, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Smeekens
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: van Oosten
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: de Groot
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Weisbeek