ISSN:
1617-4623
Keywords:
RNA editing
;
Trans-acting factor
;
Guide RNA
;
psbL gene
;
Plastid transformation
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
Notes:
Abstract A C-to-U RNA editing event creates a functional initiation codon for translation of the psbL mRNA in tobacco plastids. Small trans-acting guide RNAs (gRNAs) have been shown to be involved in editing site selection in kinetoplastid mitochondria. A computer search of the tobacco plastid genome (ptDNA) identified such a putative gRNA, a 14-nucleotide sequence motif that is complementary to the psbL mRNA, including the A nucleotide required to direct the C-to-U change. The critical A nucleotide of the putative gRNA gene was changed to G by plastid transformation. We report here that the introduced mutation did not abolish psbL editing. Since no other region of the plastid genome contains significant complementarity to the psbL editing site we suggest that, if gRNAs serve as trans-acting factors for plastid psbL mRNA editing, they either have only a limited complementarity to the editing site, or are encoded in the nuclear genome.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00293145
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