The nucleotide sequence of spinach chloroplast methionine elongator tRNA

R. Pirtle, J.L. Calagan, I. Pirtle, M. Kashdan, Hendrik J. Vreman, B. Dudock

Nucleic Acids Research · 1981 · 25 citations · 32 references

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The nucleotide sequence of spinach chloroplast methionine elongator tRNA (sp. chl. tRNAm Met) has been determined. This tRNA is considerably more homologous to E. coli tRNAm Met (67% homology) than to the three known eukaryotic tRNAm Met (50-55% homology). Sp. chl. tRNAm Met, like the eight other chloroplast tRNAs sequenced, contains a methylated GG sequence in the dihydrouridine loop and lacks unusual structural features which have been found in several mitochondrial tRNAs.

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