Nucleic Acids Research, 1980, Vol. 8, No. 21 5089-5093
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MOLECULAR BIOLOGY |
The nucleotide sequence of Scenedesmus obliquus chloroplast tRNAfMet
Department of Biochemistry, University of Liverpool P.O. Box 147, Liverpool L69 3BX, UK
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Received September 19, 1980.
The chloroplast initiator tRNAfMet from the green alga Scenedesmus obliguus has been purified and its sequence shown to be p C-G-C-A-G-G-A-U-A-G-A-G-C-A-G-U-C-U- Gm -G-D-A-G-C-U-C- m22 G-
-G-G-G-G-C-U-C-A-U-A-A-
-C-C-C-A-A-U- m7G -D-C-G-C-A-G-G-T-
-C-A-A-A-U-C-C-U-G-C-C-U-G-C-A-A-C-C-A-OH. This structure is prokaryotic in character and displays close homologies with a blue green algal initiator tRNAfMet and bean chloroplast initiator tRNAfMet.