PMID: 8595673Feb 1, 1996Paper

Sorghum mitochondrial orf25 and a related chimeric configuration of a male-sterile cytoplasm

Current Genetics
H Van TangB Yan

Abstract

We describe fundamental characteristics of sorghum mitochondrial orf25, urf209, and a related chimeric configuration, orf265/130, which is restricted to the IS1112C source of cytoplasmic male sterility in sorghum. Transcripts of urf209 are edited at ten nucleotides, resulting in nine amino-acid changes predicted from genomic sequences. The cDNA-predicted polypeptide product is 23.6 kDa, while Western blot analyses identify a product of 20k Da. Transcription of urf209 is characterized by one or two transcripts, dependent on nuclear background, but this difference is not related to male fertility status. The orf265/130 chimeric region includes 288 bp 95% identical to sequences 5' to maize T-cytoplasm T-urf13 and atp6, which includes a common transcription initiation site, and terminates with a recombinational event involving urf209. The urf209 similarity extends 189 bp, followed by sequences duplicated 5' to sorghum atp6-2. Sequences immediately 3' to the atp6-2 similarity include a second in-frame start codon, defining orf130. Structural features 5' to orf130 are shared with motifs found 5' to several translated mitochondrial open reading frames. The orf265/orf130 configuration is uniquely transcribed, and transcripts of orf130 ...Continue Reading

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