Integrated R2 sequence in mitochondria of fertile B37N maize encodes and expresses a 130 kD polypeptide similar to that encoded by the S2 episome of S-type male sterile plants.
AUTOR(ES)
O'Brien, C
RESUMO
Expression of a 130 kDa protein from open reading frame 1 of the integrated form of the R2 mitochondrial plasmid in normal mitochondria of B37 and other inbred lines is described. The protein appears identical to that synthesized by the closely related S2 episome found in cytoplasmic male sterile maize of the S type. Protein was detected using antisera raised against a beta-galactosidase:ORF1 fusion product containing the most antigenic region of the ORF1 product. Detection of this protein is in contrast to previous reports that mitochondria of normal, male-fertile lines either do not contain this protein, or that there are 11 in-frame stop codons in the reading frame. The integrated R2 of B37N was cloned and this region sequenced, confirming that a continuous open reading frame existed. These results are discussed in relation to the possible role of the S-type episomes in causing cytoplasmic male sterility.
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