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Chloroplast ATPase (CF1) is composed of five subunits, three of which (α,β and ε) are synthesized within the chloroplast (see (1) for references) and coded by chloroplast genes (2). The γ and δ subunits are synthesized in the cytoplasm and are presumed to be coded by nuclear genes (see (1) for references). The genes for the β and ε subunits map close to the gene (rbcL) for the large subunit of ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase but the gene for the α subunit is located some 40 kb away on the spinach chloroplast DNA (cpDNA) map (2). In this paper we report the results of our investigations into the structure and organization of the genes for the β and ε subunits of ATPase from Spinacia oleracea and Pisum sativum chloroplasts.
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Whitfeld, P.R., Zurawski, G., Bottomley, W. (1983). Organization and Structure of the Genes for the β and ε Subunits of Spinach and Pea Chloroplast ATPase. In: Ciferri, O., Dure, L. (eds) Structure and Function of Plant Genomes. NATO Advanced Science Institutes Series, vol 63. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-4538-1_18
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