Use of the UGA terminator as a tryptophan codon in yeast mitochondria.

作者：G. Macino, Gloria M. Coruzzi, F. G. Nóbrega, Mengtong Li, Alexander Tzagoloff · 发表于：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 年份：1979 · DOI：10.1073/pnas.76.8.3784 · 被引用次数：155 · 研究领域：Mitochondrial Function and Pathology、Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior、RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms

We propose that the UGA terminator regularly occurs as a tryptophan codon in yeast mitochondrial DNA. This conclusion is based on the sequence analysis of mitochondrial DNA regions coding for structural genes of cytochrome b, cytochrome oxidase, and the ATPase.