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PLANT JOURNAL
Volume 29, Issue 2, Pages 203-213Publisher
BLACKWELL PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313x.2002.01207.x
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plant; organelle; cox2; intron; RNA editing; electroporation
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Higher plant mitochondria mainly contain group II introns presenting a secondary structure with six helical domains linked to a central hub. Experimental evidence of functional elements in higher plant mitochondria introns is limited since they are unable to undergo self-splicing and the definition of functional domains is based on data obtained from yeast autocatalytic introns, Here we study the role of putative functional elements required for the splicing reaction. The exon-binding and intron-binding sites (EBS and IBS, respectively), and the domain 6, which is involved in lariat formation, were analysed by site-directed mutagenesis and transient expression in electroporated mitochondria. The data presented here demonstrate the role of EBS1-IBS1 and EBS2-IBS2 interactions and reveal a new secondary-structure interaction. The role of the C to U editing conversion in the IBS1 motif is discussed.
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