Gene Review:
rtl - reverse transcriptase-like protein
Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
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High impact information on rtl
- Genes encoding a subunit of respiratory NADH dehydrogenase (ND1) and a reverse transcriptase-like protein (RTL) are linked to ribosomal RNA gene pieces in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii mitochondrial DNA [1].
- The ND1 gene encodes a subunit of respiratory NADH dehydrogenase, a standard mitochondrial gene, while the RTL gene is related to the reverse transcriptase-like part of some optional introns and plasmids in fungal mitochondria [1].
- The universal genetic code is used in both the ND1 and RTL genes; however, the latter is distinguished from the other protein coding genes of C. reinhardtii mtDNA by several characteristics which suggest that RTL may be a more recently acquired gene [1].
- Two long and uninterrupted reading frames, specifying the ND1 and RTL genes, are embedded within fragmented rRNA genes in the 15.8-kb mitochondrial genome of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, a unicellular green alga [1].
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