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We have determined the nucleotide sequence of the plastid psbL gene from bell pepper. This gene has an ACG as a first codon. Isolation of RNA from pepper leaves and ripe fruits and subsequent sequencing of the psbL cDNA revealed that this ACG codon is post-transcriptionally edited into an AUG initiation codon in both leaves and fruits. These data indicate that the RNA editing machinery which exists in chloroplasts is still functional in chromoplasts from ripe fruits.
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Kuntz, M., Camara, B., Weil, JH. et al. The psbL gene from bell pepper (Capsicum annuum): plastid RNA editing also occurs in non-photosynthetic chromoplasts. Plant Mol Biol 20, 1185–1188 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00028906
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