PMID- 11158540 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20030328 LR - 20190514 IS - 1040-4651 (Print) IS - 1532-298X (Electronic) IS - 1040-4651 (Linking) VI - 13 IP - 1 DP - 2001 Jan TI - Chloroplast ribosomal protein S7 of Chlamydomonas binds to chloroplast mRNA leader sequences and may be involved in translation initiation. PG - 207-18 AB - Certain mutations isolated in the 5' untranslated region (5'UTR) of the chloroplast rps7 gene in Chlamydomonas reduce expression of reporter genes. Second site suppressors in this 5'UTR sequence restore reporter expression. 5'UTR sequences with the original mutations fail to bind a 20-kD protein, one of five proteins that bind to leaders of several chloroplast genes. However, 5'UTRs from suppressed mutants restore binding to this protein but do not bind a 47-kD protein present on the wild type and the original mutant 5'UTRs. The 20-kD protein was shown to be the S7 protein of the chloroplast ribosomal small subunit encoded by rps7, whereas the 47-kD protein was shown to be RB47, a poly(A) binding protein. Our data are consistent with the hypothesis that the S7 protein plays either a general or a specific regulatory role in translation initiation in the chloroplast. FAU - Fargo, D C AU - Fargo DC AD - Developmental, Cell and Molecular Biology Group, Duke University LSRC Building, Box 91000 Research Drive, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA. dcf2@duke.edu FAU - Boynton, J E AU - Boynton JE FAU - Gillham, N W AU - Gillham NW LA - eng GR - GM-19427/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. PL - England TA - Plant Cell JT - The Plant cell JID - 9208688 RN - 0 (5' Untranslated Regions) RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) RN - 0 (Recombinant Proteins) RN - 0 (Ribosomal Proteins) RN - 0 (ribosomal protein S7) SB - IM MH - 5' Untranslated Regions MH - Animals MH - Base Sequence MH - Chlamydomonas/*metabolism MH - Chloroplasts/*genetics MH - Molecular Sequence Data MH - Nucleic Acid Conformation MH - Protein Binding MH - Protein Biosynthesis/*physiology MH - RNA, Messenger/chemistry/*genetics MH - Recombinant Proteins/metabolism MH - Ribosomal Proteins/*metabolism/physiology PMC - PMC102210 EDAT- 2001/02/07 11:00 MHDA- 2003/03/29 05:00 PMCR- 2002/01/01 CRDT- 2001/02/07 11:00 PHST- 2001/02/07 11:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2003/03/29 05:00 [medline] PHST- 2001/02/07 11:00 [entrez] PHST- 2002/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 00-0285 [pii] AID - 10.1105/tpc.13.1.207 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Plant Cell. 2001 Jan;13(1):207-18. doi: 10.1105/tpc.13.1.207.