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A β-ketoacyl-acyl carrier protein synthase III gene (fabH) is encoded on the chloroplast genome of the red alga Porphyra umbilicalis

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DNA sequencing of a region of the chloroplast genome of the red alga Porphyra umbilicalis revealed an open reading frame of 326 amino acids. Databank searches indicated that this ORF is 34% identical to an E. coli gene (fabH) encoding β-ketoacyl-carrier protein synthase III. In addition, a leucine tRNA gene (trnL(GAG)) was detected just downstream. Neither of these genes are encoded on the chloroplast genomes of land plants.

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Reith, M. A β-ketoacyl-acyl carrier protein synthase III gene (fabH) is encoded on the chloroplast genome of the red alga Porphyra umbilicalis . Plant Mol Biol 21, 185–189 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00039630

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