Identification and partial DNA sequence of the gene for the alpha-subunit of the ATP synthase complex of Chlamydomonas reinhardii chloroplasts.

The partial DNA sequences of two unidentified genes flanking the gene for the large subunit of ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase of Chlamydomonas reinhardii have been reported [(1982) J. Mol. Biol. 162, 775-793]. Based on a comparison of the derived amino acid sequence of one of these genes with the corresponding sequences from Nicotiana tabacum chloroplast DNA and the E. coli atp (unc) operon, one Chlamydomonas gene is identified as coding for the alpha-subunit of the ATP synthase complex.