Nucleotide sequence of a wheat mitochondrial lysine tRNA gene

We present the sequence of a wheat mitochondrial (mt) lysine tRNA gene (tmK-UUU). This gene more closely resembles itsE. coli counterpart than it does the corresponding gene in fungal or mammalian mtDNA. Hybridization experiments with atrnK-specific probe suggest that at least two copies of this tRNALys gene are present in the wheat mitochondrial genome.