Abstract
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 Chlaitmydomonas gene is identified as coding for the α-subunit of the ATP synthase complex. Chlamydomonas Chloroplast DNA atpA ATP synthase DNA sequence