Nucleotide sequence of Rattus norvegicus mitochondrial DNA that includes the genes for tRNAile, tRNAgln and tRNAf-met.

The nucleotide sequence of a segment of mtDNA from Rattus norvegicus (rat) which contains the genes for tRNAile, tRNAgln and tRNAf-met has been determined. A detailed comparison has been made between this sequence and the corresponding sequences of mouse, human and bovine mtDNAs with regard to the primary and secondary structure of the tRNA genes, the regions connecting the tRNA genes, and the regions flanking the tRNA genes which code for the carboxyl terminus of URF-1 and the amino terminus of URF-2. No differences were found in the nucleotide sequences of the genes for tRNAile, tRNAgln and tRNAf-met in mtDNAs from three different female lines of rats (SASCO-1, SASCO-2 and Wild-UT) that differ by substitutions of 0.8% to 1.8% of their total nucleotides.