Molecular cloning and sequencing of cDNA encoding the precursor to the small subunit of chloroplast ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase

Polyadenylated RNA from leaves of pea (Pisum sativum) has been copied into DNA and cloned in the Escherichia coli plasmid pBR322. From these clones we have identified and sequenced DNA encoding the mRNA for the precursor of the small subunit of the chloroplast enzyme ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase.