The nucleotide sequence of 1029 bp BamHI-fragment of leek chloroplast DNA (Allium porrum, fam. Liliaceae) has been determined. The fragment contains the 3'-terminal part of the tRNA-Gly (UCC) gene, the tRNA-Arg (UCU) gene and the 3'-terminal domain of the CF1ATPase alpha-subunit gene. The gene arrangement and the nucleotide sequence of this fragment are similar to those of the tobacco chloroplast DNA but differ significantly from that of other monocots in which the region containing these genes underwent extensive recombination.