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Table 1 Summary of genes retained in the M. hypopitys plastome

From: The loss of photosynthetic pathways in the plastid and nuclear genomes of the non-photosynthetic mycoheterotrophic eudicot Monotropa hypopitys

Function

Genes

Ribosomal proteins (large subunit)

rpl2, rpl14, rpl16, rpl20, rpl22, rpl23, rpl32, rpl33, rpl36

Ribosomal proteins (small subunit)

rps2, rps3, rps4, rps7, rps8, rps11, rps12, rps14, rps18

rRNAs

rrn4.5, rrn5, rrn16, rrn23

tRNAs

trnH-GUG, trnW-CCA, trnP-UGG, trnfM-CAU a , trnF-GAA, trnS-UGA, trnM-CAU b , trnE-UUC, trnY-GUA, trnD-GUC, trnC-GCA, trnR-UCU, trnS-GCU, trnQ-UUG, trnI-CAU, trnR-ACG, trnN-GUU, trnL-UAG, trnF-AAA c

Other protein-coding genes

infA, matK, clpP, accD d

  1. a two copies in MON1 and one copy in MON2 plastome
  2. b missing in MON2 plastome
  3. c missing in MON1 plastome
  4. d functionality is unclear
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BMC Plant Biology

ISSN: 1471-2229

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