RRC ID 20817
著者 Nozaki H, Takano H, Misumi O, Terasawa K, Matsuzaki M, Maruyama S, Nishida K, Yagisawa F, Yoshida Y, Fujiwara T, Takio S, Tamura K, Chung SJ, Nakamura S, Kuroiwa H, Tanaka K, Sato N, Kuroiwa T.
タイトル A 100%-complete sequence reveals unusually simple genomic features in the hot-spring red alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae.
ジャーナル BMC Biol
Abstract BACKGROUND:All previously reported eukaryotic nuclear genome sequences have been incomplete, especially in highly repeated units and chromosomal ends. Because repetitive DNA is important for many aspects of biology, complete chromosomal structures are fundamental for understanding eukaryotic cells. Our earlier, nearly complete genome sequence of the hot-spring red alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae revealed several unique features, including just three ribosomal DNA copies, very few introns, and a small total number of genes. However, because the exact structures of certain functionally important repeated elements remained ambiguous, that sequence was not complete. Obviously, those ambiguities needed to be resolved before the unique features of the C. merolae genome could be summarized, and the ambiguities could only be resolved by completing the sequence. Therefore, we aimed to complete all previous gaps and sequence all remaining chromosomal ends, and now report the first nuclear-genome sequence for any eukaryote that is 100% complete.
RESULTS:Our present complete sequence consists of 16546747 nucleotides covering 100% of the 20 linear chromosomes from telomere to telomere, representing the simple and unique chromosomal structures of the eukaryotic cell. We have unambiguously established that the C. merolae genome contains the smallest known histone-gene cluster, a unique telomeric repeat for all chromosomal ends, and an extremely low number of transposons.
CONCLUSION:By virtue of these attributes and others that we had discovered previously, C. merolae appears to have the simplest nuclear genome of the non-symbiotic eukaryotes. These unusually simple genomic features in the 100% complete genome sequence of C. merolae are extremely useful for further studies of eukaryotic cells.
巻・号 5
ページ 28
公開日 2007-7-10
DOI 10.1186/1741-7007-5-28
PII 1741-7007-5-28
PMID 17623057
PMC PMC1955436
MeSH Base Sequence Chromosome Mapping DNA Transposable Elements / genetics DNA, Algal / chemistry DNA, Algal / genetics* Eukaryotic Cells / metabolism Genome* Genomics / methods Histones / genetics Hot Springs / microbiology* Models, Genetic Molecular Sequence Data Multigene Family Rhodophyta / genetics* Sequence Analysis, DNA Telomere / genetics
IF 6.765
引用数 176
WOS 分野 BIOLOGY
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藻類 NIES-1332