RRC ID 20826
著者 Pombert JF, Lemieux C, Turmel M.
タイトル The complete chloroplast DNA sequence of the green alga Oltmannsiellopsis viridis reveals a distinctive quadripartite architecture in the chloroplast genome of early diverging ulvophytes.
ジャーナル BMC Biol
Abstract BACKGROUND:The phylum Chlorophyta contains the majority of the green algae and is divided into four classes. The basal position of the Prasinophyceae has been well documented, but the divergence order of the Ulvophyceae, Trebouxiophyceae and Chlorophyceae is currently debated. The four complete chloroplast DNA (cpDNA) sequences presently available for representatives of these classes have revealed extensive variability in overall structure, gene content, intron composition and gene order. The chloroplast genome of Pseudendoclonium (Ulvophyceae), in particular, is characterized by an atypical quadripartite architecture that deviates from the ancestral type by a large inverted repeat (IR) featuring an inverted rRNA operon and a small single-copy (SSC) region containing 14 genes normally found in the large single-copy (LSC) region. To gain insights into the nature of the events that led to the reorganization of the chloroplast genome in the Ulvophyceae, we have determined the complete cpDNA sequence of Oltmannsiellopsis viridis, a representative of a distinct, early diverging lineage.
RESULTS:The 151,933 bp IR-containing genome of Oltmannsiellopsis differs considerably from Pseudendoclonium and other chlorophyte cpDNAs in intron content and gene order, but shares close similarities with its ulvophyte homologue at the levels of quadripartite architecture, gene content and gene density. Oltmannsiellopsis cpDNA encodes 105 genes, contains five group I introns, and features many short dispersed repeats. As in Pseudendoclonium cpDNA, the rRNA genes in the IR are transcribed toward the single copy region featuring the genes typically found in the ancestral LSC region, and the opposite single copy region harbours genes characteristic of both the ancestral SSC and LSC regions. The 52 genes that were transferred from the ancestral LSC to SSC region include 12 of those observed in Pseudendoclonium cpDNA. Surprisingly, the overall gene organization of Oltmannsiellopsis cpDNA more closely resembles that of Chlorella (Trebouxiophyceae) cpDNA.
CONCLUSION:The chloroplast genome of the last common ancestor of Oltmannsiellopsis and Pseudendoclonium contained a minimum of 108 genes, carried only a few group I introns, and featured a distinctive quadripartite architecture. Numerous changes were experienced by the chloroplast genome in the lineages leading to Oltmannsiellopsis and Pseudendoclonium. Our comparative analyses of chlorophyte cpDNAs support the notion that the Ulvophyceae is sister to the Chlorophyceae.
巻・号 4
ページ 3
公開日 2006-2-3
DOI 10.1186/1741-7007-4-3
PII 1741-7007-4-3
PMID 16472375
PMC PMC1402334
MeSH Base Sequence Chlorophyta / metabolism* Chloroplasts / metabolism* Chromosome Mapping DNA / metabolism DNA, Chloroplast / genetics* DNA, Complementary / metabolism DNA, Mitochondrial Eukaryota / metabolism Evolution, Molecular Gene Order Genome Genome, Plant Introns Models, Genetic Molecular Sequence Data Multigene Family Open Reading Frames Phylogeny RNA, Ribosomal / genetics Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid Sequence Analysis, DNA* Species Specificity
IF 6.765
引用数 69
WOS 分野 BIOLOGY
リソース情報
藻類 NIES-360