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ORGANIZATION OF THE CHLOROPLAST GENOME OF THE FRESHWATER CENTRIC DIATOM CYCLOTELLA MENEGHINIANA 1
Author(s) -
Bourne Carol M.,
Palmer Jeffrey D.,
Stoermer Eugene F.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
journal of phycology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.85
H-Index - 127
eISSN - 1529-8817
pISSN - 0022-3646
DOI - 10.1111/j.0022-3646.1992.00347.x
Subject(s) - biology , genome , inverted repeat , chloroplast dna , gene , genetics , chloroplast , diatom , ribosomal rna , botany
We constructed a complete physical map and a partial gene map of the chloroplast genome of Cyclotella meneghiniana Kützing clone 1020‐1a (Bacillariophyceae). The 128‐kb circular molecule contains a 17‐kb inverted repeat, which divides the genome into single copy regions of65 kb and 29 kb. This is the largest genome and inverted repeat found in any diatom examined to date. In addition to the 16S and 23S ribosomal RNA genes, the inverted repeat contains both the ndh D gene (as yet unexamined in other diatoms) and the psbA gene (located similarly in one of two other examined diatoms). The Cyclotella chloroplast genome exists as two equimolar populations of inversion isomers that differ in the relative orientation of their single copy sequences. This inversion heterogeneity presumably results from intramolecular recombination within the inverted repeat. For the first time, we map the ndh D , psa C , rpofi , rpo Cl , and rpo C2 genes to the chloroplast genome of a chlorophyll c‐containing alga. While the Cyclotella chloroplast genome retains some prokaryotic and land plant gene clusters and operons, it contains a highly rearranged gene order in the large and small single copy regions compared to all other examined diatom, algal, and land plant chloroplast genomes.