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Gene organization and newly identified groups of genes of the chloroplast genome from a liverwort, Marchantia polymorpha

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Molecular Biology of Photosynthesis

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Abstract

The complete nucleotide sequence of chloroplast DNA from a liverwort, Marchantia polymorpha has made clear the entire gene organization of the chloroplast genome. Quite a few genes encoding components of photosynthesis and protein synthesis machinery have been identified by comparative computer analysis. Other genes involved in photosynthesis, respiratory electron transport, and membrane-associated transport in chloroplasts were predicted by the amino acid sequence homology and secondary structure of gene products. Thirty-three open reading frames in the liverwort chloroplast genome remain unidentified. However, most of these open reading frames are also conserved in the chloroplast genomes of two species, a liverwort, Marchantia polymorpha, and tobacco, Nicotiana tabacum, indicating their active functions in chloroplasts.

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Abbreviations

bp:

base pair

kDa:

kilodalton

IR:

inverted repeat

ORF:

open reading frame

DALA:

δ-aminolevulinate

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  1. Hideya Fukuzawa

    Present address: Institute of Applied Microbiology, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 113, Japan

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  1. Research Center for Cell and Tissue Culture, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606, Japan

    Kanji Ohyama, Takayuki Kohchi, Hideya Fukuzawa & Tohru Sano

  2. Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606, Japan

    Kazuhiko Umesono & Haruo Ozeki

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Ohyama, K., Kohchi, T., Fukuzawa, H., Sano, T., Umesono, K., Ozeki, H. (1988). Gene organization and newly identified groups of genes of the chloroplast genome from a liverwort, Marchantia polymorpha . In: Govindjee (eds) Molecular Biology of Photosynthesis. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2269-3_2

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