Table 2.
Comparison of Gene Content in Green Algal Mitochondrial Genomes
| Gene | Cre | Ceu | Cel | Sob | Pmi | Pwi | Nol |
| Complex I | |||||||
| nad1 | + | + | + | + | + | + | + |
| nad2 | + | + | + | + | + | + | + |
| nad3 | − | − | − | + | + | + | + |
| nad4 | + | + | + | + | + | + | + |
| nad4L | − | − | − | + | + | + | + |
| nad5 | + | + | + | + | + | + | + |
| nad6 | + | + | + | + | + | + | + |
| nad7 | − | − | − | − | − | + | + |
| nad8 | − | − | − | − | − | − | + |
| nad9 | − | − | − | − | − | + | + |
| Complex III (cob) | |||||||
| + | + | + | + | + | + | + | |
| Complex IV | |||||||
| cox1 | + | + | + | + | + | + | + |
| cox2 | − | − | − | + | − | + | + |
| cox3 | − | − | − | + | − | + | + |
| Complex V | |||||||
| atp1 | − | − | − | − | − | + | + |
| atp6 | − | − | − | + | + | + | + |
| atp8 | − | − | − | − | + | + | + |
| atp9 | − | − | − | + | − | + | + |
| Ribosomal RNAs | |||||||
| rnl | + (8) | + (6) | + (6) | + (4) | + (2) | + (1) | + (1) |
| rns | + (4) | + (3) | + (3) | + (2) | + (1) | + (1) | + (1) |
| rrn5 | − | − | − | − | − | + (1) | + (1) |
| Transfer RNAs | |||||||
| AA Anticodon Codon | |||||||
| A(ugc)GCN | − | − | − | + | − | + | + |
| C(gca)UGY | − | − | − | + | + | + | + |
| D(guc)GAY | − | − | − | + | − | + | + |
| E(uuc)GAR | − | − | − | + | + | + | + |
| F(gaa)UUY | − | − | − | + | + | + | + |
| G(gcc)GGY | − | − | − | − | − | + | − |
| G(ucc)GGN | − | − | − | + | − | + | + |
| H(gug)CAY | − | − | − | + | + | + | + |
| I(gau)AUY | − | − | − | + | − | + | + |
| I (uau)AUA | − | − | − | + | − | − | − |
| I(cau)AUA | − | − | − | − | − | + | + |
| K(uuu)AAR | − | − | − | + | − | + | + |
| L(cua)*UAG | − | − | − | + | − | − | − |
| L(uaa)UUR | − | − | − | − | − | + | + |
| L(caa)UUG | − | − | − | + | + | − | − |
| L(uag)CUN | − | − | − | − | − | + | + |
| L(aag)*CUN | − | − | − | + | − | − | − |
| L(cag)*CUG | − | − | − | + | − | − | − |
| Me(cau)AUG | + | + | + | + | − | + | + |
| Mf(cau)AUG | − | − | − | + | − | + | + |
| N(guu)AAY | − | − | − | + | − | + | + |
| P(ugg)CCN | − | − | − | + | − | + | + |
| Q(uug)CAR | + | + | + | + | + | + | + |
| R(acg)CGN | − | − | − | + | − | + | + |
| R(ucg)CGR | − | − | − | − | − | − | + |
| R(ucu)AGR | − | − | − | + | − | + | + |
| R(ccu)*AGG | − | − | − | + | − | − | − |
| S(gcu)AGY | − | − | − | + | − | + | + |
| S(uga)UCN | − | − | − | − | − | + | + |
| S(gga)*UCY | − | − | − | + | − | − | − |
| T(ggu)ACY | − | − | − | − | − | − | + |
| T(ugu)ACN | − | − | − | − | − | + | − |
| V(uac)GUN | − | − | − | + | − | + | + |
| W(cca)UGG | + | + | + | + | − | + | + |
| W(uca)UGR | − | − | − | − | + | − | − |
| Y(gua)UAY | − | − | − | + | + | + | + |
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↵See Table 1 for abbreviations of species names.
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↵Numbers in parentheses indicate the number of coding modules for that particular rRNA species.
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↵Mitochondrially-encoded tRNAs unique toScenedesmus are in bold and marked with an asterisk; the codons they read and the amino acids they specify are also set in bold.
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↵Transfer RNA coded for by a duplicated gene.
