Comparative Analysis of Chloroplast Genomes: Functional Annotation, Genome-Based Phylogeny, and Deduced Evolutionary Patterns

Table 1.

cpDNA Size, Percentage of Assignments, and Presence of Introns,matK, and IR

Species Total DNA cpDNA bp No.nuclotides in ORFs No. cod DNA (%) Prot Total In Syn COGs In Syn CyanoB In other cpDNA No. assigned No.introns Presence ofmatK Presence of IR
ORFs (%)
Nongreen algae
 CyaPar 135,599 97,656 28.0 149 83 135 5 9 6.0 1 No Yes
 GuiThe 121,524 97,233 20.0 147 86 132 8 7 4.8 No Yes
 OdoSin 119,704 91,098 23.9 140 75 118 3 19 13.6 0 No Yes
 CyaCal 164,921 142,182 13.8 197 115 172 6 19 9.6 No
 PorPur 191,028 153,396 19.7 209 120 194 9 6 2.9 0 No
Euglenophyta
 EugGra 143,172 50,964 64.4 66 32 52 4 10 15.1 155 Yes
Green algae
 ChlVul 150,613 91,074 39.5 (174) 106 45 71 2 (101) 33 (58.0) 3 No Not present
 MesVir 118,360 77,412 34.6 105 60 95 2 8 7.6 0 No Yes
 NepOli 200,799 127,470 36.5 155 64 96 2 57 36.8 0 No Yes
Land plants
 PinThu 119,707 76,605 36.0 (160) 114 37 63 8 (89) 43 (55.6) Yes Very small
 MarPol 121,024 72,528 40.1 89 50 78 6 5 5.6 ≈20 Yes Yes
 SpiOle 150,725 75,108 50.2 98 49 76 4 18 18.4 ≈20 Yes Yes
 AraTha 154,478 85,044 44.9 88 50 78 9 1 1.1 ≈20 Yes Yes
 OenEla 159,443 88,197 44.7 119 50 77 12 30 25.2 Yes Yes
 NicTab 155,939 80,343 48.5 101 50 74 16 11 10.9 ≈20 Yes Yes
 OrySat 134,525 67,434 49.9 108 53 78 23 7 6.5 ≈20 Yes Yes
 ZeaMay 140,387 68,772 51.0 111 50 75 17 19 17.1 ≈20 Yes Yes
Other
 EpiVir 70,028 30,348 56.7 24 17 20 4 0 0.0 Yes Yes
 ToxGon 34,996 18,747 46.4 26 11 12 1 13 50.0
TOTAL 2266 1097 1696 141 429
  • Data about the genomes that include the size of each cpDNA, the percentage of encoding DNA (counted as the size of ORFs), the number of proteins assigned for each species, and the presence of introns, maturase (matK) and inverted repeats (IR) in the cpDNAs.

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  1. Genome Res. 12: 567-583

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