Analysis of the complete plastid genome of the unicellular red alga Porphyridium purpureum
Analysis of the complete plastid genome of the unicellular red alga Porphyridium purpureum
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10.1007/s10265-014-0627-1
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2014-03
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2.8
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Naoyuki Tajima;Shusei Sato;F. Maruyama;K. Kurokawa;H. Ohta;S. Tabata;Kohsuke Sekine;Takashi Moriyama;N. Sato
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Naoyuki Tajima;Shusei Sato;F. Maruyama;K. Kurokawa;H. Ohta;S. Tabata;Kohsuke Sekine;Takashi Moriyama;N. Sato
We determined the complete nucleotide sequence of the plastid genome of the unicellular marine red algaPorphyridium purpureumstrain NIES 2140, belonging to the unsequenced class Porphyridiophyceae. The genome is a circular DNA composed of 217,694 bp with the GC content of 30.3 %. Twenty-nine of the 224 protein-coding genes contain one or multiple intron(s). A group I intron was found in therpl28gene, whereas the other introns were group II introns. TheP. purpureumplastid genome has one non-coding RNA (ncRNA) gene, 29 tRNA genes and two nonidentical ribosomal RNA operons. One rRNA operon has a tRNAAla(UGC) gene between therrsand therrlgenes, whereas another has a tRNAIle(GAU) gene. Phylogenetic analyses suggest that the plastids of Heterokontophyta, Cryptophyta and Haptophyta originated from the subphylum Rhodophytina. The order of the genes in the ribosomal protein cluster of theP. purpureumplastid genome differs from that of other Rhodophyta and Chromalveolata. These results suggest that a large-scale rearrangement occurred in the plastid genome ofP. purpureumafter its separation from other Rhodophyta.