Rhopalocnemis phalloides has one of the most reduced and mutated plastid genomes known

Schelkunov, M.I.; Nuraliev, M.S.; Logacheva, M.D.

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Авторы: Schelkunov M.I., Nuraliev M.S., Logacheva M.D.
Журнал: PeerJ
Том: 7
Год издания: 2019
Издательство: PeerJ
Местоположение издательства: San Francisco
Первая страница: 7500
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.7500
Аннотация: Although most plant species are photosynthetic, several hundred species have lost the ability to photosynthesize and instead obtain nutrients via various types of heterotrophic feeding. Their plastid genomes markedly differ from the plastid genomes of photosynthetic plants. In this work, we describe the sequenced plastid genome of the heterotrophic plant Rhopalocnemis phalloides, which belongs to the family Balanophoraceae and feeds by parasitizing other plants. The genome is highly reduced (18,622 base pairs vs. approximately 150 kbp in autotrophic plants) and possesses an extraordinarily high AT content, 86.8%, which is inferior only to AT contents of plastid genomes of Balanophora, a genus from the same family. The gene content of this genome is quite typical of heterotrophic plants, with all of the genes related to photosynthesis having been lost. The remaining genes are notably distorted by a high mutation rate and the aforementioned AT content. The high AT content has led to sequence convergence between some of the remaining genes and their homologs from AT-rich plastid genomes of protists. Overall, the plastid genome of R. phalloides is one of the most unusual plastid genomes known.
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