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Wu L, Fan P, Cai J, Zang C, Lin Y, Xu Z, Wu Z, Gao W, Song J, Yao H. Comparative genomics and phylogenomics of the genus Glycyrrhiza (Fabaceae) based on chloroplast genomes. Front Pharmacol 2024; 15:1371390. [PMID: 38515836 PMCID: PMC10955637 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2024.1371390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2024] [Accepted: 02/19/2024] [Indexed: 03/23/2024] Open
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Glycyrrhiza (Fabaceae) species are rich in metabolites and widely used in medicine. Research on the chloroplast genome of Glycyrrhiza is important for understanding its phylogenetics, biogeography, genetic diversity, species identification, and medicinal properties. In this study, comparative genomics and phylogenomics of Glycyrrhiza were analyzed based on the chloroplast genome. The chloroplast genomes of six Glycyrrhiza species were obtained using various assembly and annotation tools. The final assembled chloroplast genome sizes for the six Glycyrrhiza species ranged from 126,380 bp to 129,115 bp, with a total of 109-110 genes annotated. Comparative genomics results showed that the chloroplast genomes of Glycyrrhiza showed typically lacking inverted repeat regions, and the genome length, structure, GC content, codon usage, and gene distribution were highly similar. Bioinformatics analysis revealed the presence of 69-96 simple sequence repeats and 61-138 long repeats in the chloroplast genomes. Combining the results of mVISTA and nucleotide diversity, four highly variable regions were screened for species identification and relationship studies. Selection pressure analysis indicated overall purifying selection in the chloroplast genomes of Glycyrrhiza, with a few positively selected genes potentially linked to environmental adaptation. Phylogenetic analyses involving all tribes of Fabaceae with published chloroplast genomes elucidated the evolutionary relationships, and divergence time estimation estimated the chronological order of species differentiations within the Fabaceae family. The results of phylogenetic analysis indicated that species from the six subfamilies formed distinct clusters, consistent with the classification scheme of the six subfamilies. In addition, the inverted repeat-lacking clade in the subfamily Papilionoideae clustered together, and it was the last to differentiate. Co-linear analysis confirmed the conserved nature of Glycyrrhiza chloroplast genomes, and instances of gene rearrangements and inversions were observed in the subfamily Papilionoideae.
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- Liwei Wu
- State Key Laboratory of Basis and New Drug Development of Natural and Nuclear Drugs, Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Basis and New Drug Development of Natural and Nuclear Drugs, Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Basis and New Drug Development of Natural and Nuclear Drugs, Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Basis and New Drug Development of Natural and Nuclear Drugs, Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Basis and New Drug Development of Natural and Nuclear Drugs, Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- College of Life Science, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, China
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- China Resources Sanjiu Medical & Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, China
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- China Resources Sanjiu Medical & Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Basis and New Drug Development of Natural and Nuclear Drugs, Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
- Engineering Research Center of Chinese Medicine Resources, Ministry of Education, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Basis and New Drug Development of Natural and Nuclear Drugs, Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
- Engineering Research Center of Chinese Medicine Resources, Ministry of Education, Beijing, China
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Edera AA, Howell KA, Nevill PG, Small I, Sanchez-Puerta MV. Evolution of cox2 introns in angiosperm mitochondria and efficient splicing of an elongated cox2i691 intron. Gene 2023; 869:147393. [PMID: 36966978 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2023.147393] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2023] [Revised: 03/08/2023] [Accepted: 03/21/2023] [Indexed: 04/03/2023]
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In angiosperms, the mitochondrial cox2 gene harbors up to two introns, commonly referred to as cox2i373 and cox2i691. We studied the cox2 from 222 fully-sequenced mitogenomes from 30 angiosperm orders and analyzed the evolution of their introns. Unlike cox2i373, cox2i691 shows a distribution among plants that is shaped by frequent intron loss events driven by localized retroprocessing. In addition, cox2i691 exhibits sporadic elongations, frequently in domain IV of introns. Such elongations are poorly related to repeat content and two of them showed the presence of LINE transposons, suggesting that increasing intron size is very likely due to nuclear intracelular DNA transfer followed by incorporation into the mitochondrial DNA. Surprisingly, we found that cox2i691 is erroneously annotated as absent in 30 mitogenomes deposited in public databases. Although each of the cox2 introns is ∼1.5 kb in length, a cox2i691 of 4.2 kb has been reported in Acacia ligulata (Fabaceae). It is still unclear whether its unusual length is due to a trans-splicing arrangement or the loss of functionality of the interrupted cox2. Through analyzing short-read RNA sequencing of Acacia with a multi-step computational strategy, we found that the Acacia cox2 is functional and its long intron is spliced in cis in a very efficient manner despite its length.
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- Alejandro A Edera
- Research Institute for Signals, Systems and Computational Intelligence, sinc(i), FICH-UNL, CONICET, Ciudad Universitaria UNL, 3000 Santa Fe, Argentina.
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- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia
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- Botanic Gardens and Parks Authority, Kings Park and Botanic Garden, Fraser Avenue, Kings Park, Western Australia, Australia; School of Plant Biology, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia
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- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia; Centre of Excellence in Computational Systems Biology, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia
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- IBAM, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, CONICET, Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias, Almirante Brown 500, M5528AHB Chacras de Coria, Argentina; Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, 5500 Mendoza, Argentina
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Liu Y, Lin L, Yang D, Zou X, Zhang Z, Liu M, Lin M, Zheng Y. Comparative phylogenetic analysis of oolong tea ( Phoenix Dancong tea) using complete chloroplast genome sequences. Heliyon 2022; 8:e12557. [PMID: 36643327 PMCID: PMC9834756 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e12557] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2022] [Revised: 08/09/2022] [Accepted: 12/14/2022] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Phoenix Dancong tea, a variety of oolong tea, is produced in Chaozhou, Guangdong Province, China, and is characterized by numerous hybridizations and polyploidization. To assess the genetic diversity and phylogenetic relationships among Phoenix Dancong tea and other oolong teas, an integrated circular chloroplast genome was constructed for thirty species of Phoenix Dancong tea from Chaozhou. The genome of Phoenix dancong tea is a circular molecule of 157,041-157,137 bp, with a pair of inverted repeats (26,072-26,610 bp each) separated by a large single copy (86,615-86,658 bp) and small single copy (18,264-18,284 bp). A total of 135 unique genes were encoded, including 90 protein coding genes, 37 tRNAs and 8 rRNAs. A comparative analysis with the other seven species in the oolong tea family that have been sequenced to date revealed similarities in structural organization, gene content and arrangement. Repeated sequence analysis identified 17-23 tandem repeats, 20-24 forward repeats and 25-27 palindromic repeats. Additionally, a total of 65-70 simple sequence repeats were detected, with mononucleotide repeats being the most common. Phylogenetic analyses showed that Phoenix Dancong tea and Fujian oolong tea were clustered with other cultivated Camellia sinensis in the genus Camellia of the family Theaceae, while the two oolong tea species were relatively independently cross-embedded in the genus, Camellia. Close genetic relationships were observed between Phoenix Dancong tea and other oolong teas, and the overall chloroplast genomes of oolong tea showed patterns with low variations and conserved evolution. The availability of Phoenix Dancong tea chloroplast genomes not only elucidated the relationship among oolong teas from different origins in Guangdong and Fujian but also provided valuable genetic resources to assist further molecular studies on the taxonomic and phylogenomic resolution of the genus Camellia.
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Abdel-Ghany SE, LaManna LM, Harroun HT, Maliga P, Sloan DB. Rapid sequence evolution is associated with genetic incompatibilities in the plastid Clp complex. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2022; 108:277-287. [PMID: 35039977 DOI: 10.1007/s11103-022-01241-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2021] [Accepted: 12/23/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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KEY MESSAGE Replacing the native clpP1 gene in the Nicotiana plastid genome with homologs from different donor species showed that the extent of genetic incompatibilities depended on the rate of sequence evolution. The plastid caseinolytic protease (Clp) complex plays essential roles in maintaining protein homeostasis and comprises both plastid-encoded and nuclear-encoded subunits. Despite the Clp complex being retained across green plants with highly conserved protein sequences in most species, examples of extremely accelerated amino acid substitution rates have been identified in numerous angiosperms. The causes of these accelerations have been the subject of extensive speculation but still remain unclear. To distinguish among prevailing hypotheses and begin to understand the functional consequences of rapid sequence divergence in Clp subunits, we used plastome transformation to replace the native clpP1 gene in tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) with counterparts from another angiosperm genus (Silene) that exhibits a wide range in rates of Clp protein sequence evolution. We found that antibiotic-mediated selection could drive a transgenic clpP1 replacement from a slowly evolving donor species (S. latifolia) to homoplasmy but that clpP1 copies from Silene species with accelerated evolutionary rates remained heteroplasmic, meaning that they could not functionally replace the essential tobacco clpP1 gene. These results suggest that observed cases of rapid Clp sequence evolution are a source of epistatic incompatibilities that must be ameliorated by coevolutionary responses between plastid and nuclear subunits.
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- Salah E Abdel-Ghany
- Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, 80523, USA.
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- Waksman Institute of Microbiology, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, 08854, USA
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- Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, 80523, USA
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- Waksman Institute of Microbiology, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, 08854, USA
- Department of Plant Biology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, 08901, USA
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- Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, 80523, USA.
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Jo IH, Han S, Shim D, Ryu H, Hyun TK, Lee Y, Kim D, So YS, Chung JW. Complete Chloroplast Genome of the Inverted Repeat-Lacking Species Vicia bungei and Development of Polymorphic Simple Sequence Repeat Markers. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:891783. [PMID: 35651765 PMCID: PMC9149428 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.891783] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2022] [Accepted: 04/26/2022] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND Vicia bungei is an economically important forage crop in South Korea and China. Although detailed genetic and genomic data can improve population genetic studies, conservation efforts, and improved breeding of crops, few such data are available for Vicia species in general and none at all for V. bungei. Therefore, the main objectives of this study were to sequence, assemble, and annotate V. bungei chloroplast genome and to identify simple sequence repeats (SSRs) as polymorphic genetic markers. RESULTS The whole-genome sequence of V. bungei was generated using an Illumina MiSeq platform. De novo assembly of complete chloroplast genome sequences was performed for the low-coverage sequence using CLC Genome Assembler with a 200-600-bp overlap size. Vicia bungei chloroplast genome was 130,796-bp long. The genome lacked an inverted repeat unit and thus resembled those of species in the inverted repeat-lacking clade within Fabaceae. Genome annotation using Dual OrganellarGenoMe Annotator (DOGMA) identified 107 genes, comprising 75 protein-coding, 28 transfer RNA, and 4 ribosomal RNA genes. In total, 432 SSRs were detected in V. bungei chloroplast genome, including 64 mononucleotides, 14 dinucleotides, 5 trinucleotides, 4 tetranucleotides, 233 pentanucleotides, 90 hexanucleotides, and 14 complex repeated motifs. These were used to develop 232 novel chloroplast SSR markers, 39 of which were chosen at random to test amplification and genetic diversity in Vicia species (20 accessions from seven species). The unweighted pair group method with arithmetic mean cluster analysis identified seven clusters at the interspecies level and intraspecific differences within clusters. CONCLUSION The complete chloroplast genome sequence of V. bungei was determined. This reference genome should facilitate chloroplast resequencing and future searches for additional genetic markers using population samples. The novel chloroplast genome resources and SSR markers will greatly contribute to the conservation of the genus Vicia and facilitate genetic and evolutionary studies of this genus and of other higher plants.
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- Ick-Hyun Jo
- Department of Herbal Crop Research, National Institute of Horticultural and Herbal Science, Rural Development Administration, Eumseong, South Korea
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- Division of Botany, Honam National Institute of Biological Resources, Mokpo, South Korea
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, South Korea
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- Department of Biology, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, South Korea
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- Department of Industrial Plant Science and Technology, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, South Korea
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- Department of Industrial Plant Science and Technology, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, South Korea
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- Department of Horticulture, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, South Korea
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- Department of Crop Science, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, South Korea
- *Correspondence: Yoon-Sup So,
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- Department of Industrial Plant Science and Technology, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, South Korea
- Jong-Wook Chung,
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Li X, Zhao Y, Tu X, Li C, Zhu Y, Zhong H, Liu ZJ, Wu S, Zhai J. Comparative analysis of plastomes in Oxalidaceae: Phylogenetic relationships and potential molecular markers. PLANT DIVERSITY 2021; 43:281-291. [PMID: 34485770 PMCID: PMC8390927 DOI: 10.1016/j.pld.2021.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2020] [Revised: 04/14/2021] [Accepted: 04/17/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The wood sorrel family, Oxalidaceae, is mainly composed of annual or perennial herbs, a few shrubs, and trees distributed from temperate to tropical zones. Members of Oxalidaceae are of high medicinal, ornamental, and economic value. Despite the rich diversity and value of Oxalidaceae, few molecular markers or plastomes are available for phylogenetic analysis of the family. Here, we reported four new whole plastomes of Oxalidaceae and compared them with plastomes of three species in the family, as well as the plastome of Rourea microphylla in the closely related family Connaraceae. The eight plastomes ranged in length from 150,673 bp (Biophytum sensitivum) to 156,609 bp (R. microphylla). Genome annotations revealed a total of 129-131 genes, including 83-84 protein-coding genes, eight rRNA genes, 37 tRNA genes, and two to three pseudogenes. Comparative analyses showed that the plastomes of these species have minor variations at the gene level. The smaller plastomes of herbs B. sensitivum and three Oxalis species are associated with variations in IR region sizes, intergenic region variation, and gene or intron loss. We identified sequences with high variation that may serve as molecular markers in taxonomic studies of Oxalidaceae. The phylogenetic trees of selected superrosid representatives based on 76 protein-coding genes corroborated the Oxalidaceae position in Oxalidales and supported it as a sister to Connaraceae. Our research also supported the monophyly of the COM (Celastrales, Oxalidales, and Malpighiales) clade.
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- Xiaoping Li
- Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration for Orchid Conservation and Utilization at College of Landscape Architecture, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
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- Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration for Orchid Conservation and Utilization at College of Landscape Architecture, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
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- Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration for Orchid Conservation and Utilization at College of Landscape Architecture, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
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- Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration for Orchid Conservation and Utilization at College of Landscape Architecture, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
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- Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration for Orchid Conservation and Utilization at College of Landscape Architecture, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
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- Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration for Orchid Conservation and Utilization at College of Landscape Architecture, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
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- Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration for Orchid Conservation and Utilization at College of Landscape Architecture, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
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- Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration for Orchid Conservation and Utilization at College of Landscape Architecture, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
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- Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration for Orchid Conservation and Utilization at College of Landscape Architecture, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
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Cai C, Gu K, Zhao H, Steinhagen S, He P, Wichard T. Screening and verification of extranuclear genetic markers in green tide algae from the Yellow Sea. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0250968. [PMID: 34061855 PMCID: PMC8168861 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0250968] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2020] [Accepted: 04/18/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Over the past decade, Ulva compressa, a cosmopolitan green algal species, has been identified as a component of green tides in the Yellow Sea, China. In the present study, we sequenced and annotated the complete chloroplast genome of U. compressa (alpha-numeric code: RD9023) and focused on the assessment of genome length, homology, gene order and direction, intron size, selection strength, and substitution rate. We compared the chloroplast genome with the mitogenome. The generated phylogenetic tree was analyzed based on single and aligned genes in the chloroplast genome of Ulva compared to mitogenome genes to detect evolutionary trends. U. compressa and U. mutabilis chloroplast genomes had similar gene queues, with individual genes exhibiting high homology levels. Chloroplast genomes were clustered together in the entire phylogenetic tree and shared several forward/palindromic/tandem repetitions, similar to those in U. prolifera and U. linza. However, U. fasciata and U. ohnoi were more divergent, especially in sharing complementary/palindromic repetitions. In addition, phylogenetic analyses of the aligned genes from their chloroplast genomes and mitogenomes confirmed the evolutionary trends of the extranuclear genomes. From phylogenetic analysis, we identified the petA chloroplast genes as potential genetic markers that are similar to the tufA marker. Complementary/forward/palindromic interval repetitions were more abundant in chloroplast genomes than in mitogenomes. Interestingly, a few tandem repetitions were significant for some Ulva subspecies and relatively more evident in mitochondria than in chloroplasts. Finally, the tandem repetition [GAAATATATAATAATA × 3, abbreviated as TRg)] was identified in the mitogenome of U. compressa and the conspecific strain U. mutabilis but not in other algal species of the Yellow Sea. Owing to the high morphological plasticity of U. compressa, the findings of this study have implications for the rapid non-sequencing detection of this species during the occurrence of green tides in the region.
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- Chuner Cai
- College of Marine Ecology and Environment, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China
- Institute for Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Jena School for Microbial Communication, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena, Germany
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- College of Marine Ecology and Environment, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China
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- College of Marine Ecology and Environment, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Marine Sciences-Tjärnö Marine Laboratory, University of Gothenburg, Strömstad, Sweden
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- College of Marine Ecology and Environment, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China
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- Institute for Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Jena School for Microbial Communication, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena, Germany
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Yuan C, Sha X, Xiong M, Zhong W, Wei Y, Li M, Tao S, Mou F, Peng F, Zhang C. Uncovering dynamic evolution in the plastid genome of seven Ligusticum species provides insights into species discrimination and phylogenetic implications. Sci Rep 2021; 11:988. [PMID: 33441833 PMCID: PMC7806627 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-80225-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2020] [Accepted: 12/16/2020] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Ligusticum L., one of the largest members in Apiaceae, encompasses medicinally important plants, the taxonomic statuses of which have been proved to be difficult to resolve. In the current study, the complete chloroplast genomes of seven crucial plants of the best-known herbs in Ligusticum were presented. The seven genomes ranged from 148,275 to 148,564 bp in length with a highly conserved gene content, gene order and genomic arrangement. A shared dramatic decrease in genome size resulted from a lineage-specific inverted repeat (IR) contraction, which could potentially be a promising diagnostic character for taxonomic investigation of Ligusticum, was discovered, without affecting the synonymous rate. Although a higher variability was uncovered in hotspot divergence regions that were unevenly distributed across the chloroplast genome, a concatenated strategy for rapid species identification was proposed because separate fragments inadequately provided variation for fine resolution. Phylogenetic inference using plastid genome-scale data produced a concordant topology receiving a robust support value, which revealed that L. chuanxiong had a closer relationship with L. jeholense than L. sinense, and L. sinense cv. Fuxiong had a closer relationship to L. sinense than L. chuanxiong, for the first time. Our results not only furnish concrete evidence for clarifying Ligusticum taxonomy but also provide a solid foundation for further pharmaphylogenetic investigation.
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- Can Yuan
- Industrial Crop Research Institute, Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Chengdu, 610300, China.,Comprehensive Experimental Station of Cheng Du, Chinese Materia Medica of China Agriculture Research System, Chengdu, 610300, China
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- Industrial Crop Research Institute, Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Chengdu, 610300, China.,Comprehensive Experimental Station of Cheng Du, Chinese Materia Medica of China Agriculture Research System, Chengdu, 610300, China
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- Industrial Crop Research Institute, Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Chengdu, 610300, China.,Comprehensive Experimental Station of Cheng Du, Chinese Materia Medica of China Agriculture Research System, Chengdu, 610300, China
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- Industrial Crop Research Institute, Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Chengdu, 610300, China.,Comprehensive Experimental Station of Cheng Du, Chinese Materia Medica of China Agriculture Research System, Chengdu, 610300, China
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- National Key Facility for Crop Resources and Genetic Improvement, Institute of Crop Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, 100081, China
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- Cancer Institute of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Zhejiang Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tongde Hospital of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, 310012, Zhejiang, China
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- Industrial Crop Research Institute, Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Chengdu, 610300, China.,Comprehensive Experimental Station of Cheng Du, Chinese Materia Medica of China Agriculture Research System, Chengdu, 610300, China
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- Industrial Crop Research Institute, Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Chengdu, 610300, China
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- Industrial Crop Research Institute, Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Chengdu, 610300, China. .,Comprehensive Experimental Station of Cheng Du, Chinese Materia Medica of China Agriculture Research System, Chengdu, 610300, China.
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- Industrial Crop Research Institute, Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Chengdu, 610300, China. .,Comprehensive Experimental Station of Cheng Du, Chinese Materia Medica of China Agriculture Research System, Chengdu, 610300, China.
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Koenen EJ, Kidner C, de Souza ÉR, Simon MF, Iganci JR, Nicholls JA, Brown GK, de Queiroz LP, Luckow M, Lewis GP, Pennington RT, Hughes CE. Hybrid capture of 964 nuclear genes resolves evolutionary relationships in the mimosoid legumes and reveals the polytomous origins of a large pantropical radiation. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY 2020; 107:1710-1735. [PMID: 33253423 PMCID: PMC7839790 DOI: 10.1002/ajb2.1568] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2020] [Accepted: 08/07/2020] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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PREMISE Targeted enrichment methods facilitate sequencing of hundreds of nuclear loci to enhance phylogenetic resolution and elucidate why some parts of the "tree of life" are difficult (if not impossible) to resolve. The mimosoid legumes are a prominent pantropical clade of ~3300 species of woody angiosperms for which previous phylogenies have shown extensive lack of resolution, especially among the species-rich and taxonomically challenging ingoids. METHODS We generated transcriptomes to select low-copy nuclear genes, enrich these via hybrid capture for representative species of most mimosoid genera, and analyze the resulting data using de novo assembly and various phylogenomic tools for species tree inference. We also evaluate gene tree support and conflict for key internodes and use phylogenetic network analysis to investigate phylogenetic signal across the ingoids. RESULTS Our selection of 964 nuclear genes greatly improves phylogenetic resolution across the mimosoid phylogeny and shows that the ingoid clade can be resolved into several well-supported clades. However, nearly all loci show lack of phylogenetic signal for some of the deeper internodes within the ingoids. CONCLUSIONS Lack of resolution in the ingoid clade is most likely the result of hyperfast diversification, potentially causing a hard polytomy of six or seven lineages. The gene set for targeted sequencing presented here offers great potential to further enhance the phylogeny of mimosoids and the wider Caesalpinioideae with denser taxon sampling, to provide a framework for taxonomic reclassification, and to study the ingoid radiation.
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- Erik J. M. Koenen
- Department of Systematic and Evolutionary BotanyUniversity of ZurichZollikerstrasse 107ZurichCH‐8008Switzerland
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- School of Biological SciencesUniversity of EdinburghKing’s Buildings, Mayfield RoadEdinburghUK
- Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh20a Inverleith RowEdinburghEH3 5LRUK
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- Departamento Ciências BiológicasUniversidade Estadual de Feira de SantanaAvenida Transnordestina s/n—Novo Horizonte44036‐900Feira de SantanaBrazil
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- Embrapa Recursos Genéticos e BiotecnologiaParque Estação Biológica (PqEB)Avenida W5 norte70770‐917BrasíliaBrazil
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- Instituto de BiologiaUniversidade Federal de PelotasCampus Universitário Capão do LeãoTravessa André Dreyfus s/nCapão do Leão96010‐900Rio Grande do SulBrazil
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- School of Biological SciencesUniversity of EdinburghKing’s Buildings, Mayfield RoadEdinburghUK
- Australian National Insect CollectionCSIROClunies Ross StActonACT 2601Australia
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- Queensland HerbariumBrisbane Botanic GardensMount Coot‐tha, Mt Coot‐tha RoadToowong4066QueenslandAustralia
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- Departamento Ciências BiológicasUniversidade Estadual de Feira de SantanaAvenida Transnordestina s/n—Novo Horizonte44036‐900Feira de SantanaBrazil
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- L.H. Bailey HortoriumDepartment of Plant BiologyCornell University412 Mann Library BuildingIthacaNew York14853USA
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- Comparative Plant and Fungal Biology DepartmentRoyal Botanic GardensKew, RichmondSurreyTW9 3AEUK
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- Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh20a Inverleith RowEdinburghEH3 5LRUK
- GeographyUniversity of ExeterAmory Building, Rennes DriveExeterEX4 4RJUK
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- Department of Systematic and Evolutionary BotanyUniversity of ZurichZollikerstrasse 107ZurichCH‐8008Switzerland
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Zhang R, Xu B, Li J, Zhao Z, Han J, Lei Y, Yang Q, Peng F, Liu ZL. Transit From Autotrophism to Heterotrophism: Sequence Variation and Evolution of Chloroplast Genomes in Orobanchaceae Species. Front Genet 2020; 11:542017. [PMID: 33133143 PMCID: PMC7573133 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2020.542017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2020] [Accepted: 09/07/2020] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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The family Orobanchaceae including autotrophic, hemiparasitic, and holoparasitic species, is becoming a key taxa to study the evolution of chloroplast genomes in different lifestyles. But the early evolutionary trajectory in the transit from autotrophism to hemiparasitism still maintains unclear for the inadequate sampling. In this study, we compared 50 complete chloroplast genomes in Orobanchaceae, containing four newly sequenced plastomes from hemiparasitic Pedicularis, to elucidate the sequence variation patterns in the evolution of plastomes. Contrasted to the sequence and structural hypervariabilities in holoparasites, hemiparasitic plastomes exhibited high similarity to those of autotrophs in gene and GC contents. They are generally characterized with functional or physical loss of ndh/tRNA genes and the inverted small-single-copy region. Gene losses in Orobanchaceae were lineage-specific and convergent, possibly related to structural reconfiguration and expansion/contraction of the inverted region. Pseudogenization of ndh genes was unique in hemiparasites. At least in Pedicularis, the ndhF gene might be most sensitive to the environmental factors and easily pseudogenized when autotrophs transit to hemiparasites. And the changes in gene contents and structural variation potentially deeply rely on the feeding type. Selective pressure, together with mutational bias, was the dominant factor of shaping the codon usage patterns. The relaxed selective constraint, potentially with genome-based GC conversion (gBGC) and preferential codon usage, drive the fluctuation of GC contents among taxa with different lifestyles. Phylogenetic analysis in Orobanchaceae supported that parasitic species were single-originated while holoparasites were multiple-originated. Overall, the comparison of plastomes provided a good opportunity to understand the evolution process in Orobanchaceae with different lifestyles.
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- Ruiting Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China (Ministry of Education), College of Life Science, Northwest University, Xi'an, China
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- Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China (Ministry of Education), College of Life Science, Northwest University, Xi'an, China
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- Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China (Ministry of Education), College of Life Science, Northwest University, Xi'an, China
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- Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China (Ministry of Education), College of Life Science, Northwest University, Xi'an, China
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- Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China (Ministry of Education), College of Life Science, Northwest University, Xi'an, China
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- Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China (Ministry of Education), College of Life Science, Northwest University, Xi'an, China
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- Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China (Ministry of Education), College of Life Science, Northwest University, Xi'an, China
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- Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China (Ministry of Education), College of Life Science, Northwest University, Xi'an, China
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- Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China (Ministry of Education), College of Life Science, Northwest University, Xi'an, China
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Koenen EJM, Ojeda DI, Steeves R, Migliore J, Bakker FT, Wieringa JJ, Kidner C, Hardy OJ, Pennington RT, Bruneau A, Hughes CE. Large-scale genomic sequence data resolve the deepest divergences in the legume phylogeny and support a near-simultaneous evolutionary origin of all six subfamilies. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2020; 225:1355-1369. [PMID: 31665814 PMCID: PMC6972672 DOI: 10.1111/nph.16290] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2019] [Accepted: 09/14/2019] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Phylogenomics is increasingly used to infer deep-branching relationships while revealing the complexity of evolutionary processes such as incomplete lineage sorting, hybridization/introgression and polyploidization. We investigate the deep-branching relationships among subfamilies of the Leguminosae (or Fabaceae), the third largest angiosperm family. Despite their ecological and economic importance, a robust phylogenetic framework for legumes based on genome-scale sequence data is lacking. We generated alignments of 72 chloroplast genes and 7621 homologous nuclear-encoded proteins, for 157 and 76 taxa, respectively. We analysed these with maximum likelihood, Bayesian inference, and a multispecies coalescent summary method, and evaluated support for alternative topologies across gene trees. We resolve the deepest divergences in the legume phylogeny despite lack of phylogenetic signal across all chloroplast genes and the majority of nuclear genes. Strongly supported conflict in the remainder of nuclear genes is suggestive of incomplete lineage sorting. All six subfamilies originated nearly simultaneously, suggesting that the prevailing view of some subfamilies as 'basal' or 'early-diverging' with respect to others should be abandoned, which has important implications for understanding the evolution of legume diversity and traits. Our study highlights the limits of phylogenetic resolution in relation to rapid successive speciation.
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- Erik J. M. Koenen
- Department of Systematic and Evolutionary BotanyUniversity of ZurichZollikerstrasse 107CH‐8008ZurichSwitzerland
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- Service Évolution Biologique et ÉcologieFaculté des SciencesUniversité Libre de BruxellesAvenue Franklin Roosevelt 501050BrusselsBelgium
- Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy ResearchHøgskoleveien 81433ÅsNorway
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- Institut de Recherche en Biologie Végétale and Département de Sciences BiologiquesUniversité de Montréal4101 Sherbrooke St EMontrealQCH1X 2B2Canada
- Fisheries & Oceans CanadaGulf Fisheries Center343 Université AveMonctonNBE1C 5K4Canada
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- Service Évolution Biologique et ÉcologieFaculté des SciencesUniversité Libre de BruxellesAvenue Franklin Roosevelt 501050BrusselsBelgium
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- Biosystematics GroupWageningen UniversityDroevendaalsesteeg 16708 PBWageningenthe Netherlands
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- Naturalis Biodiversity Center, LeidenDarwinweg 22333 CRLeidenthe Netherlands
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- Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh20a Inverleith RowEdinburghEH3 5LRUK
- School of Biological SciencesUniversity of EdinburghKing's Buildings, Mayfield RdEdinburghEH9 3JUUK
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- Service Évolution Biologique et ÉcologieFaculté des SciencesUniversité Libre de BruxellesAvenue Franklin Roosevelt 501050BrusselsBelgium
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- Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh20a Inverleith RowEdinburghEH3 5LRUK
- GeographyUniversity of ExeterAmory Building, Rennes DriveExeterEX4 4RJUK
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- Institut de Recherche en Biologie Végétale and Département de Sciences BiologiquesUniversité de Montréal4101 Sherbrooke St EMontrealQCH1X 2B2Canada
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- Department of Systematic and Evolutionary BotanyUniversity of ZurichZollikerstrasse 107CH‐8008ZurichSwitzerland
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Methods and Tools for Plant Organelle Genome Sequencing, Assembly, and Downstream Analysis. Methods Mol Biol 2020; 2107:49-98. [PMID: 31893443 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-0235-5_4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Organelles play an important role in a eukaryotic cell. Among them, the two organelles, chloroplast and mitochondria, are responsible for the critical function of photosynthesis and aerobic respiration. Organellar genomes are also very important for plant systematic studies. Here we have described the methods for isolation of the mitochondrial and plastid DNA and its subsequent sequencing with the help of NGS technology. We have also discussed in detail the various tools available for assembly, annotation, and visualization of the organelle genome sequence.
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Oyebanji O, Zhang R, Chen SY, Yi TS. New Insights Into the Plastome Evolution of the Millettioid/Phaseoloid Clade (Papilionoideae, Leguminosae). FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2020; 11:151. [PMID: 32210983 PMCID: PMC7076112 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2020.00151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2019] [Accepted: 01/31/2020] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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The Millettioid/Phaseoloid (MP) clade from the subfamily Papilionoideae (Leguminosae) consists of six tribes and ca. 3,000 species. Previous studies have revealed some plastome structural variations (PSVs) within this clade. However, many deep evolutionary relationships within the clade remain unresolved. Due to limited taxon sampling and few genetic markers in previous studies, our understanding of the evolutionary history of this clade is limited. To address this issue, we sampled 43 plastomes (35 newly sequenced) representing all the six tribes of the MP clade to examine genomic structural variations and phylogenetic relationships. Plastomes of the species from the MP clade were typically quadripartite (size ranged from 140,029 to 160,040 bp) and contained 109-111 unique genes. We revealed four independent gene losses (ndhF, psbI, rps16, and trnS-GCU), multiple IR-SC boundary shifts, and six inversions in the tribes Desmodieae, Millettieae, and Phaseoleae. Plastomes of the species from the MP clade have experienced significant variations which provide valuable information on the evolution of the clade. Plastid phylogenomic analyses using Maximum Likelihood and Bayesian methods yielded a well-resolved phylogeny at the tribal and generic levels within the MP clade. This result indicates that plastome data is useful and reliable data for resolving the evolutionary relationships of the MP clade. This study provides new insights into the phylogenetic relationships and PSVs within this clade.
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- Oyetola Oyebanji
- Germplasm Bank of Wild Species, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China
- Kunming College of Life Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Germplasm Bank of Wild Species, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China
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- Germplasm Bank of Wild Species, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China
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- Germplasm Bank of Wild Species, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China
- *Correspondence: Ting-Shuang Yi,
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Kahraman K, Lucas SJ. Comparison of different annotation tools for characterization of the complete chloroplast genome of Corylus avellana cv Tombul. BMC Genomics 2019; 20:874. [PMID: 31747873 PMCID: PMC6865063 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-019-6253-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2019] [Accepted: 10/31/2019] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Several bioinformatics tools have been designed for assembly and annotation of chloroplast (cp) genomes, making it difficult to decide which is most useful and applicable to a specific case. The increasing number of plant genomes provide an opportunity to accurately obtain cp genomes from whole genome shotgun (WGS) sequences. Due to the limited genetic information available for European hazelnut (Corylus avellana L.) and as part of a genome sequencing project, we analyzed the complete chloroplast genome of the cultivar 'Tombul' with multiple annotation tools. RESULTS Three different annotation strategies were tested, and the complete cp genome of C. avellana cv Tombul was constructed, which was 161,667 bp in length, and had a typical quadripartite structure. A large single copy (LSC) region of 90,198 bp and a small single copy (SSC) region of 18,733 bp were separated by a pair of inverted repeat (IR) regions of 26,368 bp. In total, 125 predicted functional genes were annotated, including 76 protein-coding, 25 tRNA, and 4 rRNA unique genes. Comparative genomics indicated that the cp genome sequences were relatively highly conserved in species belonging to the same order. However, there were still some variations, especially in intergenic regions, that could be used as molecular markers for analyses of phylogeny and plant identification. Simple sequence repeat (SSR) analysis showed that there were 83 SSRs in the cp genome of cv Tombul. Phylogenetic analysis suggested that C. avellana cv Tombul had a close affinity to the sister group of C. fargesii and C. chinensis, and then a closer evolutionary relationship with Betulaceae family than other species of Fagales. CONCLUSION In this study, the complete cp genome of Corylus avellana cv Tombul, the most widely cultivated variety in Turkey, was obtained and annotated, and additionally phylogenetic relationships were predicted among Fagales species. Our results suggest a very accurate assembly of chloroplast genome from next generation whole genome shotgun (WGS) sequences. Enhancement of taxon sampling in Corylus species provide genomic insights into phylogenetic analyses. The nucleotide sequences of cv Tombul cp genomes can provide comprehensive genetic insight into the evolution of genus Corylus.
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- Kadriye Kahraman
- Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Sabanci University, 34956, Istanbul, Turkey
- Sabanci University Nanotechnology Research and Application Centre (SUNUM), Sabanci University, 34956, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Sabanci University Nanotechnology Research and Application Centre (SUNUM), Sabanci University, 34956, Istanbul, Turkey.
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The complete chloroplast genome of Stryphnodendron adstringens (Leguminosae - Caesalpinioideae): comparative analysis with related Mimosoid species. Sci Rep 2019; 9:14206. [PMID: 31578450 PMCID: PMC6775074 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-50620-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2019] [Accepted: 08/14/2019] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Stryphnodendron adstringens is a medicinal plant belonging to the Leguminosae family, and it is commonly found in the southeastern savannas, endemic to the Cerrado biome. The goal of this study was to assemble and annotate the chloroplast genome of S. adstringens and to compare it with previously known genomes of the mimosoid clade within Leguminosae. The chloroplast genome was reconstructed using de novo and referenced-based assembly of paired-end reads generated by shotgun sequencing of total genomic DNA. The size of the S. adstringens chloroplast genome was 162,169 bp. This genome included a large single-copy (LSC) region of 91,045 bp, a small single-copy (SSC) region of 19,014 bp and a pair of inverted repeats (IRa and IRb) of 26,055 bp each. The S. adstringens chloroplast genome contains a total of 111 functional genes, including 77 protein-coding genes, 30 transfer RNA genes, and 4 ribosomal RNA genes. A total of 137 SSRs and 42 repeat structures were identified in S. adstringens chloroplast genome, with the highest proportion in the LSC region. A comparison of the S. adstringens chloroplast genome with those from other mimosoid species indicated that gene content and synteny are highly conserved in the clade. The phylogenetic reconstruction using 73 conserved coding-protein genes from 19 Leguminosae species was supported to be paraphyletic. Furthermore, the noncoding and coding regions with high nucleotide diversity may supply valuable markers for molecular evolutionary and phylogenetic studies at different taxonomic levels in this group.
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Jin DP, Choi IS, Choi BH. Plastid genome evolution in tribe Desmodieae (Fabaceae: Papilionoideae). PLoS One 2019; 14:e0218743. [PMID: 31233545 PMCID: PMC6590825 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0218743] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2019] [Accepted: 06/08/2019] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Recent plastid genome (plastome) studies of legumes (family Fabaceae) have shown that this family has undergone multiple atypical plastome evolutions from each of the major clades. The tribe Desmodieae belongs to the Phaseoloids, an important but systematically puzzling clade within Fabaceae. In this study, we investigated the plastome evolution of Desmodieae and analyzed its phylogenetic signaling. We sequenced six complete plastomes from representative members of Desmodieae and from its putative sister Phaseoloid genus Mucuna. Those genomes contain 128 genes and range in size from 148,450 to 153,826 bp. Analyses of gene and intron content revealed similar characters among the members of Desmodieae and Mucuna. However, there were also several distinct characters identified. The loss of the rpl2 intron was a feature shared between Desmodieae and Mucuna, whereas the loss of the rps12 intron was specific to Desmodieae. Likewise, gene loss of rps16 was observed in Mucuna but not in Desmodieae. Substantial sequence variation of ycf4 was detected from all the sequenced plastomes, but pseudogenization was restricted to the genus Desmodium. Comparative analysis of gene order revealed a distinct plastome conformation of Desmodieae compared with other Phaseoloid legumes, i.e., an inversion of an approximately 1.5-kb gene cluster (trnD-GUC, trnY-GUA, and trnE-UUC). The inversion breakpoint suggests that this event was mediated by the recombination of an 11-bp repeat motif. A phylogenetic analysis based on the plastome-scale data set found the tribe Desmodieae is a highly supported monophyletic group nested within the paraphyletic Phaseoleae, as has been found in previous phylogenetic studies. Two subtribes (Desmodiinae and Lespedezinae) of Desmodieae were also supported as monophyletic groups. Within the subtribe Lespedezinae, Lespedeza is closer to Kummerowia than Campylotropis.
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- Dong-Pil Jin
- Department of Biological Sciences, Inha University, Michuhol-gu, Incheon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Inha University, Michuhol-gu, Incheon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Inha University, Michuhol-gu, Incheon, Republic of Korea
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Shrestha B, Weng ML, Theriot EC, Gilbert LE, Ruhlman TA, Krosnick SE, Jansen RK. Highly accelerated rates of genomic rearrangements and nucleotide substitutions in plastid genomes of Passiflora subgenus Decaloba. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2019; 138:53-64. [PMID: 31129347 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2019.05.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2019] [Revised: 05/22/2019] [Accepted: 05/22/2019] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Plastid genomes (plastomes) of photosynthetic angiosperms are for the most part highly conserved in their organization, mode of inheritance and rates of nucleotide substitution. A small number of distantly related lineages share a syndrome of features that deviate from this general pattern, including extensive genomic rearrangements, accelerated rates of nucleotide substitution, biparental inheritance and plastome-genome incompatibility. Previous studies of plastomes in Passiflora with limited taxon sampling suggested that the genus exhibits this syndrome. To examine this phenomenon further, 15 new plastomes from Passiflora were sequenced and combined with previously published data to examine the phylogenetic relationships, genome organization and evolutionary rates across all five subgenera and the sister genus Adenia. Phylogenomic analyses using 68 protein-coding genes shared by Passiflora generated a fully resolved and strongly supported tree that is congruent with previous phylogenies based on a few plastid and nuclear loci. This phylogeny was used to examine the distribution of plastome rearrangements across Passiflora. Multiple gene and intron losses and inversions were identified in Passiflora with some occurring in parallel and others that extended across the Passifloraceae. Furthermore, extensive expansions and contractions of the inverted repeat (IR) were uncovered and in some cases this resulted in exclusion of all ribosomal RNA genes from the IR. The most highly rearranged lineage was subgenus Decaloba, which experienced extensive IR expansion that incorporated up to 25 protein-coding genes usually located in large single copy region. Nucleotide substitution rate analyses of 68 protein-coding genes across the genus showed lineage- and locus-specific acceleration. Significant increase in dS, dN and dN/dS was detected for clpP across the genus and for ycf4 in certain lineages. Significant increases in dN and dN/dS for ribosomal subunits and plastid-encoded RNA polymerase genes were detected in the branch leading to the expanded IR-clade in subgenus Decaloba. This subgenus displays the syndrome of unusual features, making it an ideal system to investigate the dynamic evolution of angiosperm plastomes.
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- Bikash Shrestha
- Department of Integrative Biology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA.
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- Department of Biology, Westfield State University, Westfield, MA, USA
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- Department of Integrative Biology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
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- Department of Integrative Biology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
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- Department of Integrative Biology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
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- Department of Biology, Tennessee Tech University, Cookeville, TN, USA
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- Department of Integrative Biology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA; Center of Excellence for Bionanoscience Research, King Abdulaziz University (KAU), Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia
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Williams AM, Friso G, van Wijk KJ, Sloan DB. Extreme variation in rates of evolution in the plastid Clp protease complex. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2019; 98:243-259. [PMID: 30570818 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.14208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2018] [Revised: 11/29/2018] [Accepted: 12/10/2018] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Eukaryotic cells represent an intricate collaboration between multiple genomes, even down to the level of multi-subunit complexes in mitochondria and plastids. One such complex in plants is the caseinolytic protease (Clp), which plays an essential role in plastid protein turnover. The proteolytic core of Clp comprises subunits from one plastid-encoded gene (clpP1) and multiple nuclear genes. TheclpP1 gene is highly conserved across most green plants, but it is by far the fastest evolving plastid-encoded gene in some angiosperms. To better understand these extreme and mysterious patterns of divergence, we investigated the history ofclpP1 molecular evolution across green plants by extracting sequences from 988 published plastid genomes. We find thatclpP1 has undergone remarkably frequent bouts of accelerated sequence evolution and architectural changes (e.g. a loss of introns andRNA-editing sites) within seed plants. AlthoughclpP1 is often assumed to be a pseudogene in such cases, multiple lines of evidence suggest that this is rarely true. We applied comparative native gel electrophoresis of chloroplast protein complexes followed by protein mass spectrometry in two species within the angiosperm genusSilene, which has highly elevated and heterogeneous rates ofclpP1 evolution. We confirmed thatclpP1 is expressed as a stable protein and forms oligomeric complexes with the nuclear-encoded Clp subunits, even in one of the most divergentSilene species. Additionally, there is a tight correlation between amino acid substitution rates inclpP1 and the nuclear-encoded Clp subunits across a broad sampling of angiosperms, suggesting continuing selection on interactions within this complex.
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- Alissa M Williams
- Department of Biology, Graduate Program in Cell and Molecular Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, 80523, USA
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- Section of Plant Biology, School of Integrative Plant Sciences (SIPS), Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA
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- Section of Plant Biology, School of Integrative Plant Sciences (SIPS), Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA
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- Department of Biology, Graduate Program in Cell and Molecular Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, 80523, USA
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Comparative assessment shows the reliability of chloroplast genome assembly using RNA-seq. Sci Rep 2018; 8:17404. [PMID: 30479362 PMCID: PMC6258696 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-35654-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2018] [Accepted: 11/09/2018] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Chloroplast genomes (cp genomes) are widely used in comparative genomics, population genetics, and phylogenetic studies. Obtaining chloroplast genomes from RNA-Seq data seems feasible due to the almost full transcription of cpDNA. However, the reliability of chloroplast genomes assembled from RNA-Seq instead of genomic DNA libraries remains to be thoroughly verified. In this study, we assembled chloroplast genomes for three Erysimum (Brassicaceae) species from three RNA-Seq replicas and from one genomic library of each species, using a streamlined bioinformatics protocol. We compared these assembled genomes, confirming that assembled cp genomes from RNA-Seq data were highly similar to each other and to those from genomic libraries in terms of overall structure, size, and composition. Although post-transcriptional modifications, such as RNA-editing, may introduce variations in the RNA-seq data, the assembly of cp genomes from RNA-seq appeared to be reliable. Moreover, RNA-Seq assembly was less sensitive to sources of error such as the recovery of nuclear plastid DNAs (NUPTs). Although some precautions should be taken when producing reference genomes in non-model plants, we conclude that assembling cp genomes from RNA-Seq data is a fast, accurate, and reliable strategy.
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Mu X, Wang P, Du J, Gao YG, Zhang J. The chloroplast genome of Cerasus humilis: Genomic characterization and phylogenetic analysis. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0196473. [PMID: 29694421 PMCID: PMC5919044 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0196473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2017] [Accepted: 04/13/2018] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Cerasus humilis is endemic to China and is a new fruit tree species with economic and environmental benefits, with potential developmental and utilization applications. We report the first complete chloroplast genome sequence of C. humilis. Its genome is 158,084 bp in size, and the overall GC content is 36.8%. An inverted repeats (IR) of 52,672 bp in size is separated by a large single-copy (LSC) region of 86,374 bp and a small single-copy (SSC) region of 19,038 bp. The chloroplast genome of C. humilis contains 131 genes including 90 protein-coding genes, 33 transfer RNA genes, and 8 ribosomal RNA genes. The genome has a total 510 simple sequence repeats (SSRs). Of these, 306, 149, and 55 were found in the LSC, IR, and SSC regions, respectively. In addition, a comparison of the boundaries of the LSC, SSC, and IR regions of ten other Prunus species exhibited an overall high degree of sequence similarity, with slight variations in the IR boundary region which included gene deletions, insertions, expansions, and contractions. C. humilis lost the ycf1 gene at the IRA/SSC border and it has the largest ycf1 gene at the IRB/SSC border among these Prunus species, whereas the rps19 gene was inserted at the IRB/LSC junction. Furthermore, phylogenetic reconstruction using 61 conserved coding-protein genes clustered C. humilis with Prunus tomentosa. Thus, the complete chloroplast genome sequence of C. humilis provides a rich source of genetic information for studies on Prunus taxonomy, phylogeny, and evolution, as well as lays the foundation for further development and utilization of C. humilis.
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- Xiaopeng Mu
- College of Horticulture, Shanxi Agricultural University, Jinzhong, Shanxi, P. R. China
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- College of Horticulture, Shanxi Agricultural University, Jinzhong, Shanxi, P. R. China
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- College of Horticulture, Shanxi Agricultural University, Jinzhong, Shanxi, P. R. China
- Shanxi Key Laboratory of Germplasm Improvement and Utilization in Pomology, Jinzhong, Shanxi, P. R. China
- * E-mail:
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- OSU South Centers, College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences, The Ohio State University, Shyville Road, Piketon, Ohio, United States of America
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- College of Horticulture, Shanxi Agricultural University, Jinzhong, Shanxi, P. R. China
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de Santana Lopes A, Gomes Pacheco T, Nimz T, do Nascimento Vieira L, Guerra MP, Nodari RO, de Souza EM, de Oliveira Pedrosa F, Rogalski M. The complete plastome of macaw palm [Acrocomia aculeata (Jacq.) Lodd. ex Mart.] and extensive molecular analyses of the evolution of plastid genes in Arecaceae. PLANTA 2018; 247:1011-1030. [PMID: 29340796 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-018-2841-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2017] [Accepted: 01/10/2018] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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The plastome of macaw palm was sequenced allowing analyses of evolution and molecular markers. Additionally, we demonstrated that more than half of plastid protein-coding genes in Arecaceae underwent positive selection. Macaw palm is a native species from tropical and subtropical Americas. It shows high production of oil per hectare reaching up to 70% of oil content in fruits and an interesting plasticity to grow in different ecosystems. Its domestication and breeding are still in the beginning, which makes the development of molecular markers essential to assess natural populations and germplasm collections. Therefore, we sequenced and characterized in detail the plastome of macaw palm. A total of 221 SSR loci were identified in the plastome of macaw palm. Additionally, eight polymorphism hotspots were characterized at level of subfamily and tribe. Moreover, several events of gain and loss of RNA editing sites were found within the subfamily Arecoideae. Aiming to uncover evolutionary events in Arecaceae, we also analyzed extensively the evolution of plastid genes. The analyses show that highly divergent genes seem to evolve in a species-specific manner, suggesting that gene degeneration events may be occurring within Arecaceae at the level of genus or species. Unexpectedly, we found that more than half of plastid protein-coding genes are under positive selection, including genes for photosynthesis, gene expression machinery and other essential plastid functions. Furthermore, we performed a phylogenomic analysis using whole plastomes of 40 taxa, representing all subfamilies of Arecaceae, which placed the macaw palm within the tribe Cocoseae. Finally, the data showed here are important for genetic studies in macaw palm and provide new insights into the evolution of plastid genes and environmental adaptation in Arecaceae.
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- Amanda de Santana Lopes
- Laboratório de Fisiologia Molecular de Plantas, Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, MG, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Fisiologia Molecular de Plantas, Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, MG, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Fisiologia Molecular de Plantas, Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, MG, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Fisiologia do Desenvolvimento e Genética Vegetal, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Recursos Genéticos Vegetais, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Fisiologia do Desenvolvimento e Genética Vegetal, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Recursos Genéticos Vegetais, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Fisiologia do Desenvolvimento e Genética Vegetal, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Recursos Genéticos Vegetais, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular, Núcleo de Fixação Biológica de Nitrogênio, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular, Núcleo de Fixação Biológica de Nitrogênio, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Fisiologia Molecular de Plantas, Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, MG, Brazil.
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Complete chloroplast genome of seven Fritillaria species, variable DNA markers identification and phylogenetic relationships within the genus. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0194613. [PMID: 29543905 PMCID: PMC5854438 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0194613] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2017] [Accepted: 03/06/2018] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Fritillaria spp. constitute important traditional Chinese medicinal plants. Xinjiang is one of two diversity hotspots in China in which eight Fritillaria species occur, two of which are endemic to the region. Furthermore, the phylogenetic relationships of Xinjiang Fritillaria species (including F. yuminensis) within the genus are unclear. In the present study, we sequenced the chloroplast (cp) genomes of seven Fritillaria species in Xinjiang using the Illumina HiSeq platform, with the aim of assessing the global structural patterns of the seven cp genomes and identifying highly variable cp DNA sequences. These were compared to previously sequenced Fritillaria cp genomes. Phylogenetic analysis was then used to evaluate the relationships of the Xinjiang species and assess the evolution of an undivided stigma. The seven cp genomes ranged from 151,764 to 152,112 bp, presenting a traditional quadripartite structure. The gene order and gene content of the seven cp genomes were identical. A comparison of the 13 cp genomes indicated that the structure is highly conserved. Ten highly divergent regions were identified that could be valuable in phylogenetic and population genetic studies. The phylogenetic relationships of the 13 Fritillaria species inferred from the protein-coding genes, large single-copy, small single-copy, and inverted repeat regions were identical and highly resolved. The phylogenetic relationships of the species corresponded with their geographic distribution patterns, in that the north group (consisting of eight species from Xinjiang and Heilongjiang in North China) and the south group (including six species from South China) were basically divided at 40°N. Species with an undivided stigma were not monophyletic, suggesting that this trait might have evolved several times in the genus.
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Wang YH, Wicke S, Wang H, Jin JJ, Chen SY, Zhang SD, Li DZ, Yi TS. Plastid Genome Evolution in the Early-Diverging Legume Subfamily Cercidoideae (Fabaceae). FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2018; 9:138. [PMID: 29479365 PMCID: PMC5812350 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2018.00138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2017] [Accepted: 01/24/2018] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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The subfamily Cercidoideae is an early-branching legume lineage, which consists of 13 genera distributed in the tropical and warm temperate Northern Hemisphere. A previous study detected two plastid genomic variations in this subfamily, but the limited taxon sampling left the overall plastid genome (plastome) diversification across the subfamily unaddressed, and phylogenetic relationships within this clade remained unresolved. Here, we assembled eight plastomes from seven Cercidoideae genera and conducted phylogenomic-comparative analyses in a broad evolutionary framework across legumes. The plastomes of Cercidoideae all exhibited a typical quadripartite structure with a conserved gene content typical of most angiosperm plastomes. Plastome size ranged from 151,705 to 165,416 bp, mainly due to the expansion and contraction of inverted repeat (IR) regions. The order of genes varied due to the occurrence of several inversions. In Tylosema species, a plastome with a 29-bp IR-mediated inversion was found to coexist with a canonical-type plastome, and the abundance of the two arrangements of isomeric molecules differed between individuals. Complete plastome data were much more efficient at resolving intergeneric relationships of Cercidoideae than the previously used selection of only a few plastid or nuclear loci. In sum, our study revealed novel insights into the structural diversification of plastomes in an early-branching legume lineage, and, thus, into the evolutionary trajectories of legume plastomes in general.
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- Yin-Huan Wang
- Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yunnan, China
- Germplasm Bank of Wild Species, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yunnan, China
- Kunming College of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yunnan, China
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- Germplasm Bank of Wild Species, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yunnan, China
- Kunming College of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Germplasm Bank of Wild Species, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yunnan, China
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- Germplasm Bank of Wild Species, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yunnan, China
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- Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yunnan, China
- Germplasm Bank of Wild Species, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yunnan, China
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- Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yunnan, China
- Germplasm Bank of Wild Species, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yunnan, China
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Plastid phylogenomics resolves infrafamilial relationships of the Styracaceae and sheds light on the backbone relationships of the Ericales. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2018; 121:198-211. [PMID: 29360618 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2018.01.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2017] [Revised: 12/27/2017] [Accepted: 01/02/2018] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Relationships among the genera of the small, woody family Styracaceae and among families of the large, diverse order Ericales have resisted complete resolution with sequences from one or a few genes. We used plastome sequencing to attempt to resolve the backbone relationships of Styracaceae and Ericales and to explore plastome structural evolution. Complete plastomes for 23 species are newly reported here, including 18 taxa of Styracaceae and five of Ericales (including species of Sapotaceae, Clethraceae, Symplocaceae, and Diapensiaceae). Combined with publicly available complete plastome data, this resulted in a data set of 60 plastomes, including 11 of the 12 genera of Styracaceae and 12 of 22 families of Ericales. Styracaceae plastomes were found to possess the quadripartite structure typical of angiosperms, with sizes ranging from 155 to 159 kb. Most of the plastomes were found to possess the full complement of typical angiosperm plastome genes. Unusual structural features were detected in plastomes of Alniphyllum and Bruinsmia, including the presence of a large 20-kb inversion (14 genes) in the Large Single-Copy region, the loss or pseudogenization of the clpP and accD genes in Bruinsmia, and the loss of the first exon of rps16 in B. styracoides. Likewise, the second intron from clpP was found to be lost in Alniphyllum and Huodendron. Phylogenomic analyses including all 79 plastid protein-coding genes provided improved resolution for relationships among the genera of Styracaceae and families of Ericales. Styracaceae was strongly supported as monophyletic, with Styrax, Huodendron, and a clade of Alniphyllum + Bruinsmia successively sister to the remainder of the family, all with strong support. All genera of Styracaceae were recovered as monophyletic, except for Halesia and Pterostyrax, which were each recovered as polyphyletic with strong support. Within Ericales, all families were recovered as monophyletic with strong support, with Balsaminaceae sister to remaining Ericales. Most relationships recovered in plastome analyses are congruent with previous analyses based on smaller data sets. Our results demonstrate the power of plastid phylogenomics to improve phylogenetic hypotheses among genera and families, and provide new insight into plastome evolution across Ericales.
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Yang Z, Zhao T, Ma Q, Liang L, Wang G. Comparative Genomics and Phylogenetic Analysis Revealed the Chloroplast Genome Variation and Interspecific Relationships of Corylus (Betulaceae) Species. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2018; 9:927. [PMID: 30038632 PMCID: PMC6046460 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2018.00927] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2018] [Accepted: 06/11/2018] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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Corylus L. is an economically and phylogenetically important genus in the family Betulaceae. Taxonomic and phylogenetic relationships of Corylus species have long been controversial for lack of effective molecular markers. In this study, the complete chloroplast (cp) genomes of six Corylus species were assembled and characterized using next-generation sequencing. We compared the genome features, repeat sequences, sequence divergence, and constructed the phylogenetic relationships of the six Corylus species. The results indicated that Corylus cp genomes were typical of the standard double-stranded DNA molecule, ranging from 160,445 base pairs (bp) (C. ferox var. thibetca) to 161,621 bp (C. yunnanensis) in length. Each genome contained a pair of inverted repeats (IRs), a large single-copy (LSC) region and a small single-copy (SSC) region. Each of the six cp genomes possessed 113 unique genes arranged in the same order, including 80 protein-coding, 29 tRNA, and 4 rRNA genes. C. yunnanensis contained the highest number of repeat sequences, and the richest SSRs in six cp genomes were A/T mononucleotides. Comparative analyses of six Corylus cp genomes revealed four hotspot regions (trnH-psbA, rpoB-trnC, trnF-ndhJ, and rpl32-trnL) that could be used as potential molecular markers. Phylogenetic analyses of the complete chloroplast genomes and 80 protein-coding genes exhibited nearly identical topologies that strongly supported the monophyly of Corylus and simultaneously revealed the generic relationships among Betulaceae. The availability of these genomes can offer valuable genetic information for further taxonomy, phylogeny, and species delimitation in Corylus or even Betulaceae plants.
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- *Correspondence: Tiantian Zhao, Guixi Wang,
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Keller J, Rousseau-Gueutin M, Martin GE, Morice J, Boutte J, Coissac E, Ourari M, Aïnouche M, Salmon A, Cabello-Hurtado F, Aïnouche A. The evolutionary fate of the chloroplast and nuclear rps16 genes as revealed through the sequencing and comparative analyses of four novel legume chloroplast genomes from Lupinus. DNA Res 2017; 24:343-358. [PMID: 28338826 PMCID: PMC5737547 DOI: 10.1093/dnares/dsx006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2016] [Accepted: 02/02/2017] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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The Fabaceae family is considered as a model system for understanding chloroplast genome evolution due to the presence of extensive structural rearrangements, gene losses and localized hypermutable regions. Here, we provide sequences of four chloroplast genomes from the Lupinus genus, belonging to the underinvestigated Genistoid clade. Notably, we found in Lupinus species the functional loss of the essential rps16 gene, which was most likely replaced by the nuclear rps16 gene that encodes chloroplast and mitochondrion targeted RPS16 proteins. To study the evolutionary fate of the rps16 gene, we explored all available plant chloroplast, mitochondrial and nuclear genomes. Whereas no plant mitochondrial genomes carry an rps16 gene, many plants still have a functional nuclear and chloroplast rps16 gene. Ka/Ks ratios revealed that both chloroplast and nuclear rps16 copies were under purifying selection. However, due to the dual targeting of the nuclear rps16 gene product and the absence of a mitochondrial copy, the chloroplast gene may be lost. We also performed comparative analyses of lupine plastomes (SNPs, indels and repeat elements), identified the most variable regions and examined their phylogenetic utility. The markers identified here will help to reveal the evolutionary history of lupines, Genistoids and closely related clades.
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- J Keller
- UMR CNRS 6553 Ecobio, OSUR (Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers de Rennes), Université de Rennes 1, 35042 Rennes, France
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- UMR CNRS 6553 Ecobio, OSUR (Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers de Rennes), Université de Rennes 1, 35042 Rennes, France.,IGEPP, INRA, Agrocampus Ouest, Université de Rennes 1, BP35327, 35653 Le Rheu Cedex, France
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- CIRAD (Centre de coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement), UMR AGAP, F-34398 Montpellier, France
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- IGEPP, INRA, Agrocampus Ouest, Université de Rennes 1, BP35327, 35653 Le Rheu Cedex, France
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- UMR CNRS 6553 Ecobio, OSUR (Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers de Rennes), Université de Rennes 1, 35042 Rennes, France
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- Laboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine, CNRS - Université de Grenoble 1 - Université de Savoie, 38041 Grenoble, France
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- Département des Sciences Biologiques, Faculté des Sciences de la Nature et de la Vie, Université Abderrahmane Mira, 06000 Bejaia, Algeria
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- UMR CNRS 6553 Ecobio, OSUR (Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers de Rennes), Université de Rennes 1, 35042 Rennes, France
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- UMR CNRS 6553 Ecobio, OSUR (Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers de Rennes), Université de Rennes 1, 35042 Rennes, France
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- UMR CNRS 6553 Ecobio, OSUR (Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers de Rennes), Université de Rennes 1, 35042 Rennes, France
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- UMR CNRS 6553 Ecobio, OSUR (Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers de Rennes), Université de Rennes 1, 35042 Rennes, France
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Tonti-Filippini J, Nevill PG, Dixon K, Small I. What can we do with 1000 plastid genomes? THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2017; 90:808-818. [PMID: 28112435 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.13491] [Citation(s) in RCA: 132] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2016] [Revised: 01/17/2017] [Accepted: 01/17/2017] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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The plastid genome of plants is the smallest and most gene-rich of the three genomes in each cell and the one generally present in the highest copy number. As a result, obtaining plastid DNA sequence is a particularly cost-effective way of discovering genetic information about a plant. Until recently, the sequence information gathered in this way was generally limited to small portions of the genome amplified by polymerase chain reaction, but recent advances in sequencing technology have stimulated a substantial rate of increase in the sequencing of complete plastid genomes. Within the last year, the number of complete plastid genomes accessible in public sequence repositories has exceeded 1000. This sudden flood of data raises numerous challenges in data analysis and interpretation, but also offers the keys to potential insights across large swathes of plant biology. We examine what has been learnt so far, what more could be learnt if we look at the data in the right way, and what we might gain from the tens of thousands more genome sequences that will surely arrive in the next few years. The most exciting new discoveries are likely to be made at the interdisciplinary interfaces between molecular biology and ecology.
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- Julian Tonti-Filippini
- ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA, 6009, Australia
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- Department of Environment and Agriculture, ARC Centre for Mine Site Restoration, Curtin University, Kent Street, Bentley, WA, 6102, Australia
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- Department of Environment and Agriculture, ARC Centre for Mine Site Restoration, Curtin University, Kent Street, Bentley, WA, 6102, Australia
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- ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA, 6009, Australia
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Choi IS, Choi BH. The distinct plastid genome structure of Maackia fauriei (Fabaceae: Papilionoideae) and its systematic implications for genistoids and tribe Sophoreae. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0173766. [PMID: 28399123 PMCID: PMC5388331 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0173766] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2016] [Accepted: 02/27/2017] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Traditionally, the tribe Sophoreae sensu lato has been considered a basal but also heterogeneous taxonomic group of the papilionoid legumes. Phylogenetic studies have placed Sophoreae sensu stricto (s.s.) as a member of the core genistoids. The recently suggested new circumscription of this tribe involved the removal of traditional members and the inclusion of Euchresteae and Thermopsideae. Nonetheless, definitions and inter- and intra-taxonomic issues of Sophoreae remain unclear. Within the field of legume systematics, the molecular characteristics of a plastid genome (plastome) have an important role in helping to define taxonomic groups. Here, we examined the plastome of Maackia fauriei, belonging to Sophoreae s.s., to elucidate the molecular characteristics of Sophoreae. Its gene contents are similar to the plastomes of other typical legumes. Putative pseudogene rps16 of Maackia and Lupinus species imply independent functional gene loss from the genistoids. Our overall examination of that loss among legumes suggests that it is common among all major clades of Papilionoideae. The M. fauriei plastome has a novel 24-kb inversion in its large single copy region, as well as previously recognized 50-kb and 36-kb inversions. The 36-kb inversion is shared by the core genistoids. The 24-kb inversion is present in the eight genera belonging to three tribes: Euchresteae, Sophoreae s.s., and Thermopsideae. The phylogenetic distribution of this 24-kb inversion strongly supports the monophyly of members of Sophoreae s.s. with Euchresteae and Thermopsideae. Hence, it can be used as a putative synapomorphic characteristic for the newly circumscribed Sophoreae, including Euchresteae and Thermopsideae. However, plastome conformation suggests a slightly narrower taxonomic group because of heterogeneous results from Bolusanthus and Dicraeopetalum. The phylogenetic analysis, based on plastome sequences from 43 legumes, represents well our understanding of legume systematics while resolving the genistoid clade as a sister group to an Old World clade. It also demonstrates the value that plastomes are powerful marker for systematic studies of basal papilionoid legumes.
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- In-Su Choi
- Department of Biological Sciences, Inha University, Incheon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Inha University, Incheon, Republic of Korea
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Plastome-Wide Nucleotide Substitution Rates Reveal Accelerated Rates in Papilionoideae and Correlations with Genome Features Across Legume Subfamilies. J Mol Evol 2017; 84:187-203. [PMID: 28397003 DOI: 10.1007/s00239-017-9792-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2016] [Accepted: 04/03/2017] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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This study represents the most comprehensive plastome-wide comparison of nucleotide substitution rates across the three subfamilies of Fabaceae: Caesalpinioideae, Mimosoideae, and Papilionoideae. Caesalpinioid and mimosoid legumes have large, unrearranged plastomes compared with papilionoids, which exhibit varying levels of rearrangement including the loss of the inverted repeat (IR) in the IR-lacking clade (IRLC). Using 71 genes common to 39 legume taxa representing all the three subfamilies, we show that papilionoids consistently have higher nucleotide substitution rates than caesalpinioids and mimosoids, and rates in the IRLC papilionoids are generally higher than those in the IR-containing papilionoids. Unsurprisingly, this pattern was significantly correlated with growth habit as most papilionoids are herbaceous, whereas caesalpinioids and mimosoids are largely woody. Both nonsynonymous (dN) and synonymous (dS) substitution rates were also correlated with several biological features including plastome size and plastomic rearrangements such as the number of inversions and indels. In agreement with previous reports, we found that genes in the IR exhibit between three and fourfold reductions in the substitution rates relative to genes within the large single-copy or small single-copy regions. Furthermore, former IR genes in IR-lacking taxa exhibit accelerated rates compared with genes contained in the IR.
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Foreign Plastid Sequences in Plant Mitochondria are Frequently Acquired Via Mitochondrion-to-Mitochondrion Horizontal Transfer. Sci Rep 2017; 7:43402. [PMID: 28262720 PMCID: PMC5338292 DOI: 10.1038/srep43402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2016] [Accepted: 01/24/2017] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Angiosperm mitochondrial genomes (mtDNA) exhibit variable quantities of alien sequences. Many of these sequences are acquired by intracellular gene transfer (IGT) from the plastid. In addition, frequent events of horizontal gene transfer (HGT) between mitochondria of different species also contribute to their expanded genomes. In contrast, alien sequences are rarely found in plastid genomes. Most of the plant-to-plant HGT events involve mitochondrion-to-mitochondrion transfers. Occasionally, foreign sequences in mtDNAs are plastid-derived (MTPT), raising questions about their origin, frequency, and mechanism of transfer. The rising number of complete mtDNAs allowed us to address these questions. We identified 15 new foreign MTPTs, increasing significantly the number of those previously reported. One out of five of the angiosperm species analyzed contained at least one foreign MTPT, suggesting a remarkable frequency of HGT among plants. By analyzing the flanking regions of the foreign MTPTs, we found strong evidence for mt-to-mt transfers in 65% of the cases. We hypothesize that plastid sequences were initially acquired by the native mtDNA via IGT and then transferred to a distantly-related plant via mitochondrial HGT, rather than directly from a foreign plastid to the mitochondrial genome. Finally, we describe three novel putative cases of mitochondrial-derived sequences among angiosperm plastomes.
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Khan AL, Al-Harrasi A, Asaf S, Park CE, Park GS, Khan AR, Lee IJ, Al-Rawahi A, Shin JH. The First Chloroplast Genome Sequence of Boswellia sacra, a Resin-Producing Plant in Oman. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0169794. [PMID: 28085925 PMCID: PMC5235384 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0169794] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2016] [Accepted: 12/21/2016] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Boswellia sacra (Burseraceae), a keystone endemic species, is famous for the production of fragrant oleo-gum resin. However, the genetic make-up especially the genomic information about chloroplast is still unknown. Here, we described for the first time the chloroplast (cp) genome of B. sacra. The complete cp sequence revealed a circular genome of 160,543 bp size with 37.61% GC content. The cp genome is a typical quadripartite chloroplast structure with inverted repeats (IRs 26,763 bp) separated by small single copy (SSC; 18,962 bp) and large single copy (LSC; 88,055 bp) regions. De novo assembly and annotation showed the presence of 114 unique genes with 83 protein-coding regions. The phylogenetic analysis revealed that the B. sacra cp genome is closely related to the cp genome of Azadirachta indica and Citrus sinensis, while most of the syntenic differences were found in the non-coding regions. The pairwise distance among 76 shared genes of B. sacra and A. indica was highest for atpA, rpl2, rps12 and ycf1. The cp genome of B. sacra reveals a novel genome, which could be used for further studied to understand its diversity, taxonomy and phylogeny.
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- Abdul Latif Khan
- UoN Chair of Oman’s Medicinal Plants & Marine Natural Products, University of Nizwa, Nizwa, Oman
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- UoN Chair of Oman’s Medicinal Plants & Marine Natural Products, University of Nizwa, Nizwa, Oman
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- School of Applied Biosciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea
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- School of Applied Biosciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea
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- School of Applied Biosciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea
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- School of Applied Biosciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea
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- School of Applied Biosciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea
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- UoN Chair of Oman’s Medicinal Plants & Marine Natural Products, University of Nizwa, Nizwa, Oman
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- School of Applied Biosciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea
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Positive Selection in Rapidly Evolving Plastid-Nuclear Enzyme Complexes. Genetics 2016; 204:1507-1522. [PMID: 27707788 DOI: 10.1534/genetics.116.188268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2016] [Accepted: 10/04/2016] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Rates of sequence evolution in plastid genomes are generally low, but numerous angiosperm lineages exhibit accelerated evolutionary rates in similar subsets of plastid genes. These genes include clpP1 and accD, which encode components of the caseinolytic protease (CLP) and acetyl-coA carboxylase (ACCase) complexes, respectively. Whether these extreme and repeated accelerations in rates of plastid genome evolution result from adaptive change in proteins (i.e., positive selection) or simply a loss of functional constraint (i.e., relaxed purifying selection) is a source of ongoing controversy. To address this, we have taken advantage of the multiple independent accelerations that have occurred within the genus Silene (Caryophyllaceae) by examining phylogenetic and population genetic variation in the nuclear genes that encode subunits of the CLP and ACCase complexes. We found that, in species with accelerated plastid genome evolution, the nuclear-encoded subunits in the CLP and ACCase complexes are also evolving rapidly, especially those involved in direct physical interactions with plastid-encoded proteins. A massive excess of nonsynonymous substitutions between species relative to levels of intraspecific polymorphism indicated a history of strong positive selection (particularly in CLP genes). Interestingly, however, some species are likely undergoing loss of the native (heteromeric) plastid ACCase and putative functional replacement by a duplicated cytosolic (homomeric) ACCase. Overall, the patterns of molecular evolution in these plastid-nuclear complexes are unusual for anciently conserved enzymes. They instead resemble cases of antagonistic coevolution between pathogens and host immune genes. We discuss a possible role of plastid-nuclear conflict as a novel cause of accelerated evolution.
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Ni L, Zhao Z, Dorje G, Ma M. The Complete Chloroplast Genome of Ye-Xing-Ba (Scrophularia dentata; Scrophulariaceae), an Alpine Tibetan Herb. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0158488. [PMID: 27391235 PMCID: PMC4938499 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0158488] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2016] [Accepted: 06/16/2016] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Scrophularia dentata is an important Tibetan medicinal plant and traditionally used for the treatment of exanthema and fever in Traditional Tibetan Medicine (TTM). However, there is little sequence and genomic information available for S. dentata. In this paper, we report the complete chloroplast genome sequence of S. dentata and it is the first sequenced member of the Sect. Tomiophyllum within Scrophularia (Scrophulariaceae). The gene order and organization of the chloroplast genome of S. dentata are similar to other Lamiales chloroplast genomes. The plastome is 152,553 bp in length and includes a pair of inverted repeats (IRs) of 25,523 bp that separate a large single copy (LSC) region of 84,058 bp and a small single copy (SSC) region of 17,449 bp. It has 38.0% GC content and includes 114 unique genes, of which 80 are protein-coding, 30 are transfer RNA, and 4 are ribosomal RNA. Also, it contains 21 forward repeats, 19 palindrome repeats and 41 simple sequence repeats (SSRs). The repeats and SSRs within S. dentata were compared with those of S. takesimensis and present certain discrepancies. The chloroplast genome of S. dentata was compared with other five publicly available Lamiales genomes from different families. All the coding regions and non-coding regions (introns and intergenic spacers) within the six chloroplast genomes have been extracted and analysed. Furthermore, the genome divergent hotspot regions were identified. Our studies could provide basic data for the alpine medicinal species conservation and molecular phylogenetic researches of Scrophulariaceae and Lamiales.
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- Lianghong Ni
- School of Pharmacy, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Tibetan Traditional Medical College, Lhasa, China
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- Tibetan Traditional Medical College, Lhasa, China
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Naumann J, Der JP, Wafula EK, Jones SS, Wagner ST, Honaas LA, Ralph PE, Bolin JF, Maass E, Neinhuis C, Wanke S, dePamphilis CW. Detecting and Characterizing the Highly Divergent Plastid Genome of the Nonphotosynthetic Parasitic Plant Hydnora visseri (Hydnoraceae). Genome Biol Evol 2016; 8:345-63. [PMID: 26739167 PMCID: PMC4779604 DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evv256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/15/2015] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Plastid genomes of photosynthetic flowering plants are usually highly conserved in both structure and gene content. However, the plastomes of parasitic and mycoheterotrophic plants may be released from selective constraint due to the reduction or loss of photosynthetic ability. Here we present the greatly reduced and highly divergent, yet functional, plastome of the nonphotosynthetic holoparasite Hydnora visseri (Hydnoraceae, Piperales). The plastome is 27 kb in length, with 24 genes encoding ribosomal proteins, ribosomal RNAs, tRNAs, and a few nonbioenergetic genes, but no genes related to photosynthesis. The inverted repeat and the small single copy region are only approximately 1.5 kb, and intergenic regions have been drastically reduced. Despite extreme reduction, gene order and orientation are highly similar to the plastome of Piper cenocladum, a related photosynthetic plant in Piperales. Gene sequences in Hydnora are highly divergent and several complementary approaches using the highest possible sensitivity were required for identification and annotation of this plastome. Active transcription is detected for all of the protein-coding genes in the plastid genome, and one of two introns is appropriately spliced out of rps12 transcripts. The whole-genome shotgun read depth is 1,400× coverage for the plastome, whereas the mitochondrial genome is covered at 40× and the nuclear genome at 2×. Despite the extreme reduction of the genome and high sequence divergence, the presence of syntenic, long transcriptionally active open-reading frames with distant similarity to other plastid genomes and a high plastome stoichiometry relative to the mitochondrial and nuclear genomes suggests that the plastome remains functional in H. visseri. A four-stage model of gene reduction, including the potential for complete plastome loss, is proposed to account for the range of plastid genomes in nonphotosynthetic plants.
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- Julia Naumann
- Institut für Botanik, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany Department of Biology and Institute of Molecular Evolutionary Genetics, The Pennsylvania State University
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- Department of Biology and Institute of Molecular Evolutionary Genetics, The Pennsylvania State University Department of Biological Science, California State University Fullerton
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- Department of Biology and Institute of Molecular Evolutionary Genetics, The Pennsylvania State University
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- Department of Biology and Institute of Molecular Evolutionary Genetics, The Pennsylvania State University Intercollege Graduate Program in Plant Biology, The Pennsylvania State University
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- Institut für Botanik, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Biology and Institute of Molecular Evolutionary Genetics, The Pennsylvania State University
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- Department of Biology and Institute of Molecular Evolutionary Genetics, The Pennsylvania State University
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Namibia, Windhoek, Namibia
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- Institut für Botanik, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Biology and Institute of Molecular Evolutionary Genetics, The Pennsylvania State University Intercollege Graduate Program in Plant Biology, The Pennsylvania State University
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Prabhudas SK, Prayaga S, Madasamy P, Natarajan P. Shallow Whole Genome Sequencing for the Assembly of Complete Chloroplast Genome Sequence of Arachis hypogaea L. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2016; 7:1106. [PMID: 27512398 PMCID: PMC4961713 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2016.01106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2016] [Accepted: 07/12/2016] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Kaila T, Chaduvla PK, Saxena S, Bahadur K, Gahukar SJ, Chaudhury A, Sharma TR, Singh NK, Gaikwad K. Chloroplast Genome Sequence of Pigeonpea ( Cajanus cajan (L.) Millspaugh) and Cajanus scarabaeoides (L.) Thouars: Genome Organization and Comparison with Other Legumes. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2016; 7:1847. [PMID: 28018385 PMCID: PMC5145887 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2016.01847] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2016] [Accepted: 11/23/2016] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan (L.) Millspaugh), a diploid (2n = 22) legume crop with a genome size of 852 Mbp, serves as an important source of human dietary protein especially in South East Asian and African regions. In this study, the draft chloroplast genomes of Cajanus cajan and Cajanus scarabaeoides (L.) Thouars were generated. Cajanus scarabaeoides is an important species of the Cajanus gene pool and has also been used for developing promising CMS system by different groups. A male sterile genotype harboring the C. scarabaeoides cytoplasm was used for sequencing the plastid genome. The cp genome of C. cajan is 152,242bp long, having a quadripartite structure with LSC of 83,455 bp and SSC of 17,871 bp separated by IRs of 25,398 bp. Similarly, the cp genome of C. scarabaeoides is 152,201bp long, having a quadripartite structure in which IRs of 25,402 bp length separates 83,423 bp of LSC and 17,854 bp of SSC. The pigeonpea cp genome contains 116 unique genes, including 30 tRNA, 4 rRNA, 78 predicted protein coding genes and 5 pseudogenes. A 50 kb inversion was observed in the LSC region of pigeonpea cp genome, consistent with other legumes. Comparison of cp genome with other legumes revealed the contraction of IR boundaries due to the absence of rps19 gene in the IR region. Chloroplast SSRs were mined and a total of 280 and 292 cpSSRs were identified in C. scarabaeoides and C. cajan respectively. RNA editing was observed at 37 sites in both C. scarabaeoides and C. cajan, with maximum occurrence in the ndh genes. The pigeonpea cp genome sequence would be beneficial in providing informative molecular markers which can be utilized for genetic diversity analysis and aid in understanding the plant systematics studies among major grain legumes.
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- Tanvi Kaila
- ICAR-National Research Centre on Plant BiotechnologyNew Delhi, India
- Department of Bio & Nanotechnology, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science & TechnologyHisar, India
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- ICAR-National Research Centre on Plant BiotechnologyNew Delhi, India
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- ICAR-National Research Centre on Plant BiotechnologyNew Delhi, India
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- Biotechnology Department, Biotechnology Centre, Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi VidyapeethAkola, India
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- Department of Bio & Nanotechnology, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science & TechnologyHisar, India
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- ICAR-National Research Centre on Plant BiotechnologyNew Delhi, India
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- ICAR-National Research Centre on Plant BiotechnologyNew Delhi, India
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- ICAR-National Research Centre on Plant BiotechnologyNew Delhi, India
- *Correspondence: Kishor Gaikwad
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Dugas DV, Hernandez D, Koenen EJM, Schwarz E, Straub S, Hughes CE, Jansen RK, Nageswara-Rao M, Staats M, Trujillo JT, Hajrah NH, Alharbi NS, Al-Malki AL, Sabir JSM, Bailey CD. Mimosoid legume plastome evolution: IR expansion, tandem repeat expansions, and accelerated rate of evolution in clpP. Sci Rep 2015; 5:16958. [PMID: 26592928 PMCID: PMC4655330 DOI: 10.1038/srep16958] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2015] [Accepted: 10/14/2015] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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The Leguminosae has emerged as a model for studying angiosperm plastome evolution because of its striking diversity of structural rearrangements and sequence variation. However, most of what is known about legume plastomes comes from few genera representing a subset of lineages in subfamily Papilionoideae. We investigate plastome evolution in subfamily Mimosoideae based on two newly sequenced plastomes (Inga and Leucaena) and two recently published plastomes (Acacia and Prosopis), and discuss the results in the context of other legume and rosid plastid genomes. Mimosoid plastomes have a typical angiosperm gene content and general organization as well as a generally slow rate of protein coding gene evolution, but they are the largest known among legumes. The increased length results from tandem repeat expansions and an unusual 13 kb IR-SSC boundary shift in Acacia and Inga. Mimosoid plastomes harbor additional interesting features, including loss of clpP intron1 in Inga, accelerated rates of evolution in clpP for Acacia and Inga, and dN/dS ratios consistent with neutral and positive selection for several genes. These new plastomes and results provide important resources for legume comparative genomics, plant breeding, and plastid genetic engineering, while shedding further light on the complexity of plastome evolution in legumes and angiosperms.
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- Diana V Dugas
- Department of Biology, New Mexico State University, P.O. Box 30001, MSC 3AF, Las Cruces, NM, 88003, USA
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- Department of Biology, New Mexico State University, P.O. Box 30001, MSC 3AF, Las Cruces, NM, 88003, USA
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- Institute of Systematic Botany, University of Zurich, Zollikerstrasse 107, 8008 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Integrative Biology, The University of Texas at Austin, 205 W. 24th St. Stop C0930, Austin, TX 78712, USA
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- Department of Biology, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, 300 Pulteney Street, Geneva, NY 14456, USA.,Oregon State University, Department Of Plant Biology, 2082 Cordley Hall, Corvallis, OR, 97331, USA
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- Institute of Systematic Botany, University of Zurich, Zollikerstrasse 107, 8008 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Integrative Biology, The University of Texas at Austin, 205 W. 24th St. Stop C0930, Austin, TX 78712, USA.,Biotechnology Research Group, Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Biology, New Mexico State University, P.O. Box 30001, MSC 3AF, Las Cruces, NM, 88003, USA
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- Biosystematics Group, Wageningen University, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, 6708 PB, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biology, New Mexico State University, P.O. Box 30001, MSC 3AF, Las Cruces, NM, 88003, USA
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- Biotechnology Research Group, Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia
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- Biotechnology Research Group, Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia
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- Biotechnology Research Group, Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Biology, New Mexico State University, P.O. Box 30001, MSC 3AF, Las Cruces, NM, 88003, USA
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Correction: The Complete Sequence of the Acacia ligulata Chloroplast Genome Reveals a Highly Divergent clpP1 Gene. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0138367. [PMID: 26367530 PMCID: PMC4569417 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0138367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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