Drastic reduction of plastome size in the mycoheterotrophic Thismia tentaculata relative to that of its autotrophic relative Tacca chantrieri - PubMed (original) (raw)
. 2016 Jun;103(6):1129-37.
doi: 10.3732/ajb.1600042. Epub 2016 Jun 22.
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Drastic reduction of plastome size in the mycoheterotrophic Thismia tentaculata relative to that of its autotrophic relative Tacca chantrieri
Gwynne S Lim et al. Am J Bot. 2016 Jun.
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Abstract
Premise of the study: Heterotrophic angiosperms tend to have reduced plastome sizes relative to those of their autotrophic relatives because genes that code for proteins involved in photosynthesis are lost. However, some plastid-encoded proteins may have vital nonphotosynthetic functions, and the plastome therefore may be retained after the loss of photosynthesis.
Methods: We sequenced the plastome of the mycoheterotrophic species Thismia tentaculata and a representative of its sister genus, Tacca chantrieri, using next-generation technology, and we compared sequences and structures of genes and genomes of these species.
Key results: The plastome of Tacca chantrieri is similar to those of other autotrophic taxa of Dioscoreaceae, except in a few local rearrangements and one gene loss. The plastome of Thismia tentaculata is ca. 16 kbp long with a quadripartite structure and is among the smallest known plastomes. Synteny is minimal between the plastomes of Tacca chantrieri and Thismia tentaculata. The latter includes only 12 candidate genes, with all except accD involved in protein synthesis. Of the 12 genes, trnE, trnfM, and accD are frequently among the few that remain in depauperate plastomes.
Conclusions: The plastome of Thismia tentaculata, like those of most other heterotrophic plants, includes a small number of genes previously suggested to be essential to plastome survival.
Keywords: Dioscoreaceae; accD gene; gene loss; genome reduction; heterotrophic angiosperms; mycoheterotrophy; parasite; plastids; plastome rearrangement; plastome reduction.
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