The chloroplast trnP-trnW-petG gene cluster in the mitochondrial genomes of Beta vulgaris,B. trigyna and B. webbiana: evolutionary aspects |
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| Authors: | Tomohiko Kubo Yukihiro Yanai Toshiro Kinoshita Tetsuo Mikami |
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| Institution: | (1) Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, 060 Sapporo, Japan;(2) Plant Breeding Institute, Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, 060 Sapporo, Japan;(3) Present address: Mitsui Plant Biotechnology Research Institute, 2-1-6 Sengen, 305 Tsukuba, Japan |
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| Abstract: | The chloroplast trnP-trnW-petG gene cluster has been identified in the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) of sugar beet (Beta vulgaris). The chloroplast-derived trnW gene is transcribed in the mitochondria; the other two genes, however, do not seem to be transcribed. This gene cluster is also present in the mitochondrial genomes of two wild Beta species, B. trigyna and B. webbiana. Sugar beet and the two wild relatives share 100% sequence identity in the coding regions of both the mitochondrial trnP and trnW genes. On the other hand, the petG genes from the wild Beta mtDNAs were found to be disrupted either by a 5-bp duplication (B. trigyna) or by a deletion of the 5 region (B. webbiana). A data-base search revealed that a conserved sequence of 60 bp is present in the trnP-trnW intergenic region of the mitochondrial genomes of the three Beta species as well as in other higher plants, including wheat and maize, and that the conserved sequence is absent from the chloroplast counterpart. Our results thus favour the hypothesis of a monophyletic origin of the trnP-trnW-petG cluster found in the plant mitochondrial genomes examined. |
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| Keywords: | Promiscuous DNA Beta species mt- and cp-DNA trnP-trnW-petG gene cluster |
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