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Cattolico RA, Jacobs MA, Zhou Y, Chang J, Duplessis M, Lybrand T, McKay J, Ong HC, Sims E, Rocap G. Chloroplast genome sequencing analysis of Heterosigma akashiwo CCMP452 (West Atlantic) and NIES293 (West Pacific) strains. BMC Genomics 2008; 9:211. [PMID: 18462506 PMCID: PMC2410131 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-9-211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [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: 10/19/2007] [Accepted: 05/08/2008] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Heterokont algae form a monophyletic group within the stramenopile branch of the tree of life. These organisms display wide morphological diversity, ranging from minute unicells to massive, bladed forms. Surprisingly, chloroplast genome sequences are available only for diatoms, representing two (Coscinodiscophyceae and Bacillariophyceae) of approximately 18 classes of algae that comprise this taxonomic cluster. A universal challenge to chloroplast genome sequencing studies is the retrieval of highly purified DNA in quantities sufficient for analytical processing. To circumvent this problem, we have developed a simplified method for sequencing chloroplast genomes, using fosmids selected from a total cellular DNA library. The technique has been used to sequence chloroplast DNA of two Heterosigma akashiwo strains. This raphidophyte has served as a model system for studies of stramenopile chloroplast biogenesis and evolution. RESULTS H. akashiwo strain CCMP452 (West Atlantic) chloroplast DNA is 160,149 bp in size with a 21,822-bp inverted repeat, whereas NIES293 (West Pacific) chloroplast DNA is 159,370 bp in size and has an inverted repeat of 21,665 bp. The fosmid cloning technique reveals that both strains contain an isomeric chloroplast DNA population resulting from an inversion of their single copy domains. Both strains contain multiple small inverted and tandem repeats, non-randomly distributed within the genomes. Although both CCMP452 and NIES293 chloroplast DNAs contains 197 genes, multiple nucleotide polymorphisms are present in both coding and intergenic regions. Several protein-coding genes contain large, in-frame inserts relative to orthologous genes in other plastids. These inserts are maintained in mRNA products. Two genes of interest in H. akashiwo, not previously reported in any chloroplast genome, include tyrC, a tyrosine recombinase, which we hypothesize may be a result of a lateral gene transfer event, and an unidentified 456 amino acid protein, which we hypothesize serves as a G-protein-coupled receptor. The H. akashiwo chloroplast genomes share little synteny with other algal chloroplast genomes sequenced to date. CONCLUSION The fosmid cloning technique eliminates chloroplast isolation, does not require chloroplast DNA purification, and reduces sequencing processing time. Application of this method has provided new insights into chloroplast genome architecture, gene content and evolution within the stramenopile cluster.
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MESH Headings
- Algal Proteins/genetics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Atlantic Ocean
- Base Sequence
- Chromosome Mapping
- Cloning, Molecular
- Conserved Sequence
- DNA, Algal/genetics
- DNA, Algal/isolation & purification
- DNA, Chloroplast/genetics
- DNA, Chloroplast/isolation & purification
- Furans
- Genome, Chloroplast
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Pacific Ocean
- Phaeophyceae/classification
- Phaeophyceae/genetics
- Phaeophyceae/isolation & purification
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
- Recombinases/genetics
- Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid
- Sequence Analysis, DNA/methods
- Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
- Species Specificity
- Thiophenes
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Affiliation(s)
- Rose Ann Cattolico
- Department of Biology, University of Washington, Box 355325, Seattle, WA 98195-5325, USA
- School of Oceanography, University of Washington, Box 357940, Seattle, WA 98195-7940, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Box 352145, Seattle WA 98195-2145, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Box 352145, Seattle WA 98195-2145, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Box 352145, Seattle WA 98195-2145, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Washington, Box 355325, Seattle, WA 98195-5325, USA
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- Vanderbilt University Center for Structural Biology, 5142 Biosci/MRB III, Nashville, TN 37232-8725, USA
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- School of Oceanography, University of Washington, Box 357940, Seattle, WA 98195-7940, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Washington, Box 355325, Seattle, WA 98195-5325, USA
- School of Oceanography, University of Washington, Box 357940, Seattle, WA 98195-7940, USA
- Division of Science, Lyon College, 2300 Highland Rd, Batesville, AR 72501-3629, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Box 352145, Seattle WA 98195-2145, USA
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- School of Oceanography, University of Washington, Box 357940, Seattle, WA 98195-7940, USA
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Hagopian JC, Reis M, Kitajima JP, Bhattacharya D, de Oliveira MC. Comparative Analysis of the Complete Plastid Genome Sequence of the Red Alga Gracilaria tenuistipitata var. liui Provides Insights into the Evolution of Rhodoplasts and Their Relationship to Other Plastids. J Mol Evol 2004; 59:464-77. [PMID: 15638458 DOI: 10.1007/s00239-004-2638-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
Abstract
We sequenced to completion the circular plastid genome of the red alga Gracilaria tenuistipitata var. liui. This is the first plastid genome sequence from the subclass Florideophycidae (Rhodophyta). The genome is composed of 183,883 bp and contains 238 predicted genes, including a single copy of the ribosomal RNA operon. Comparisons with the plastid genome of Porphyra pupurea reveal strong conservation of gene content and order, but we found major genomic rearrangements and the presence of coding regions that are specific to Gracilaria. Phylogenetic analysis of a data set of 41 concatenated proteins from 23 plastid and two cyanobacterial genomes support red algal plastid monophyly and a specific evolutionary relationship between the Florideophycidae and the Bangiales. Gracilaria maintains a surprisingly ancient gene content in its plastid genome and, together with other Rhodophyta, contains the most complete repertoire of plastid genes known in photosynthetic eukaryotes.
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- Jonathan C Hagopian
- Departamento de Botânica, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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Schreiner M, Geisert M, Oed M, Arendes J, Güngerich U, Breter HJ, Stüber K, Weinblum D. Phylogenetic relationship of the green alga Nanochlorum eukaryotum deduced from its chloroplast rRNA sequences. J Mol Evol 1995; 40:428-42. [PMID: 7769619 DOI: 10.1007/bf00164029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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The marine green coccoidal alga Nanochlorum eukaryotum (N.e.) is of small size with an average diameter of 1.5 microns. It is characterized by primitive-appearing biochemical and morphological properties, which are considerably different from those of other green algae. Thus, it has been proposed that N.e. may be an early developed algal form. To prove this hypothesis, DNA of N.e. was isolated by a phenol extraction procedure, and the chloroplast DNA separated by preparative CsCl density-gradient centrifugation. The kinetic complexity of the nuclear and of the chloroplast DNA was evaluated by reassociation kinetics to 3 x 10(7) bp and 9 x 10(4) bp, respectively. Several chloroplast genes, including the rRNA genes, were cloned on distinct fragments. The order of the rRNA genes corresponds to the common prokaryotic pattern. The 16S rRNA gene comprises 1,548 bases and is separated from the 23S rRNA gene with its 2,920 bases by a short spacer of 460 bases, which also includes the tRNA(Ile) and tRNA(Ala) genes. The 5S rRNA gene has not been found; it must start further than 500 bases downstream from the 3'-end of the 23S rRNA gene. From the chloroplast rRNA sequences, we have deduced secondary structures of the 16S and 23S rRNAs, which are in agreement with standard models. The rRNA sequences were aligned with corresponding chloroplast sequences; phylogenetic relationships were calculated by several methods. From these calculations, we conclude that N.e. is most closely related to Chlorella vulgaris. Therefore, N.e. does not represent an early developed algal species; the primitive-appearing morphological and biochemical characteristics of N.e. must rather be explained by secondary losses.
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MESH Headings
- Chlorella/genetics
- Chlorophyta/genetics
- Chloroplasts/genetics
- Cloning, Molecular
- DNA, Ribosomal/genetics
- Genes, Plant
- Nucleic Acid Conformation
- Phylogeny
- RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/genetics
- RNA, Ribosomal, 23S/genetics
- RNA, Transfer, Ala/genetics
- RNA, Transfer, Ile/genetics
- Sequence Alignment
- Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
- Species Specificity
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- M Schreiner
- Institut für Physiologische Chemie und Pathobiochemie, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz, Germany
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Williamson DH, Gardner MJ, Preiser P, Moore DJ, Rangachari K, Wilson RJ. The evolutionary origin of the 35 kb circular DNA of Plasmodium falciparum: new evidence supports a possible rhodophyte ancestry. MOLECULAR & GENERAL GENETICS : MGG 1994; 243:249-52. [PMID: 8177222 DOI: 10.1007/bf00280323] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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In common with other Apicomplexan parasites, Plasmodium falciparum carries two extrachromosomal DNAs, one of which, the 6 kb element, is undoubtedly mitochondrial. The second, generally referred to as the 35 kb circle, is of unknown provenance, but the nature and organization of its genetic content makes a mitochondrial association unlikely and the molecule has features reminiscent of plastid genomes. We now report the occurrence on the circle of an open reading frame specifying a predicted 470 amino acid protein that shares more than 50% identity with a gene currently known only on the plastome of red algae. This high degree of conservation confirms the 35 kb circle's plastid ancestry, and we speculate that it may have originated from the rhodoplast of an ancient red algal endosymbiont in the progenitor of the Apicomplexa.
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- D H Williamson
- National Institute for Medical Research, The Ridgeway, Mill Hill, London, UK
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Reith M, Munholland J. The ribosomal RNA repeats are non-identical and directly oriented in the chloroplast genome of the red alga Porphyra purpurea. Curr Genet 1993; 24:443-50. [PMID: 8299161 DOI: 10.1007/bf00351855] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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A detailed restriction map of the chloroplast genome of the red alga Porphyra purpurea has been constructed. Southern hybridization experiments with cloned or gel-purified restriction fragments and PCR products indicate that the P. purpurea chloroplast genome is approximately 188 kb in size. This circular molecule contains two rRNA-encoding repeats (approximately 4.9 kb) that separate the genome into single-copy regions of 34 kb and 144 kb. Interestingly, these repeats are arranged in a direct orientation. In addition, DNA sequencing of the ends of both repeats revealed that the two rRNA repeats are not identical. No intramolecular recombination between the repeats can be detected. We discuss the possibility that the chloroplast genome of P. purpurea is organized like that of the ancestral chloroplast.
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- M Reith
- National Research Council of Canada, Institute for Marine Biosciences, Halifax, Nova Scotia
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It has been proposed that those plants which contain photosynthetic plastids surrounded by more than two membranes have arisen through secondary endosymbiotic events. Molecular evidence confirms this proposal, but the nature of the endosymbiont(s) and the number of endosymbioses remain unresolved. Whether plastids arose from one type of prokaryotic ancestor or multiple types is the subject of some controversy. In order to try to resolve this question, the plastid gene content and arrangement has been studied from a cryptomonad alga. Most of the gene clusters common to photosynthetic prokaryotes and plastids are preserved and seventeen genes which are not found on the plastid genomes of land plants have been found. Together with previously published phylogenetic analyses of plastid genes, the present data support the notion that the type of prokaryote involved in the initial endosymbiosis was from within the cyanobacterial assemblage and that an early divergence giving rise to the green plant lineage and the rhodophyte lineage resulted in the differences in plastid gene content and sequence between these two groups. Multiple secondary endosymbiotic events involving a eukaryotic (probably rhodophytic alga) and different hosts are hypothesized to have occurred subsequently, giving rise to the chromophyte, cryptophyte and euglenophyte lineages.
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- S E Douglas
- Institute for Marine Biosciences, National Research Council, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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