Table 2 Gene composition within chloroplast genomes of Commelinaceae species

RNA genes

Ribosomal RNAs

rrn4.5 ^X2, rrn5 ^X2, rrn16 ^X2, rrn23 ^X2

8

Transfer RNAs

trnK-UUU ^a, trnQ-UUG, trnS-GCU, trnG-UCC ^a, trnR-UCU, trnC-GCA, trnD-GUC, trnY-GUA, trnE-UUC, trnT-GGU, trnS-UGA, trnG-GCC, trnfM-CAU, trnS-GGA, trnT-UGU, trnL-UAA ^a, trnF-GAA, trnV-UAC^a, trnM-CAU, trnW-CCA, trnP-UGG, trnH-GUG ^X2, trnI-CAU ^X2, trnL-CAA ^X2, trnV-GAC ^X2, trnI-GAU ^{a X2}, trnA-UGC ^{a X2}, trnR-ACG ^X2, trnN-GUU ^X2, trnL-UAG

38

Protein genes

Photosystem I

psaA, psaB, psaC, psaI, psaJ

5

Photosystem II

psbA, psbB, psbC, psbD, psbE, psbF, psbH, psbI, psbJ, psbK, psbL, psbM, psbN, psbT, psbZ

15

Cytochrome

petA, petB ^a, petD ^a, petG, petL, petN

6

ATP synthases

atpA, atpB, atpE, atpF ^a, atpH, atpI

6

Large unit of Rubisco

rbcL

1

NADH dehydrogenase

ndhA ^a, ndhB ^{a X2}, ndhC, ndhD, ndhE, ndhF, ndhG, ndhH, ndhI, ndhJ, ndhK

12

ATP-dependent protease subunit P

clpP ^b

1

Envelope membrane protein

cemA

1

Ribosomal proteins

Large units of ribosome

rpl2 ^{a X2}, rpl14, rpl16 ^a, rpl20, rpl22 ^X2, rpl23 ^X2, rpl32, rpl33, rpl36

12

Small units of ribosome

rps2, rps3, rps4, rps7 ^X2, rps8, rps11, rps12 ^X2, rps14, rps15, rps16 ^a, rps18, rps19 ^X2

15

Transcription/translation

RNA polymerase

rpoA^⍦, rpoB, rpoC1 ^a, rpoC2

3

Initiation factor

infA

1

Miscellaneous protein

accD^⍦, ccsA, matK

2

Hypothetical proteins and conserved reading frames

ycf1, ycf2 ^X2, ycf3 ^b, ycf4, ycf15^⍦

5

Total

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