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Table 2 Gene contents in thirteen complete chloroplast genomes of the Costaceae family

From: Thirteen complete chloroplast genomes of the costaceae family: insights into genome structure, selective pressure and phylogenetic relationships

Category of genes

Group of genes

Name of genes

Self-replication

DNA dependent RNA polymerase

rpoA, rpoB, rpoC1*, rpoC2

 

Large subunit of ribosomal proteins

rpl2 (×2)*, rpl14, rpl16*, rpl20, rpl22, rpl23 (×2), rpl32, rpl33, rpl36

 

Small subunit of ribosomal proteins

rps2, rps3, rps4, rps7 (×2), rps8, rps11, rps12 (×2)*, rps14, rps15, rps16*, rps18, rps19 (×2)

RNA genes

Ribosomal RNA

rrn4.5 (×2), rrn5 (×2), rrn16 (×2), rrn23 (×2)

 

Transfer RNA

trnA-UGC (×2)*, trnC-GCA, trnD-GUC, trnE-UUC, trnF-GAA, trnG-GCC (×2)⑥, trnG-UCC*①, trnH-GUG (×2), trnI-GAU (×2)*, trnK-UUU*, trnL-CAA (×2), trnL-UAA*, trnL-UAG, trnM-CAU (×4), trnN-GUU (×2), trnP-UGG, trnQ-UUG, trnR-ACG (×2), trnR-UCU, trnS-GCU, trnS-GGA⑤, trnS-UGA⑤, trnT-GGU⑤, trnT-UGU, trnV-GAC (×2), trnV-UAC*, trnW-CCA, trnY-GUA, trnfM-CAU②, trnI-CAU③, trnS-CGA④

Photosynthesis related genes

Subunits of photosystem I

psaA, psaB, psaC, psaI, psaJ

 

Subunits of photosystem II

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

 

Subunits of cytochrome b/f complex

petA, petB*, petD*, petG, petL, petN

 

Subunits of ATP synthase

atpA, atpB, atpE, atpF*, atpH, atpI

 

Subunits of NADH dehydrogenase

ndhA*, ndhB (×2)*, ndhC, ndhD, ndhE, ndhF, ndhG, ndhH, ndhI, ndhJ, ndhK

 

Subunit of rubisco

rbcL

Other genes

Subunit of acetyl-coA-carboxylase

accD

 

c-type cytochrome synthesis gene

ccsA

 

Envelop membrane protein

cemA

 

Protease

clpP**

 

Maturase

matK

Genes of unknown function

Conserved open reading frames

ycf1 (×2), ycf2 (×2), ycf3**, ycf4

  1. Note: *: gene containing one intron; **: gene containing two introns; (×2): gene with two copies; (×4): gene with four copies; ①: trnG-UCC has no intron in chloroplast genome of C. beckii; ②: trnfM-CAU is missing in four chloroplast genomes of C. barbatus, C. dubius, C. beckii and C. woodsonii, respectively; ③: trnI-CAU is only present in five chloroplast genomes of H. speciosa Guizhou, C. viridis, H. lacera, H. speciosa Yunnan, and C. tonkinensis, respectively; ④: trnS-CGA is only present in chloroplast genome of C. viridis; ⑤: trnS-GGA, trnS-UGA, and trnT-GGU are missing in chloroplast genome of C. viridis; ⑥: trnG-GCC has two copies only in chloroplast genome of C. beckii