Twintrons are not unique to the Euglena chloroplast genome: structure and evolution of a plastome cpn60 gene from a cryptomonad |
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Authors: | Uwe-G Maier Stefan A Rensing Gabor L Igloi and Martina Maerz |
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Institution: | (1) Cell Biology, Institute of Biology II, Schaenzlestr. 1, 79104 Freiburg, Germany;(2) Institute of Biology III, Schaenzlestr. 1, 79104 Freiburg, Germany |
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Abstract: | Introns within introns (twintrons) are known only from the Euglena chloroplast genome. Twintrons are group II or III introns, into which another group II or III intron has been transposed. In this paper we describe a non-Euglena twintron structure within a plastid-encoded chaperone gene (cpn60) of the cryptomonad alga Pyrenomonas salina. In addition, the evolutionary relationships between members of the Cpn60 protein family are determined. Our findings permit the inclusion of cryptomonad plastomes in phylogenetic studies of intron evolution and present further evidence for the origin of modern plastids from a cyanobacterial ancestor.This paper is dedicated to Prof. Dr. Peter Sitte on the occasion of his 65th birthday |
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Keywords: | Cryptomonads Intron Twintron Cpn60 |
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