Assembly and analysis of the complete mitochondrial genome of Carya illinoinensis to provide insights into the conserved sequences of tRNA genes
Yu Chen, Wu Wang, Shijie Zhang, Yuqiang Zhao, Liuchun Feng, Cancan Zhu · 2024
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Description
Yu Chen and co-authors publish the first complete mitochondrial genome of the pecan tree, and find a signature sentence repeated in its transfer RNA genes. Their 2024 study assembles the circular genome at about 495,000 bases, cataloguing its protein-coding, transfer, and ribosomal RNA genes. The chloroplast genome was known; the mitochondrial one, larger and stranger, was not.
Every transfer RNA folded into the classic cloverleaf, and their loops shared a conserved short sequence the authors highlight. Hundreds of RNA editing sites and repeated sequences were mapped. Chunks of chloroplast DNA had migrated into the mitochondrial genome over evolution, genes included, and a family tree placed pecan beside European beech with full support. Genome papers like this are infrastructure: breeders and evolutionary biologists will query this sequence for years. The conserved loop motif gives future work a specific oddity to explain.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Yu Chen, Wu Wang, Shijie Zhang, Yuqiang Zhao, Liuchun Feng, Cancan Zhu |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 42 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |