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. 2013 Mar 15;8(3):e58747. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0058747

Table 1. Gene contents of plastidome of Cistanche deserticola compared to Nicotiana tabacum and other parasitic plants (based on this research and previous reports [6], [9], [67]).

Photosynthesis and energyproduction genes RibosomalRNA genes TransferRNA genes
Nt Cr Co Cg Ce Cd Ev Rg Nn Nt Cr Co Cg Ce Cd Ev Rg Nn Nt Cr Co Cg Ce Cd Ev Rg Nn
atpA Ψ Ψ Ψ rrn16 trnA-ugc Ψ Ψ
atpB Ψ Ψ Ψ rrn23 trnC-gca Ψ
atpE Ψ Ψ rrn4.5 trnD-guc
atpF Ψ rrn5 trnE-uuc
atpH trnF-gaa
atpI Ψ trnfM-cau
ndhA Ψ trnG-gcc
ndhB Ψ Ψ Ψ Ψ Ψ RNA polymerase and intron maturase genes trnG-ucc Ψ
ndhC Ψ trnH-gug
ndhD Ψ Nt Cr Co Cg Ce Cd Ev Rg Nn trnI-cau
ndhE trnI-gau Ψ Ψ
ndhF matK Ψ trnK-uuu
ndhG rpoA Ψ Ψ Ψ trnL-caa
ndhH Ψ Ψ rpoB Ψ Ψ trnL-uaa Ψ
ndhI rpoC1 trnL-uag
ndhJ Ψ rpoC2 Ψ Ψ trnM-cau
ndhK trnN-guu
petA Ψ trnP-ugg Ψ
petB Ribosomal protein and initiation factor genes trnQ-uug
petD trnR-acg Ψ
petG Ψ Ψ Nt Cr Co Cg Ce Cd Ev Rg Nn trnR-ucu Ψ
petL Ψ infA Ψ Ψ trnS-gcu
petN rpl14 Ψ trnS-gga Ψ
psaA Ψ Ψ rpl16 trnS-uga
psaB Ψ Ψ Ψ rpl2 trnT-ggu
psaC rpl20 trnT-ugu
psaI rpl22 trnV-gac
psaJ Ψ rpl23 Ψ Ψ Ψ Ψ trnV-uac
psbA Ψ Ψ rpl32 trnW-cca
psbB Ψ Ψ rpl33 Ψ trnY-gua
psbC Ψ Ψ rpl36
psbD Ψ Ψ rps11 Other essential genes
psbE rps12 Ψ
psbF Ψ rps14 Nt Cr Co Cg Ce Cd Ev Rg Nn
psbH rps15 ClpP
psbI rps16 Ψ Ψ Ψ accD Ψ
psbJ Ψ rps18 Ψ cemA
psbK Ψ Ψ rps19 ccsA Ψ
psbL Ψ rps2 ycf1 Ψ
psbM Ψ rps3 ycf2
psbN rps4 ycf3 Ψ Ψ
psbT rps7 ycf4 Ψ
rbcL Ψ Ψ Ψ rps8 ycf15 Ψ Ψ Ψ Ψ

Nt, Nicotiana tabacum; Cr, Cuscuta reflexa; Co, Cuscuta obtusiflora; Cg, Cuscuta gronovii; Ce, Cuscuta exaltata; Cd, Cistanche deserticola; Ev, Epifagus virginiana; Rg, Rhizanthella gardneri; Nn, Neottia nidus-avis; Ψ, pseudogene; •, present; ○, missing.