Table 1. Genes encoded in the Najas flexilis chloroplast.
| Function | Gene Class | Genes | Number |
| Proteins not related to photosynthesis | Acetyl-CoA carboxylasecarboxyltransferase beta subunit | accD | 1 |
| Light independent proteins | Membrane protein | cemA | 1 |
| Cytocrome c biogenesis | ccsA | 1 | |
| Rubisco | rbcL | 1 | |
| Light dependent proteins | ATP synthase | atpA, atpF *, atpH, atpI | 4 |
| ndh Genes | |||
| ndhBΨx2, ndhCΨ, ndhDΨ, ndhEΨ, ndhHΨ | |||
| Photosystem I assembly factor | yfc3 **, ycf4 | 2 | |
| Cytocrome | petA, petB *, petD *, petG, petN, petL | 6 | |
| Photosystem I | psaA, psaB, psaC, psaI, psaJ | 5 | |
| Photosystem II | psbA, psbB, psbC, psbD, psaE, psbF, psbH, psbI, psbJ, psbK, psbL, psbM, psbN, psbT, psbZ | 15 | |
| Genetic apparatus | Maturase | matK | 1 |
| Proteins for transcription | RNA polymerase | rpoA, rpoB, rpoC1 *, rpoC2 | 4 |
| Proteins for translation | ATP-dependant protease | clpP ** | 1 |
| Translation initiation factor A | infA | 1 | |
| Ribosomal protein (large) | rpl2 * x2, rpl14, rpl16, rpl20, rpl22, rpl23 * x2, rpl32,rpl33, rpl36 | 10 | |
| Ribosomal protein (small) | rps2, rps3, rps4, rps7x2, rps8, rps11, rps12 **x2, rps14, rps15, rps16 *, rps18, rps19 | 12 | |
| Structural RNAs | Ribosomal RNAs | rRNA 4.5Sx2, rRNA 5Sx2, rRNA 16Sx2, rRNA 23Sx2 | 4 |
| Transfer RNAs | tRNA-His(GUG), tRNA-Lys(UUU)*, tRNA-Gln(UUG), tRNA-Ser(GCU), tRNA-Gly(UCC)*, tRNA-Arg(UCU), tRNA-Cys(GCA), tRNA-Asp(GUC), tRNA-Tyr(GUA), tRNA-Glu(UUC), tRNA-Thr(GGU), tRNA-Ser(UGA), tRNA-Gly(UCC), tRNA-fMet(CAU), tRNA-Ser(GGA), tRNA-Thr(UGU), tRNA-Leu(UAA)*, tRNA-Phe(GAA), tRNA-Val(UAC)*, tRNA-Met(CAU), tRNA-Trp(CCA), tRNA-Pro(UGG), tRNA-Ile(CAU)x2, tRNA-Leu(CAA)x2, tRNA-Val(GAC)*x2, tRNA-Ile(GAU)*x2, tRNA-Ala(UGC)*x2, tRNA-Arg(ACG)x2, tRNA-Asn(GUU)x2, tRNA-Leu(AUG) | 30 | |
| Conserved reading frames | ycf1x2, ycf2x2, yfc15x2, ycf68x2 | 4 | |
| 103 |
*
gen with one intron;
**
gene with two introns; crossed missing;
Ψ
pseudogene.
The 103 genes are grouped by function.