Table 2.
Characteristics of Glaucophyte Mitochondrial Genomes
| Strain | Size (kb) | Shape | Total A+T Content (%) | A+T Content Proteinsa (%) | A+T Content tRNAs/ rRNAs (%) | A+T Content Noncodinga (%) | % Intergenic Sequencea (%) | Average Intergenic Size (bp)a,b | Intron Type | Genetic Code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cg | 33.2 | Circular-mapping | 71.5 | 72.8/72.3 | 60.3/65.3 | 83.8/79.1 | 3.9/12.1 | 23.2/81.6 (1–202/1–956) | Group I | Standard (UUG/GUG start in nad3) |
| Gw | 36.1 | Circular-mapping | 69.5 | 70.0/69.7 | 58.3/62.6 | 79.3/76.5 | 11.3/18.3 | 59.9/108.1 (1–833/1–1,535) | / | Standard (UUG start in uORF) |
| Cp | 51.6 | Circular-mapping | 74.0 | 75.2/74.4 | 57.7/64.1 | 80.8/78.7 | 15.3/34.8 | 102.6/256.7 (1–665/1–5,026) | / | Standard |
| Gn | 34.1 | Circular-mapping | 74.3 | 75.5/75.1 | 59.8/66.8 | 85.6/85.0 | 8.0/11.2 | 47.9/68.4 (5–504/5–820) | / | Standard |
Note.—Cp, Cyanophora paradoxa; Gn, Glaucocystis nostochinearum; Cg, Cyanoptyche gloeocystis; Gw, Gloeochaete wittrockiana.
aValues including uORFs as bona fide genes/values not including uORFs as bona fide genes.
bValues in parentheses are the minimum and maximum intergenic sizes.