Table 2.
Gene contents in the chloroplast of W. villosa
| No. | Group of genes | Gene names | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Photosystem I | psaA, psaB, psaC, psaI, psaJ | 5 |
| 2 | Photosystem II | PsbA, psbB, psbC, psbD, psbE, psbF, psbH, psbI, psbJ, psbK, psbL, psbM, psbN, psbT, psbZ | 15 |
| 3 | Cytochrome b/f complex | petA, petB*, petD*, petG, petL, petN | 6 |
| 4 | ATP synthase | atpA, atpB, atpE, atpF*, atpH, atpI | 6 |
| 5 | NADH dehydrogenase | ndhA*, ndhB* (× 2), ndhC, ndhD, ndhE, ndhF, ndhG, ndhH, ndhI, ndhJ, ndhK | 12 (1) |
| 6 | RubisCO large subunit | rbcL | 1 |
| 7 | RNA polymerase | rpoA, rpoB, rpoC1*, rpoC2 | 4 |
| 8 | Ribosomal proteins (SSU) | rps2, rps3, rps4, rps7 (× 2), rps8, rps11, rps12** (× 2), rps14, rps15, Rps16*, rps18, rps19 (× 2) | 15 (3) |
| 9 | Ribosomal proteins (LSU) | rpl2* (× 2), rpl14, rpl16*, rpl20, rpl22, rpl23 (× 2), rpl32, rpl33, rpl36 | 11 (2) |
| 10 | Proteins of unknown functions | ycf1 (× 2), ycf2 (× 2), ycf3*, ycf4 | 6 (2) |
| 11 | Transfer RNAs | 38tRNAs (6 contain an intron, 8 in the IRs) | 38 (8) |
| 12 | Ribosomal RNAs | rrn4.5S (× 2), rrn5S (× 2), rrn16S (× 2), rrn23S (× 2) | 8 (4) |
| 13 | Other genes | accD, c1pP**, matK, ccsA, cemA, infA | 6 |
| Total | 134 |
*Gene contains one intron
**Gene contains two introns; (× 2) indicates the number of the repeat unit is 2