TABLE 2.
Genes present in the plastome of species of core Tillandsioideae.
| Function | Group of genes | Gene names |
| Protein synthesis and DNA replication | Transfer RNAs | trnA-UGCa (×2), trnC-GCA, trnD-GUC, trnE-UUC, trnF-GAA, trnfM-CAU, trnG-GCC, trnG-UCCa, trnH-GUG (×2), trnI-CAU (×2), trnI-GAUa (×2), trnK-UUUa, trnL-CAA (×2), trnL-UAAa, trnL-UAG, trnM-CAU, trnN-GUU (×2), trnP-UGG, trnQ-UUG, trnR-ACG (×2), trnR-UCU, trnS-GCU, trnS-GGA, trnS-UGA, trnT-GGU, trnT-UGU, trnV-GAC (×2), trnV-UACa, trnW-CCA, trnY-GUA |
| Ribosomal RNAs | rrn4.5S (×2), rrn5S (×2), rrn16S (×2), rrn23S (×2) | |
| Ribosomal protein small subunit | rps2, rps3, rps4, rps7 (×2), rps8, rps11, rps12a,c (×2), rps14, rps15, rps16a, rps18, rps19 (×2) | |
| Ribosomal protein large subunit | rpl2a (×2), rpl14, rpl16a, rpl20, rpl22, rpl23 (×2), rpl32, rpl33, rpl36 | |
| Subunits of RNA polymerase | rpoA, rpoB, rpoC1a, rpoC2 | |
| Photosynthesis | Photosystem I | psaA, psaB, psaC, psaI, psaJ |
| Photosystem II | psbA, psbB, psbC, psbD, psbE, psbF, psbH, psbI, psbJ, psbK, psbL, psbM, psbN, psbT, psbZ | |
| Cytochrome b/f complex | petA, petBa, petDa, petG, petL, petN | |
| ATP synthase | atpA, atpB, atpE, atpFa, atpH, atpI | |
| NADH-dehydrogenase | ndhAa, ndhBa (×2), ndhC, ndhD, ndhE, ndhF, ndhG, ndhH, ndhI, ndhJ, ndhK | |
| Large subunit Rubisco | rbcL | |
| Miscellaneous function | Translation initiation factor IF-1 | infA |
| Acetyl-CoA carboxylase | accD | |
| Cytochrome c biogenesis | ccsA | |
| Maturase | matK | |
| ATP-dependent protease | clpPb | |
| Inner membrane protein | cemA | |
| Protein transport through plastid membranes | Conserved hypothetical chloroplast ORF | ycf1 (×2), ycf2 (×2) |
| Potentially involved in the assembly of photosystem I | Conserved hypothetical chloroplast ORF | ycf3b, ycf4 |
| Unknown function | Conserved hypothetical chloroplast ORF | ycf15 (×2), ycf68a (×2) |
aGene containing one intron.
bGene containing two introns.
cTrans-spliced gene.