{"title":"Horizontal gene transfer from chloroplast to mitochondria of seagrasses in the yellow–Bohai seas","authors":"Yushun Yong , Shunxin Hu , Mingyu Zhong , Yun Wen , Yue Zhou , Ruixue Ma , Xiangyang Jiang , Quansheng Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.ygeno.2024.110940","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Seagrasses are ideal for studying plant adaptation to marine environments. In this study, the mitochondrial (mt) and chloroplast (cp) genomes of <em>Ruppia sinensis</em> were sequenced. The results showed an extensive gene loss in seagrasses, including a complete loss of <em>cp-rpl19</em> genes in Zosteraceae, most <em>cp-ndh</em> genes in Hydrocharitaceae, and <em>mt-rpl</em> and <em>mt-rps</em> genes in all seagrasses, except for the <em>mt-rpl16</em> gene in <em>Phyllospadix iwatensis</em>. Notably, most ribosomal protein genes were lost in the mt and cp genomes. The deleted cp genes were not transferred to the mt genomes through horizontal gene transfer. Additionally, a significant DNA transfer between seagrass organelles was found, with the mt genomes of <em>Zostera</em> containing numerous sequences from the cp genome. Rearrangement analyses revealed an unreported inversion of the cp genome in <em>R. sinensis</em>. Moreover, four positively selected genes (<em>atp8</em>, <em>nad5</em>, <em>atp4</em>, and <em>ccmFn</em>) and five variable regions (<em>matR</em>, <em>atp4</em>, <em>atp8</em>, <em>rps7</em>, and <em>ccmFn</em>) were identified.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":3,"journal":{"name":"ACS Applied Electronic Materials","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.3000,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0888754324001617/pdfft?md5=a51dacc1d10603ce7d6a0dd7945a1a21&pid=1-s2.0-S0888754324001617-main.pdf","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"ACS Applied Electronic Materials","FirstCategoryId":"99","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0888754324001617","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Seagrasses are ideal for studying plant adaptation to marine environments. In this study, the mitochondrial (mt) and chloroplast (cp) genomes of Ruppia sinensis were sequenced. The results showed an extensive gene loss in seagrasses, including a complete loss of cp-rpl19 genes in Zosteraceae, most cp-ndh genes in Hydrocharitaceae, and mt-rpl and mt-rps genes in all seagrasses, except for the mt-rpl16 gene in Phyllospadix iwatensis. Notably, most ribosomal protein genes were lost in the mt and cp genomes. The deleted cp genes were not transferred to the mt genomes through horizontal gene transfer. Additionally, a significant DNA transfer between seagrass organelles was found, with the mt genomes of Zostera containing numerous sequences from the cp genome. Rearrangement analyses revealed an unreported inversion of the cp genome in R. sinensis. Moreover, four positively selected genes (atp8, nad5, atp4, and ccmFn) and five variable regions (matR, atp4, atp8, rps7, and ccmFn) were identified.