TY - JOUR

T1 - The complete mitochondrial genome from an unidentified Phalansterium species

AU - Pombert, Jean-François

AU - Smirnov, Alexey

AU - James, Erick R.

AU - Janou kovec, Jan

AU - Gray, Michael W.

AU - Keeling, Patrick J.

PY - 2013

Y1 - 2013

N2 - We describe the complete sequence and organization of the mitochondrial genome from an unidentified species of Phalansterium. This is the first sequenced mitochondrial genome of a member of Variosea clade (Amoebozoa, Conosa). The sequence was assembled from shotgun reads of DNA from a mixed culture containing the euglenid Monomorphina aenigmatica and an amoebozoan that we demonstrate here is closely related to Phalansterium (in nuclear SSU rRNA phylogenies, it branches between two sequences from described species of Phalansterium). Sequence assembly resulted in two distinct mitochondrial genome types, one fragmented and euglenid-like, and the second a single circular-mapping contig of 53,614 bp with an amoebozoan-like set of genes. The Phalansterium sp. mitochondrial genome is gene-rich and densely packed, with a large number of tRNAs and an unusually low ratio of identifiable protein-coding genes to unidentified ORFs. These ORFs potentially encode ribosomal proteins exhibiting a divergent character at the se

AB - We describe the complete sequence and organization of the mitochondrial genome from an unidentified species of Phalansterium. This is the first sequenced mitochondrial genome of a member of Variosea clade (Amoebozoa, Conosa). The sequence was assembled from shotgun reads of DNA from a mixed culture containing the euglenid Monomorphina aenigmatica and an amoebozoan that we demonstrate here is closely related to Phalansterium (in nuclear SSU rRNA phylogenies, it branches between two sequences from described species of Phalansterium). Sequence assembly resulted in two distinct mitochondrial genome types, one fragmented and euglenid-like, and the second a single circular-mapping contig of 53,614 bp with an amoebozoan-like set of genes. The Phalansterium sp. mitochondrial genome is gene-rich and densely packed, with a large number of tRNAs and an unusually low ratio of identifiable protein-coding genes to unidentified ORFs. These ORFs potentially encode ribosomal proteins exhibiting a divergent character at the se

KW - amoebozoa mitochondria

U2 - 10.2478/prge-2013-0002

DO - 10.2478/prge-2013-0002

M3 - Article

VL - 1

SP - 25

EP - 32

JO - Protist Genomics

JF - Protist Genomics

SN - 2299-100X

ER -