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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-2-12
pubmed:abstractText
The complete sequence of the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) of the true slime mold Physarun polycephalum has been determined. The mtDNA is a circular 62,862-bp molecule with an A+T content of 74.1%. A search with the program BLAST X identified the protein-coding regions. The mitochondrial genome of P. polycephalum was predicted to contain genes coding for 12 known proteins [for three cytochrome c oxidase subunits, apocytochrome b, two F1Fo-ATPase subunits, five NADH dehydrogenase (nad) subunits, and one ribosomal protein], two rRNA genes, and five tRNA genes. However, the predicted ORFs are not all in the same frame, because mitochondrial RNA in P. polycephalum undergoes RNA editing to produce functional RNAs. The nucleotide sequence of an nad7 cDNA showed that 51 nucleotides were inserted at 46 sites in the mRNA. No guide RNA-like sequences were observed in the mtDNA of P. polycephalum. Comparison with reported Physarum mtDNA sequences suggested that sites of RNA editing vary among strains. In the Physarum mtDNA, 20 ORFs of over 300 nucleotides were found and ORFs 14 19 are transcribed.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0026-8925
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
264
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
539-45
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11212908-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:11212908-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11212908-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:11212908-Blotting, Northern, pubmed-meshheading:11212908-Chromosome Mapping, pubmed-meshheading:11212908-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:11212908-DNA, Complementary, pubmed-meshheading:11212908-DNA, Mitochondrial, pubmed-meshheading:11212908-Genome, pubmed-meshheading:11212908-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:11212908-Open Reading Frames, pubmed-meshheading:11212908-Physarum polycephalum, pubmed-meshheading:11212908-Physical Chromosome Mapping, pubmed-meshheading:11212908-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:11212908-Sequence Analysis, DNA, pubmed-meshheading:11212908-Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
The complete DNA sequence of the mitochondrial genome of Physarum polycephalum.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biological Science, Faculty of Science, Kumamoto University, Japan. takano@kumamoto-u.ac.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't