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We have completed the analysis of a DNA segment of the chloroplast genome of Euglena gracilis Klebs, Z-strain, which links the 3′ end of the extra 16S rRNA gene with the 5′ end of the 16S rRNA gene of the rrn operon A. This region is a mosaic of several structural elements and contains an intact rrn interoperon spacer of 1,080 bp, an extra 5S rRNA gene, an open reading frame for 406 codons (ORF 406) which is flanked by short inverted repeats and a short direct repeat originating from the rrn interoperon spacer. It seems that a once complete rrn operon underwent in the past an insertion/deletion event leaving intact the 16S and 5S rRNA but totally excising the 16S-23S intergenic spacer and the 23S rRNA gene. Instead a protein coding gene of yet unknown function was inserted along with other structural elements.
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Roux, E., Stutz, E. The chloroplast genome of Euglena gracilis: the mosaic structure of a DNA segment linking the extra 16S rRNA gene with the rrn operon A. Curr Genet 9, 221–227 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00420315
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