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We have determined the complete nucleotide sequence of the two genes encoding the P700 chlorophyll a apoproteins of the photosystem I reaction center of the Euglena gracilis chloroplast genome. The two genes are separated by 77 bp, are of the same polarity, and span a region which is greater than 9.0 kbp. The psaA gene (751 codons) is interrupted by three introns and the psaB gene (734 codons) by six introns. The introns range in size from 361 to 590 bp, whereas the exons range in size from 42 to 1,194 bp. The introns are extremely AT rich with a pronounced base bias of T > A > G > C in the RNA-like strand. Like other interrupted protein genes in the Euglena chloroplast genome, the psaA and psaB introns are similar to mitochondrial group II introns in having the splice junction consensus sequence, 5′ GTGCGNTTCG ..... INTRON ..... TTAATTTTAT 3′ and conserved secondary structural features. Except for the placement of the first intron, the intron-exon organization of these two highly homologous genes is not conserved. The other introns fall at or near putative surface domains of the predicted gene products. The psaA and psaB gene products are 74% homologous to one another and 93% and 95% homologous, respectively, to the psaA and psaB gene products of higher plant chloroplasts. The predicted secondary structure derived from the primary amino acid sequence has 11 potential membrane-spanning domains.
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Abbreviations and notations: Gene names follow the convention of Hallick and Bottomley (1983: psaA, psaB, genes for the P700 apoprotein; psbE an psbF, genes foe the subunits of cytochrome b 559; orfN, open reading frame of N condons
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Cushman, J.C., Hallick, R.B. & Price, C.A. The two genes for the P700 chlorophyll a apoproteins on the Euglena gracilis chloroplast genome contain multiple introns. Curr Genet 13, 159–171 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00365651
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