Mitochondrial plasmid-like DNAs of the B1 family in the genus Oryza: Sequence heterogeneity and evolution

• Published in: Idengaku zasshi Vol. 70; no. 6; pp. 675 - 685
• Main Authors: Miyata, S. (Tokyo Univ. (Japan). Faculty of Agriculture), Kanazawa, A, Tsutsumi, N, Sano, Y, Hirai, A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Japan The Genetics Society of Japan 1995
• Subjects: ADN; Base Sequence; Cloning, Molecular; DNA; DNA, Mitochondrial - genetics; EVOLUCION; EVOLUTION; Evolution, Molecular; Genome, Plant; MITOCHONDRIA; MITOCHONDRIE; MITOCONDRIA; Molecular Sequence Data; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORYZA; Oryza - genetics; Oryza - physiology; Oryza sativa; PLASMIDE; PLASMIDIOS; PLASMIDS; Plasmids - genetics; SECUENCIA NUCLEOTIDICA; Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; SEQUENCE NUCLEOTIDIQUE
• ISSN: 0021-504X; 1880-5787
• DOI: 10.1266/jjg.70.675

Four kinds of circular plasmid-like DNA, designated B1, B2, B3 and B4, have been found in the mitochondria of Oryza sativa L. with an AA genome. Three novel B1-homologous mitochondrial plasmid-like DNAs, designated, M1, M2 and M3, were isolated in the present study from strains with CC and CCDD genomes in the genus Oryza. We cloned and sequenced these DNAs and found that the sequences of these molecules have wide regions of homology. B1, M2 and M3 each lack about 300 bp of a region that is present in M1 and small repeats were found at the sites of deleted sequences. Therefore, we propose the hypothesis that the B1 family differentiated from a common ancient molecule that was similar to M1 via, probably, slipped mispairing during DNA replication at several stages in the evolution in the genus Oryza.