Lessons from sequencing of the genome of a unicellular cyanobacterium, Synechocystis sp. PCC6803

被引:27
作者
Kotani, H [1 ]
Tabata, S [1 ]
机构
[1] Kazusa DNA Res Inst, Chiba 292, Japan
来源
ANNUAL REVIEW OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY | 1998年 / 49卷
关键词
cyanobacteria; genome sequencing; photosynthesis; plastid genomes; CyanoBase;
D O I
10.1146/annurev.arplant.49.1.151
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
The nucleotide sequence of the entire genome of the unicellular cyanobacterium, Synechocystis sp. PCC6803, has been determined. The length of the circular genome was 3,573,480 bp, and a total of 3 168 protein-coding genes were assigned to the genome by a computer-assisted analysis. The functions of approximately 45% of the genes were deduced based on sequence similarity to known genes. Here are distinctive features of genetic information carried by the cyanobacteria, which have a phylogenetic relationship to both bacteria and plants.
引用
收藏
页码:151 / 171
页数:21
相关论文
共 73 条
[41]  
Mizuno T, 1996, DNA Res, V3, P407, DOI 10.1093/dnares/3.6.407
[42]  
Mizuno T, 1997, DNA Res, V4, P161, DOI 10.1093/dnares/4.2.161
[43]  
Ohtsubo E, 1996, CURR TOP MICROBIOL, V204, P1
[44]   CHLOROPLAST GENE ORGANIZATION DEDUCED FROM COMPLETE SEQUENCE OF LIVERWORT MARCHANTIA-POLYMORPHA CHLOROPLAST DNA [J].
OHYAMA, K ;
FUKUZAWA, H ;
KOHCHI, T ;
SHIRAI, H ;
SANO, T ;
SANO, S ;
UMESONO, K ;
SHIKI, Y ;
TAKEUCHI, M ;
CHANG, Z ;
AOTA, S ;
INOKUCHI, H ;
OZEKI, H .
NATURE, 1986, 322 (6079) :572-574
[45]   The ispB gene encoding octaprenyl diphosphate synthase is essential for growth of Escherichia coli [J].
Okada, K ;
Minehira, M ;
Zhu, XF ;
Suzuki, K ;
Nakagawa, T ;
Matsuda, H ;
Kawamukai, M .
JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY, 1997, 179 (09) :3058-3060
[46]   A CDNA CLONE FROM BARLEY ENCODING THE PRECURSOR FROM THE PHOTOSYSTEM-I POLYPEPTIDE PSI-G - SEQUENCE SIMILARITY TO PSI-K [J].
OKKELS, JS ;
NIELSEN, VS ;
SCHELLER, HV ;
MOLLER, BL .
PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, 1992, 18 (05) :989-994
[47]   A CDNA CLONE ENCODING THE PRECURSOR FOR A 10.2 KDA PHOTOSYSTEM-I POLYPEPTIDE OF BARLEY [J].
OKKELS, JS ;
SCHELLER, HV ;
JEPSEN, LB ;
MOLLER, BL .
FEBS LETTERS, 1989, 250 (02) :575-579
[48]   SIGNAL-TRANSDUCTION SCHEMES OF BACTERIA [J].
PARKINSON, JS .
CELL, 1993, 73 (05) :857-871
[49]   Complete nucleotide sequence of the Porphyra purpurea chloroplast genome [J].
Reith, M ;
Munholland, J .
PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REPORTER, 1995, 13 (04) :333-335
[50]   FUNCTIONS OF THE GENE-PRODUCTS OF ESCHERICHIA-COLI [J].
RILEY, M .
MICROBIOLOGICAL REVIEWS, 1993, 57 (04) :862-952