Table 2

Comparison of the sweet orange chloroplast genome with EST sequences obtained from GenBank and in-house database of Citrus sinensis source.

Gene
Gene size (bp)
Sequence analyzeda
Number of variable sites
Variation typeb
Position(s)c
Amino Acid change
Amino acid characteristicsd

petL
93
1–93
1
C-U
5
P-L
HPONP-HPONP
rps18
303
1–303
1
C-U
227
I-I
HPONP-HPONP
psbH
219
1–219
1
C-U
137
V-A
HPONP-HPONP
ycf2
6840
1667–1947
2
C-A
5045
A-D
HPONP-HPIA


5001–5841

A-U
5633
G-L
HPIP-HPONP
ndhA
1089
1–1089
1
C-U
344
S-L
HPIP-HPONP
rrn23
2810
1–2810
5
T-C
950
--





T-C
878
--





A-U
1196
--





A-G
1376
--





T-C
1706
--


Putative RNA editing sites were determined by comparing EST sequence information from GenBank and the Citrus chloroplast genome sequence using Sequencher v 4.5. a Gene sequence which considers the first base of the initiating codon as 1. bVariation type: nucleotide in genomic DNA-nucleotide in mRNA. cVariable position is referenced to the first base of the initiating codon of the gene sequence. dHPONP-hydprophobic non-polar, HPIA-hydrophilic acidic, HPIP-hydrophilic polar.

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