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  • Genetics
  • Molecular Biology

Background:

  • Mitochondrial genetic codes in green plants (Viridiplantae) exhibit known deviations, particularly involving stop codons in chlorophyte algae (Chlorophyta).
  • Sense-to-sense codon reassignments are harder to detect and may have been overlooked in rapidly evolving lineages.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate mitochondrial genetic code evolution in 51 green plants (32 chlorophytes, 19 streptophytes).
  • To identify novel sense-to-sense codon reassignments in Chlorophyta mitochondrial genomes.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized the CoreTracker framework to predict codon reassignments by comparing DNA and protein sequences.
  • Validated predictions through tRNA phylogeny analysis, examining gene duplication, loss, and structural modifications.

Main Results:

  • Confirmed known stop-to-sense reassignments.
  • Documented the first sense-to-sense reassignments in Chlorophyta mtDNAs.
  • Observed AGG decoding as alanine (Sphaeropleales) or methionine (Chromochloris), CGG as leucine (Chromochloris), and AUA as methionine (Pycnococcus).

Conclusions:

  • The study presents the first evidence of sense-to-sense codon reassignments in Chlorophyta mitochondrial DNA.
  • Identified specific tRNA variants and evolutionary mechanisms driving these genetic code changes.
  • Highlights the dynamic nature of mitochondrial genetic codes in green plants.