Mitochondrial Plasmids - Characterized mitochondrial plasmids in Neurospora species


Fungal mitochondrial plasmids Plant mitochondrial plasmids
Partially or completely sequenced fungal mitochondrial plasmids Neurospora crassa Plasmids

Plasmid

Neurospora species[1]

Homology Group[2]

Structure

Size (bp)

Polymerase[3]

Phenotype

Reference

pMauriceville

crassa

Mauriceville

Circular

3581

RT

 

Nargang et al. 1984

pVarkud

intermedia (all)

Mauriceville

Circular

3675

RT

 

Akins et al. 1988

pM-, pV- variants

lab generated

Mauriceville

Circular

~3600/

3750

RT

senescent

Akins et al. 1986

Fox and Kennell 2001

pVS

intermedia

VS

Circular

881

none

 

Saville and Collins 1990

pFiji

intermedia (c, d, n, t)

Fiji

Circular

5268

DNA

 

Li and Nargang 1993

pHanalei-1

tetrasperma

Fiji

Circular

5000

DNA

 

Natvig et al 1984

pLaBelle

intermedia (c, d, n, t)

LaBelle

Circular

4070

DNA

 

Pande et al. 1989

pHarbin-1

crassa (i)

LaBelle

Circular

4080

DNA

 

Xu et al. 1999

pHarbin-2

intermedia

Harbin-2

Circular

4.9 kb

 

 

Yang and Griffiths 1993

pKalilo

intermedia (c, d, t)

Kalilo

Linear

8642

DNA/RNA

senescent

Chan et al. 1991

pLA-Kalilo

tetrasperma (c)

Kalilo

Linear

8582

DNA/RNA

 

He et al. 2000

pShort Kalilo

discreta

Kalilo

Linear

7156

DNA/RNA

 

He et al. 2000

pGel-Kalilo

Gelasinospora[4]

Kalilo

Linear

8231

DNA/RNA

 

He et al. 2000

pMaranhar

crassa (i)

Maranhar

Linear

7052

DNA/RNA

senescent

Court et al 1991

pHarbin-3

intermedia

Maranhar

Linear

7050

DNA/RNA

 

Xu et al. 1999

A version of this Table will be published in "The Mycota, Vol. II 'Genetics and Biotechnology' second edition." U. Kuck (ed.) Springer-Verlag (2003).


 

[1] Indicates species first identified or most common association. Other species that plasmid has been detected in are listed in parentheses. c = N. crassa; d = N. discreta; i = N. intermedia; s = N. sitophila; t = N. tetrasperma.

[2] Based on DNA hybridization.

[3] Polymerase encoded; RT = reverse transcriptase; DNA = DNA-dependent DNA polymerase; RNA = DNA-dependent RNA polymerase.

[4] A closely-related Ascomycete.


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