Physicochemical characterization of mitochondrial DNA from soybean.

نویسندگان

  • R M Synenki
  • C S Levings
  • D M Shah
چکیده

Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) of soybean (Glycine max L.) was isolated and its buoyant density was contrasted with that of nuclear (nDNA) and chloroplast (ctDNA) DNA. Each of the three DNAs banded at a single, characteristic buoyant density when centrifuged to equilibrium in a CsCl gradient. Buoyant densities were 1.694 g/cm(3) for nDNA and 1.706 g/cm(3) for mtDNA. These values correspond to G-C contents of 34.7 and 46.9%, respectively. Covalently closed, circular mtDNA molecules were isolated from soybean hypocotyls by ethidium bromide-cesium chloride density gradient centrifugation. Considerable variation in mtDNA circle size was observed by electron microscopy. There were seven apparent size classes with mean lengths of 5.9 mum (class 1), 10 mum (class 2), 12.9 mum (class 3), 16.6 mum (class 4), 20.4 mum (class 5), 24.5 mum (class 6), and 29.9 mum (class 7). In addition, minicircles were observed in all preparations. Partially denatured, circular mtDNA molecules with at least one representative from six of the seven observed size classes were mapped. In class 4, there appear to be at least three distinct denaturation patterns, indicating heterogeneity within this class. It is proposed that the mitochondrial genome of soybean is distributed among the different size circular molecules, several copies of the genome are contained within these classes and that the majority of the various size molecules may be a result of recombination events between circular molecules.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Plant physiology

دوره 61 3  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1978