NdhF

The chloroplast NADH dehydrogenase F (ndhF) gene is found in all vascular plant divisions and is highly conserved. Its DNA fragment resides in the small single-copy region of the chloroplast genome, and is thought to encode a hydrophobic protein containing 664 amino acids and to have a mass of 72.9 kDa.^[1]

Application

The ndhF fragment has been a very useful tool in phylogenetic reconstruction at a number of taxonomic levels.^[2][3][4][5]

See also

• Chloroplast
• Chloroplast DNA
• RuBisCO
• NADPH dehydrogenase (quinone)

References

1. Neyland, Ray; Lowell E. Urbatsch (1996). "The ndhF chloroplast gene detected in all vascular plant divisions". Planta. 200 (2): 273–277 P. doi:10.1007/bf00208318. PMID 8904810. S2CID 351989.
2. Dong, Wenpan; Jing Liu; Jing Yu; Ling Wang; Shiliang Zhou (2012). "Highly Variable Chloroplast Markers for Evaluating Plant Phylogeny at Low Taxonomic Levels and for DNA Barcoding". PLOS ONE. 7 (4): e35071. Bibcode:2012PLoSO...735071D. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0035071. PMC 3325284. PMID 22511980.
3. Patterson, T. B.; T. J. Givnish (2002). "Phylogeny, concerted convergence, and phylogenetic niche conservatism in the core Liliales: insights from rbcL and ndhF sequence data". Evolution. 56 (2): 233–252. doi:10.1111/j.0014-3820.2002.tb01334.x. PMID 11926492.
4. Givnish, T.J.; Pires, J.C.; Graham, S.W.; McPherson, M.A.; Prince, L.M.; Patterson, T.B.; Rai, H.S.; Roalson, E.R.; Evans, T.M.; Hahn, W.J; Millam, K.C.; Meerow, A.W.; Molvray, M.; Kores, P.; O’Brien, H.E.; Kress, W.J.; Hall, J.; Sytsma, K.J. "Phylogeny of the monocotyledons based on the highly informative plastid gene ndhF: evidence for widespread concerted convergence" (PDF): 28–51. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 January 2014. Retrieved 4 January 2014. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help) In Columbus et al. (2006) harvtxt error: no target: CITEREFColumbusFriarPorterPrince2006 (help)
5. Givnish, T.J.; Pires, J.C.; Graham, S.W.; McPherson, M.A.; Prince, L.M.; Patterson, T.B.; Rai, H.S.; Roalson, E.R.; Evans, T.M.; Hahn, W.J; Millam, K.C.; Meerow, A.W.; Molvray, M.; Kores, P.; O’Brien, H.E.; Kress, W.J.; Hall, J.; Sytsma, K.J. (2005). "Repeated evolution of net venation and fleshy fruits among monocots in shaded habitats confirms a priori predictions: evidence from an ndhF phylogeny". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 272 (1571): 1481–1490. doi:10.1098/rspb.2005.3067. PMC 1559828. PMID 16011923.