Table 2 Gene information of 15 Spiraea chloroplast genomes

Photosynthesis

Photosystem I

psaA, psaB, psaC, psaI, psaJ

Photosystem II

psbA, psbB, psbC, psbD, psbE, psbF, psbH, psbI, psbJ, psbK, psbL, psbM, psbN, psbT, psbZ

Cytochrome b/f complex

petA, petB^a, petD^a, petG, petL, petN

ATP synthase

atpA, atpB, atpE, atpF^a, atpH, atpI

NADH-dehydrogenase

ndhA^a, ndhB^*a, ndhC, ndhD, ndhE, ndhF, ndhG, ndhH, ndhI, ndhJ, ndhK

Large subunit Rubisco

rbcL

Protein synthesis and DNA-replication

Subunits of RNA polymerase

rpoA, rpoB, rpoC1a, rpoC2

Ribosomal protein small subunit

rps2, rps3, rps4, rps7^a, rps8, rps11, rps12^ac, rps14, rps15, rps16^b, rps18, rps19

Ribosomal protein large subunit

rpl2^ab, rpl14, rpl16^b, rpl20, rpl22, rpl23^a, rpl32, rpl33, rpl36

Transfer RNAs

trnA-UGC^ab, trnC-GCA, trnD-GUC, trnE-UUC, trnF-GAA, trnfM-CAU, trnG-GCC, trnG-UCC^b, trnH-GUG, trnI-CAU^a, trnI-GAU^ab, trnK-UUU^b, trnL-CAA^a, trnL-UAA^b, trnL-UAG, trnM-CAU, trnN-GUU^a, trnP-UGG, trnQ-UUG, trnR-ACG^a, trnR-UCU, trnS-GCU, trnS-GGA, trnS-UGA, trnT-GGU, trnT-UGU, trnV-GAC^a, trnV-UAC^b, trnW-CCA, trnY-GUA

Ribosomal RNAs

rrn4.5^a, rrn5^a, rrn16^a, rrn23^a

Other genes

Maturase

matK

Translation initiation factor

infA

C-type cytochrome synthesis gene

ccsA

Acetyl-CoA-carboxylase

accD

Inner membrane protein

cemA

ATP-dependent protease

clpP^a

Genes of unknown function

Conserved hypothetical gene

ycf1, ycf2^a, ycf3^c, ycf4