NdhF explained

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)

Notes and References

1. Neyland. Ray. Lowell E. Urbatsch. The ndhF chloroplast gene detected in all vascular plant divisions. Planta. 1996. 200. 2. 273–277 P. 8904810. 10.1007/bf00208318. 351989.
2. Dong. Wenpan. Jing Liu . Jing Yu . Ling Wang . Shiliang Zhou . Highly Variable Chloroplast Markers for Evaluating Plant Phylogeny at Low Taxonomic Levels and for DNA Barcoding. PLOS ONE. 7. 4. e35071. 2012. 10.1371/journal.pone.0035071. 22511980. 2012PLoSO...735071D . 3325284. free.
3. Patterson . T. B. . T. J. Givnish . Phylogeny, concerted convergence, and phylogenetic niche conservatism in the core Liliales: insights from rbcL and ndhF sequence data . Evolution . 2002 . 56 . 233–252 . 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2002.tb01334.x . 11926492 . 2 . free .
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 . 28–51 . 4 January 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140116103031/http://www.botany.wisc.edu/sytsma/pdf/ConcertedConvMonocots06.pdf . 16 January 2014 . In
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. . 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. 2005. 272 . 1571 . 1481–1490 . 1559828 . 16011923 . 10.1098/rspb.2005.3067.