Element:CoDi5.5

Description CoDi5.5 is a Ty1/Copia LTR retrotransposon described in the genome of the marine algae phytoplankton, Thalassiosira pseudonana (Maumus et al. 2009; Bowler et al. 2008). This element belongs to CoDi-II clade (Maumus et al. 2009) within Branch 1 of the Ty1/Copia family (Llorens et al. 2009). The genome of CoDi5.5, of 5758 bp in size, includes LTRs of 246 nt bounding an internal region that encodes for two overlapping Open Reading Frames (ORFs). The first ORF contains the putative gag domains, while the second larger ORF displays the typical pol polyprotein structure of Ty1/Copia LTR retrotransposons (for more details, see Maumus et al. 2009). Structure Figure not to scale. If present, long terminal repeats (LTRs) have been highlighted in blue. Amino acid motifs noted with lines indicate the conserved residues in each protein domain, abbreviations below mean: MA=matrix PR=protease DU or DUT=dUTPase TM=transmembrane TAV or IBMP=transactivator/viroplasmin or inclusion body matrix protein CA=capsid RT=reverse transcriptase INT=Integrase CHR=chromodomain NC=nucleocapsid RH=RNaseH SU=surface MOV=movement protein PPT=polypurine tract PBS=primer binding site ATF=aphid transmission factor VAP=virion associated protein Related literature Mobile DNA II. (Craig et al. 2002)

Genbank accession: 169639631 Clade: CoDi-II Cluster or genus: Undetermined Branch or class: Branch 1 Family: Ty1/Copia System: LTR retroelements Host: Explore the Tree Life Project Thalassiosira pseudonana Courtesy of Nils Kröger, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA Browse all elements