{{Short description|InterPro family}} The chloroplast NADH dehydrogenase F ('''''ndh''F''') 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.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Neyland|first=Ray|author2=Lowell E. Urbatsch|title=The ndhF chloroplast gene detected in all vascular plant divisions|journal=Planta|year=1996|volume=200|issue=2|pages=273–277 P|pmid=8904810|doi=10.1007/bf00208318|bibcode=1996Plant.200..273N |s2cid=351989}}</ref>
== Application ==
The ''ndh''F fragment has been a very useful tool in phylogenetic reconstruction at a number of taxonomic levels.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Dong|first=Wenpan|author2=Jing Liu |author3=Jing Yu |author4=Ling Wang |author5=Shiliang Zhou |title=Highly Variable Chloroplast Markers for Evaluating Plant Phylogeny at Low Taxonomic Levels and for DNA Barcoding|journal=PLOS ONE|volume=7|issue=4|article-number=e35071|date=2012|doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0035071|pmid=22511980|bibcode=2012PLoSO...735071D |pmc=3325284|doi-access=free}}</ref><ref name="Patterson 2002">{{cite journal|last=Patterson |first=T. B. |author2=T. J. Givnish |title=Phylogeny, concerted convergence, and phylogenetic niche conservatism in the core Liliales: insights from ''rbcL'' and ''ndhF'' sequence data |journal=Evolution |year=2002 |volume=56 |pages=233–252 |doi=10.1111/j.0014-3820.2002.tb01334.x |pmid=11926492 |issue=2 |doi-access=free }}</ref><ref name="Givnish 2006">{{cite journal |last1=Givnish |first1=T.J. |last2=Pires |first2=J.C. |last3=Graham |first3=S.W. |last4=McPherson |first4=M.A. |last5=Prince |first5=L.M. |last6=Patterson |first6=T.B. |last7=Rai |first7=H.S. |last8=Roalson |first8=E.R. |last9=Evans |first9=T.M. |last10=Hahn |first10=W.J |last11=Millam |first11=K.C. |last12=Meerow |first12=A.W. |last13=Molvray |first13=M. |last14=Kores |first14=P. |last15=O'Brien |first15=H.E. |last16=Kress |first16=W.J. |last17=Hall |first17=J. |last18=Sytsma |first18=K.J. |title=Phylogeny of the monocotyledons based on the highly informative plastid gene ''ndhF'': evidence for widespread concerted convergence |pages=28–51 |doi = 10.5642/aliso.20062201.04 |journal = Aliso | volume = 22 | number = 1 | year = 2006}} </ref><ref name="Givnish 2005">{{cite journal |last1=Givnish |first1=T.J. |last2=Pires |first2=J.C. |last3=Graham |first3=S.W. |last4=McPherson |first4=M.A. |last5=Prince |first5=L.M. |last6=Patterson |first6=T.B. |last7=Rai |first7=H.S. |last8=Roalson |first8=E.R. |last9=Evans |first9=T.M. |last10=Hahn |first10=W.J |last11=Millam |first11=K.C. |last12=Meerow |first12=A.W. |last13=Molvray |first13=M. |last14=Kores |first14=P. |last15=O'Brien |first15=H.E. |last16=Kress |first16=W.J. |last17=Hall |first17=J. |last18=Sytsma |first18=K.J. |title=Repeated evolution of net venation and fleshy fruits among monocots in shaded habitats confirms ''a priori'' predictions: evidence from an ''ndhF'' phylogeny |journal=Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences| year=2005| volume=272 |issue=1571 |pages=1481–1490 |pmc=1559828 |pmid=16011923 |doi=10.1098/rspb.2005.3067}}</ref>
== See also == * Chloroplast * Chloroplast DNA * RuBisCO * NADPH dehydrogenase (quinone)
== References == {{Reflist|2}}
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