| Category of gene | Group of gene | Name of gene |
| Photosynthetic | Subunits of photosystem I | psaA, psaB, psaC, psaI, psaJ | Submits of photosystem II | psbA, psbB, psbC, psbD, psbE, psbF, psbH, psbI, psbJ, psbK, psbL, psbM, psbN, psbT, psbZ | Subunits of NADH dehydrogenase | ndhA, ndhB(x2), ndhC, ndhD, ndhE, ndhF, ndhG, ndhH, ndhI, ndhJ, ndhK | Subunits of cytochrome b/f complex | petA, petB, petD, petG, petL, petN | Subunits of ATP synthase | atpA, atpB, atpE, atpF, atpH, atpI | Large subunit of rubisco | rbcL |
| Self-replication | Proteins of large ribosomal subunit | rpl2(x2), rpl14, rpl16, rpl20, rpl22, rpl23(x2), rpl32, rpl33, rpl36 | Proteins of small ribosomal subunit | rps2, rps3, rps4, rps7(x2), rps8, rps11, rps12(x2), rps14, rps15, rps16, rps18, rps19 | Subunits of RNA polymerase | rpoA, rpoB, rpoC1, rpoC2 | Ribosomal RNAs | rrn23S(x2), rrn16S(x2), rrn5S(x2), rrn4.5S(x2) | Transfer RNAs | trnA-UGC(x2), trnH-GUG, trnK-UUU, trnQ-UUG, trnS-GCU, trnS-UGA, trnS-GGA, trnG-UCC, trnG-GCC, trnR-UCU, trnR-ACG(x2), trnC-GCA, trnD-GUC, trnY-GUA, trnE-UUC, trnT-GGU, trnT-UGU, trnfM-CAU, trnL-UAA, trnL-CAA(x2), trnL-UAG, trnF-GAA, trnM-CAU, trnV-UAC, trnV-GAC(x2), trnW-CCA, trnP-UGG, trnI-CAU(x2), trnI-GAU(x2), trnN-GUU(x2) |
| Biosynthesis | Maturase | matK | Protease | clpP | Envelope membrane protein | cemA | Acetyl-CoA carboxylase | accD | c-type cytochrome synthesis gene | ccsA | Translation initiation factor | infA |
| Unknown function | Conserved hypothetical chloroplast Reading frames | ycf1(x2), ycf2(x2), ycf3, ycf4, ycf15(x2) |
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