由於蝴蝶蘭(台灣阿嬤)葉綠體基因體之定序已經完成，由之前本實驗室的實驗結果顯示，蝴蝶蘭的轉錄子rpl2藉由RNA編輯而修復了轉譯起始密碼，我們進一步針對蝴蝶蘭(台灣阿嬤)葉綠體可轉譯形成蛋白的76個轉錄子進行定序工作，分析其發生RNA編輯的位置，並且與其他物種做一分析比較。至目前為止，在蝴蝶蘭葉綠體的24個轉錄子發現了44個RNA編輯位置，7個屬於不完全編輯，2個發生於不轉譯區域，發生RNA編輯的機率佔所有定序分析序列的比例為0.07%，蝴蝶蘭所發現的44個RNA編輯數目，為目前種子植物中所發現最高的。在這些RNA編輯位置中，藉由RNA編輯作用產生了一個基因之轉譯起始密碼，但是並沒有任何停止密碼被修復。我們也發現了所有的RNA編輯都屬於胞嘧啶轉換成尿嘧啶，但是並沒有尿嘧啶轉換成胞嘧啶之情形發生，並且以發生於密碼子的第二個位置的機率最高(90.5%)。另外，在蝴蝶蘭葉綠體的ndh轉錄子並沒有藉由RNA編輯來修復其不完整的轉譯讀碼框，此將更加地確定了在蝴蝶蘭葉綠體中ndh基因群為沒有功能的偽基因。將蝴蝶蘭RNA編輯圖譜與其他3種單子葉植物，3種雙子葉植物，以及一種裸子植物做一比較，發現分別有13個RNA編輯位置與三種單子葉植物中的任一種相同，15個RNA編輯位置與三種雙子葉植物中的任一種相同，2個RNA編輯位置與裸子植物相同，而其中有 21個RNA編輯位置是屬於蝴蝶蘭所特有的，而被子植物之間有一個共同的RNA編輯位置。

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