Complete mitochondrial genome of Salminus brasiliensis (Characiformes, Characidae)

Mitochondrial DNA A DNA Mapp Seq Anal. 2016 May;27(3):1577-8. doi: 10.3109/19401736.2014.958676. Epub 2014 Sep 10.

Abstract

We report the complete mitochondrial genome of the fish Salminus brasiliensis, popularly known as dourado. It is a circular, 17,721 bp long DNA molecule, containing 13 protein-coding genes, 2 rRNA genes, 22 tRNA genes and a non-coding Control Region of 2128 bp, a relatively large molecule when compared to other closely related fishes. All protein-coding genes are on the heavy strand, except for Nd6, and all have ATG as the start codon, except for Cox1 gene which has a GTG start codon. Seven protein-coding genes have incomplete stop codons (Nd2, Cox2, Atp6, Nd4, and Cytb have T- -, and Cox3 and Nd3 have TA-). TAG is the stop codon for Nd6 and AGG is the stop codon for Cox1.

Keywords: Dourado; fish; mitochondrion; mtDNA; next-generation sequencing.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Characiformes / genetics*
  • Codon, Initiator
  • Codon, Terminator
  • Databases, Genetic
  • Genome, Mitochondrial*
  • Open Reading Frames / genetics
  • RNA, Ribosomal / chemistry
  • RNA, Ribosomal / genetics
  • RNA, Transfer / chemistry
  • RNA, Transfer / genetics

Substances

  • Codon, Initiator
  • Codon, Terminator
  • RNA, Ribosomal
  • RNA, Transfer