The complete chloroplast genome of a Korean endemic species Sophora koreensis, Nakai

Rahul Vasudeo Ramekar; Eun Ju Cheong; Hwa Lee; Kyong-Cheul Park; Myounghai Kwak; Ik-Young Choi

doi:10.1080/23802359.2020.1797579

The complete chloroplast genome of a Korean endemic species Sophora koreensis, Nakai

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2020 Jul 29;5(3):3067-3068. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2020.1797579.

Authors

Rahul Vasudeo Ramekar¹, Eun Ju Cheong², Hwa Lee², Kyong-Cheul Park¹, Myounghai Kwak³, Ik-Young Choi¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Agriculture and Life Industry, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, South Korea.
² Division of Forest Science, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, South Korea.
³ Plant Resources Division, National Institute of Biological Resources, Incheon, South Korea.

Abstract

In this study, we report the complete chloroplast (cp) genome of Sophora koreensis and its relation with other species within the Fabaceae family. The cp genome was 154,870 bp long, with a typical quadripartite structure including a pair of inverted repeat regions (25,866 bp) separated by a large (85,037 bp) and small (18,101 bp) single-copy (SC) region. The genome encodes a total of 84 protein-coding genes, 35 tRNA genes, and 8 rRNA genes. Phylogenetic analysis suggested that S. koreensis is closely related to genus Sophora alopecuroides var. alopecuroides within Fabaceae.

Keywords: Chloroplast genome; Sophora koreensis.

Grants and funding

This work was supported by the National Institute of Biological Resources (NIBR201803102).