The complete chloroplast genome of Turpinia arguta (Staphyleaceae)

Lan Cao; Zejing Mu; Xianping Yang; Zhongqing Guo; Xiaolang Du; Fang Liang

doi:10.1080/23802359.2020.1841579

The complete chloroplast genome of Turpinia arguta (Staphyleaceae)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2020 Dec 27;5(4):3825-3826. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2020.1841579.

Authors

Lan Cao¹, Zejing Mu¹, Xianping Yang¹, Zhongqing Guo¹, Xiaolang Du¹, Fang Liang²

Affiliations

¹ Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine Resources and Ethnic Minority Medicine, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang, China.
² YuZhang Normal University, Nanchang, China.

Abstract

The complete chloroplast genome of Turpinia arguta was sequenced and assembled for the first time. The chloroplast genome was 160,139 bp in length, containing a large single-copy region (LSC) of 89,625 bp and a small single-copy region (SSC) of 18,262 bp, separated by a pair of inverted repeats (IRs) of 26,126 bp. The genome contained 113 unique genes, including 79 protein-coding genes, 30 tRNA genes, and four rRNA genes. Among them, 15 genes had one intron each and 3 genes containing two introns. The overall GC content was 37.4%, while the corresponding values of LSC, SSC, and IR regions were 35.4%, 31.8%, and 42.8%, respectively. Phylogenetic analysis showed that T. arguta is more closely related to Staphylea trifolia and provided new insight into the evolution of Staphyleaceae.

Keywords: Complete chloroplast genome; Staphyleaceae; Turpinia arguta.

Grants and funding

Science and Technology Research Project from Education Department of Jiangxi Province [151323]; Project of Chinese Medicine from Health Commission of Jiangxi Province [2016A046] and The Scientific Research Foundation for the First-class Discipline of Chinese Medicine Program of Jiangxi University of Tradional Chinese Medicine [JXSYLXK-ZHYAO028].