The complete mitochondrial genome sequence of Aquilaria sinensis

Zheng-Feng Wang; Hong-Lin Cao

doi:10.1080/23802359.2020.1869609

The complete mitochondrial genome sequence of Aquilaria sinensis

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2021 Feb 8;6(2):381-383. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2020.1869609.

Authors

Zheng-Feng Wang^{1

2

3}, Hong-Lin Cao^{1

2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Key Laboratory of Vegetation Restoration and Management of Degraded Ecosystems, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China.
² Center for Plant Ecology, Core Botanical Gardens, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China.
³ Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou), Guangzhou, China.

Abstract

Aquilaria sinensis, endemic to China, is an economically important evergreen tree species and a source of agarwood. Due to the high market demand for agarwood, this species is heavily overexploited in the wild and is now listed as an endangered species. Although its nuclear and chloroplast genomes have been previously reported, little is known about its mitochondrial genome. Using the paired-end short reads generated by the Illumina sequencing platform, we assembled and herein report the mitochondrial genome of A. sinensis for future phylogenetic, evolutionary, and preservative studies. The length of the A. sinensis mitochondrial genome was found to be 341,829 bp and the GC content was 45.01%. A total of 32 protein-coding genes, 19 tRNA genes, and three rRNA genes were annotated. The phylogenetic tree indicated that A. sinensis is most closely genetically related to Vigna radiata.

Keywords: Aquilaria sinensis; genome assembly; high-throughput sequencing; mitochondrion.

Grants and funding

This work was supported by the Science and Technology Project of Guangdong Province under Grant number [2017A030303060]; Overall Planning of ‘One Center and Three Bases’ for Rare and Endangered Plants Preservation in Guangdong Province and Inventory of Endemic Plants and Important Wild South-China Herbal Medicinal Resources in Three Regions; Key Special Project for Introduced Talents Team of Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou) under Grant number [GML2019ZD0408].