Complete chloroplast genome sequence of Peganum harmala (Zygophyllaceae)

Pei-Pei Jiao; Wei Si; Wen-Rui Qu; Shan-He Zhang; Tian-Ge Yang; Zhi-Hua Wu

doi:10.1080/23802359.2021.1909441

Complete chloroplast genome sequence of Peganum harmala (Zygophyllaceae)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2021 Apr 7;6(4):1360-1362. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2021.1909441.

Authors

Pei-Pei Jiao^{1

2}, Wei Si³, Wen-Rui Qu¹, Shan-He Zhang¹, Tian-Ge Yang⁴, Zhi-Hua Wu⁴

Affiliations

¹ Xinjiang Production & Construction Corps Key Laboratory of Protection and Utilization of Biological Resources in Tarim Basin, College of Life Science, Tarim University, Alar, PR China.
² College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, PR China.
³ Security Department, Tarim University, Alar, PR China.
⁴ Hubei Provincial Key Laboratory for Protection and Application of Special Plant Germplasm in Wuling Area of China, College of Life Sciences, South-Central University for Nationalities, Wuhan, PR China.

Abstract

Peganum harmala L. is a perennial herbaceous plant belonging to the family of Zygophyllaceae, and is grows in semi-arid climates, such as Xinjiang, Gansu, Ningxia, Qinghai, and Inner Mongolia in China, and also Middle East and North Africa. This species is of high medicinal value. The complete chloroplast genome was reported in this study. The chloroplast genome with a total size of 159,957 bp consists of two inverted repeats (IR, 26,550 bp) separated by a large single-copy region (LSC, 88,098 bp) and a small single-copy region (SSC, 18,759 bp). Further annotation revealed the chloroplast genome contains 113 genes, including 79 protein-coding genes, 30 tRNA genes, and four rRNA genes. A total of 90 simple sequence repeats (SSRs) were identified in the chloroplast genome. This information will be useful for study on the evolution and genetic diversity of Peganum harmala in the future.

Keywords: Peganum harmala; chloroplast genome; evolution.

Grants and funding

This work was financially supported by the National Natural Sciences Foundation of China [31660069], The Innovative Team Building Plan for Key Areas of Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps [2018CB003], Xinjiang Production & Construction Corps Key Laboratory of Protection and Utilization of Biological Resources in Tarim Basin [BRZD2003], Hubei Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China [2019CFB214].