The complete chloroplast genome sequence of Japanese buttercup Ranunculus japonicus Thunb

Wen-Qiong Zeng; Hua-Jian Yan; Yun-Zhe Wu; Rui-Rui Wang; Xian-Fei Xiao; Zhe-Chen Qi; Xiao-Ling Yan

doi:10.1080/23802359.2021.1987166

The complete chloroplast genome sequence of Japanese buttercup Ranunculus japonicus Thunb

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2021 Oct 14;6(11):3186-3187. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2021.1987166. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Wen-Qiong Zeng^{1

2}, Hua-Jian Yan³, Yun-Zhe Wu¹, Rui-Rui Wang¹, Xian-Fei Xiao¹, Zhe-Chen Qi^{1

2}, Xiao-Ling Yan⁴

Affiliations

¹ Zhejiang Province Key Laboratory of Plant Secondary Metabolism and Regulation, College of Life Sciences and Medicine, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, China.
² Shaoxing Academy of Biomedicine of Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Shaoxing, China.
³ Agricultural and Rural Development Service Center of Chun'an County, Hangzhou, China.
⁴ Shanghai Chenshan Plant Science Research Centre, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden, Shanghai, China.

Abstract

Ranunculus japonicus is an important medicinal herb widely used in East Asia. In this study, we report the first complete chloroplast genome sequence of Ranunculus japonicus using next-generation sequencing technology. The chloroplast genome size of R. japonicus was 156,981 bp. A total of 129 genes were included, consisting 84 protein-coding genes, eight rRNA genes, and 37 tRNA genes. Thirteen protein-coding genes had intron (ycf3 gene, rps12 gene, rps12 gene, clpP gene contained two introns). A further phylogenomic analysis of Ranunculaceae, including 10 taxa, was conducted for assessing the placement of R. japonicus. It will provide valuable genetic information for this medicinally important species.

Keywords: Ranunculaceae; Ranunculus japonicus; chloroplast genome; phylogenomic analysis.

Associated data

figshare/10.6084/m9.figshare.16585595.v1

Grants and funding

This work was supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province [LY21C030008], the Chenshan Special Foundations from Shanghai Municipal Administration of Forestation and City Appearances [G212405], the Fundamental Research Funds of Zhejiang Sci-Tech University [2020Q031], the Open Fund of Shaoxing Academy of Biomedicine of Zhejiang Sci-Tech University [SXAB202020], and the Open Fund of Shanghai Key Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics and Resources [PFGR202002, PFGR202104].