The complete chloroplast genome of Agave angustifolia

Xu Qin; Xinli Yang; Xing Huang; Gan Jin; Xiangyan Yang; Mi Wu; Tao Chen; Kexian Yi

doi:10.1080/23802359.2021.1941360

The complete chloroplast genome of Agave angustifolia

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2021 Oct 22;6(11):3236-3237. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2021.1941360. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Xu Qin¹, Xinli Yang², Xing Huang³, Gan Jin¹, Xiangyan Yang¹, Mi Wu¹, Tao Chen¹, Kexian Yi³

Affiliations

¹ Guangxi Subtropical Crops Research Institute, Nanning, P. R. China.
² College of Tropical Crops, Hainan University, Haikou, P. R. China.
³ Environment and Plant Protection Institute, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Haikou, P. R. China.

Abstract

Agave angustifolia is commonly used for the production of bacanora, a kind of fermented and distilled beverage in Mexico. In the present study, we have successfully assembled its chloroplast genome. The full length of the genome is 157,274 bp with the GC content of 37.84%. There is a large single copy region (LSC) of 85,895 bp, a pair of inverted repeat regions (IR) of 26,575 bp and a small single copy region (SSC) of 18,229 bp in the genome. A total of 132 genes are annotated in the cp genome. Among these, there are 86 protein-coding genes, 38 tRNAs and 8 rRNAs. Phylogenetic analysis reveals that A. angustifolia is closely related with A. H11648.

Keywords: Agave angustifolia; chloroplast genome; phylogenetic tree.

Grants and funding

This research was supported by Guangxi Key R&D Program [GuiKe-AB18221105], the earmarked fund for China Agriculture Research System [CARS-16] and Fundamental Research Fund of Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences [Guinongke-2021YT153, Guinongke-2020YM57].