Characterization of the complete chloroplast genome sequence of Tinospora sagittata and its phylogenetic implications

Cuiying Peng; Junsheng Liang; Qiaoying Xie; Xujun Wang; Wei Guo

doi:10.1080/23802359.2019.1698374

Characterization of the complete chloroplast genome sequence of Tinospora sagittata and its phylogenetic implications

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2019 Dec 13;5(1):176-177. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2019.1698374.

Authors

Cuiying Peng¹, Junsheng Liang¹, Qiaoying Xie², Xujun Wang¹, Wei Guo³

Affiliations

¹ Hunan Academy of Forestry, Changsha, Hunan, P. R. China.
² College of Forestry, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, Hunan, P. R. China.
³ Taishan Academy of Forestry Sciences, Taian, Shandong, P. R. China.

Abstract

Tinospora sagittata is a perennial vine of the family Menispermaceae and distributed in Hunan, Hubei, Guangxi, and Sichuan province of P. R. China. It has been used in Chinese traditional medicine for centuries. The chloroplast (cp) genome of T. sagittata, characterized using Illumina technology, is 163,662 bp in size. There are a total of 130 genes, coding for 85 proteins, 37 tRNAs, and 8 rRNAs. Phylogenetic relationship analysis based on 16 complete cp genome sequences exhibited that T. sagittata was phylogenetically closer to Menispermum dauricum and Stephania japonica.

Keywords: Illumina sequencing; Tinospora sagittata; chloroplast genome.

Grants and funding

This work was supported by the Science and Technology Innovation Platform and Talent Plan of Hunan Province [2016TP2009].