The complete chloroplast genome of Saposhnikovia divaricata

Zhenzhen Bao; Ziyan Zhu; Haijiang Zhang; Yuan Zhong; Weiqi Wang; Jingzheng Zhang; Jie Wu

doi:10.1080/23802359.2019.1704200

The complete chloroplast genome of Saposhnikovia divaricata

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2019 Dec 27;5(1):360-361. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2019.1704200.

Authors

Zhenzhen Bao¹, Ziyan Zhu², Haijiang Zhang³, Yuan Zhong¹, Weiqi Wang¹, Jingzheng Zhang¹, Jie Wu¹

Affiliations

¹ School of pharmacy, Jiangsu Health Vocational College, Nanjing, P. R. China.
² School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, China.
³ Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Regional Resource Exploitation and Medicinal Research, Huaiyin Institute of Technology, Huaian, PR China.

Abstract

Saposhnikovia divaricata (Trucz.) Schischk. is a traditional Chinese herbal medicine widely distributed in Eastern Siberia and Northern Asia. In this research, we assembled and characterized the complete chloroplast genome sequence of S. divaricata from high-throughput sequencing data. The chloroplast genome was 147,834 bp in length, consisting of large single-copy (LSC) and small single-copy (SSC) regions of 93,202 bp and 17,324 bp, respectively, which were separated by a pair of 18,654 bp inverted repeat (IR) regions. The genome is expected to contain 129 genes, including 85 protein-coding genes, 36 tRNA genes, and 8 rRNA genes. The total GC content of the genome is 37.5%. A phylogenetic tree reconstructed by 40 chloroplast genomes reveals that S. divaricata is mostly related to Ledebouriella seseloides.

Keywords: Saposhnikovia divaricata; complete chloroplast genome; phylogenetic analysis.

Grants and funding

Practical Training Program for Young Teachers in Higher Vocational Colleges in Jiangsu Province [2019QYSJPX171] and Natural Science Foundation of the Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions of China [19KJD430005]. This Project was also funded by Qinglan project of excellent teaching team in Jiangsu and teaching and research project of Jiangsu Health Vocational College [JKKYTD201701, JKA201812] and the Open fund of Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Regional Resource Exploitation and Medicinal Research [No. LPRK201803].