Complete chloroplast genome of vulnerable medicinal plant Saraca asoca (Fabaceae)

Mohammad Ajmal Ali; Soo-Yong Kim; Tapan Kumar Pan; F Al-Hemaid; M S Elshikh; Meena Elangbam; Joongku Lee; Mohammad Abul Farah; Khalid M Al-Anazi

doi:10.1080/23802359.2020.1715300

Complete chloroplast genome of vulnerable medicinal plant Saraca asoca (Fabaceae)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2020 Jan 21;5(1):754-755. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2020.1715300.

Authors

Mohammad Ajmal Ali¹, Soo-Yong Kim², Tapan Kumar Pan³, F Al-Hemaid¹, M S Elshikh¹, Meena Elangbam⁴, Joongku Lee⁵, Mohammad Abul Farah⁶, Khalid M Al-Anazi⁶

Affiliations

¹ Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
² International Biological Material Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Daejeon, Republic of Korea.
³ University Department of Botany, Tilka Manji Bhagalpur University, Bhagalpur, India.
⁴ Genetics Laboratory, Centre of Advanced Studies in Life Sciences, Manipur University, Canchipur, India.
⁵ Department of Environment and Forest Resources, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Republic of Korea.
⁶ Genetics Laboratory, Department of Zoology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Abstract

The complete chloroplast genome sequences of vulnerable medicinal plant Saraca asoca (Roxb.) Willd. (Fabaceae) was sequenced. A total of 5,206,216,851 paired-end filtered reads of 151 bp were obtained. The plastome length (including LSC, SSC, IRa, and IRb) was 137,743 bp (GC content: 35.26%). A total of 126 coding genes which includes 97 CDS, 24 tRNA, and five rRNA genes were annotated. The phylogenetic analysis attempts to establish molecular signature in order to differentiate genuine sample of S. asoca from its adulterants easily.

Keywords: Chloroplast genome; Fabaceae; Saraca asoca; adulterants; medicinal plant; rbcL; vulnerable.

Grants and funding

The authors extend their appreciation to the Deanship of Scientific Research at King Saud University for funding the work through the research group project [RG-1439-84]. This study was supported by the KRIBB Initiative Program of the Republic of Korea. Help rendered by Sabiha Ali Ajmal during field trip at Bhagalpur, Bihar India for the collection of Plant material for the present study is thankfully acknowledged.