The complete chloroplast genome sequence of Elaeocarpus braceanus: the first Celastraceae plastome

Qinghua Wang; Junwu Su; Yunqin Li; Xiaolong Yuan; Hong Zhou; Yi Wang

doi:10.1080/23802359.2020.1788444

The complete chloroplast genome sequence of Elaeocarpus braceanus: the first Celastraceae plastome

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2020 Jul 11;5(3):2758-2759. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2020.1788444.

Authors

Qinghua Wang¹, Junwu Su¹, Yunqin Li¹, Xiaolong Yuan¹, Hong Zhou², Yi Wang¹

Affiliations

¹ Laboratory of Forest Plant Cultivation and Utilization, Yunnan Academy of Forestry & Grassland Science, Kunming, Yunnan, People's Republic of China.
² Xishan Cooperative Forest Farm, Changning, Yunnan, China.

Abstract

The first complete chloroplast genome (cpDNA) sequence of Elaeocarpus braceanus was determined from Illumina HiSeq pair-end sequencing data in this study. The cpDNA is 158,225 bp in length, contains a large single-copy region (LSC) of 85,731 bp and a small single-copy region (SSC) of 17,654 bp, which were separated by a pair of inverted repeats (IR) regions of 27,420 bp. The genome contains 133 genes, including 88 protein-coding genes, 8 ribosomal RNA genes, and 37 transfer RNA genes. Further phylogenomic analysis showed that E. braceanus clustered in a clade in Celastrales order.

Keywords: Elaeocarpus braceanus; Illumina sequencing; chloroplast; phylogenetic analysis.

Grants and funding

This work was supported by the project of state special research funds of forestry sector for public welfare [201104053] and the central government finance forestry science and technology popularization project [Yun2017TG10, Yun2019TG04].