The complete chloroplast genome sequence of medicinal plant, Artemisia argyi

Sang-Ho Kang; Kyunghee Kim; Jeong-Hoon Lee; Byoung Ohg Ahn; So Youn Won; Seong-Han Sohn; Jung Sun Kim

doi:10.1080/23802359.2016.1159926

The complete chloroplast genome sequence of medicinal plant, Artemisia argyi

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2016 Mar 29;1(1):257-258. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2016.1159926.

Authors

Sang-Ho Kang¹, Kyunghee Kim^{2

3}, Jeong-Hoon Lee⁴, Byoung Ohg Ahn⁵, So Youn Won¹, Seong-Han Sohn¹, Jung Sun Kim¹

Affiliations

¹ Genomics Division, National Academy of Agricultural Science, Rural Development Administration, Jeonju, Republic of Korea.
² Department of Plant Science, Plant Genomics and Breeding Institute, and Research Institute of Agriculture and Life Sciences, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
³ Phyzen Genomics Institute, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
⁴ Department of Herbal Crop Research, NIHHS, RDA, Eumseong, Republic of Korea.
⁵ R&D Coordination Division, RDA, Jeonju, Republic of Korea.

Abstract

Artemisia argyi, called wormwood, is widely distributed in northeastern Asia. The complete chloroplast genome sequence of A. argyi was generated by de novo assembly using whole genome next generation sequences. The complete chloroplast genome sequence of A. argyi is 151 192 bp in size. It is composed of a large single-copy (LSC), a small single-copy (SSC) and two inverted repeat (IR) regions of 82 930 bp, 18 344 bp and 24 959 bp, respectively. Overall GC contents of the genome were 37.46%. The A. argyi chloroplast genome has a total of 114 genes including 80 protein-coding genes, 30 tRNA genes and four rRNA genes. Phylogenetic analysis based on the chloroplast genome demonstrated that A. argyi is most closely related to Artemisia montana.

Keywords: Chloroplast; genome sequence; medicinal plant Artemisia argyi.