The complete chloroplast genome sequence of the plant Euonymus fortunei (Celastraceae)

Wenping Hua; Chen Chen

doi:10.1080/23802359.2018.1473724

The complete chloroplast genome sequence of the plant Euonymus fortunei (Celastraceae)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2018 May 23;3(2):637-639. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2018.1473724.

Authors

Wenping Hua¹, Chen Chen²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Life Sciences, Shaanxi XueQian Normal University, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China.
² Xi'an Botanical Garden of Shaanxi Province, Institute of Botany of Shaanxi Province, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China.

Abstract

Chloroplast (cp) genome sequences become a useful popular tool for population and phylogeny in recent reports. Here, the complete cp genome of the Euonymus fortunei has been reconstructed from the whole-genome Illumina sequencing data. The circular genome is 157,639 bp in size, and comprises a pair of inverted repeat (IR) regions of 26,668 bp each, a large single copy (LSC) region of 85,956 bp and a small single copy (SSC) region of 18,347 bp. The total GC content is 37.2%, while the corresponding values of the LSC, SSC, and IR region are 35.1%, 31.7%, and 42.7%, respectively. The cp genome contains 126 genes, including 89 protein-coding genes, eight ribosomal RNA genes, and 29 transfer RNA genes and one pseudogene. The maximum-likelihood phylogenetic analysis showed a strong sister relationship with Euonymus japonicus in Celastraceae. Our findings provide a foundation for further investigation of cp genome evolution in E. fortunei and other higher plants.

Keywords: Euonymus fortunei; Illumina sequencing; chloroplast genome.