Analysis of the complete mitochondrial genome sequence of Palinura homarus

Bao-Hua Xiao; Wuchai Zhang; Wei Yao; Chu-Wu Liu; Li Liu

doi:10.1080/23802359.2017.1280703

Analysis of the complete mitochondrial genome sequence of Palinura homarus

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2017 Feb 2;2(1):60-61. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2017.1280703.

Authors

Bao-Hua Xiao^{1

2}, Wuchai Zhang¹, Wei Yao¹, Chu-Wu Liu¹, Li Liu¹

Affiliations

¹ Key Laboratory of Aquaculture in South China Sea for Aquatic Economic Animal, College of Fisheries, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, China.
² Shenzhen Research Institute of Guangdong Ocean University, Shenzhen, China.

Abstract

The complete mitochondrial genome sequence of Palinura homarus was obtained using PCR amplification and walking sequencing (GenBank accession no. JN_542716). The complete mitochondrial genome of P. homarus was 15,665 bp long and showed significant AT bias (67% AT content, 33% GC content). The A + T-rich region included copy-related control information and a poly (dT) structure that related to replication and transcription. In this study, the gene arrangement was consistent with other Palinura mitochondrial genomes and the sequence was strikingly similar to Panulirus ornatus, which would be useful in species identification and natural resources conservation.

Keywords: Palinura homarus; coded protein; mitogenome; tRNA.