The complete mitochondrial genome of huperzine A-producing endophytic fungus Penicillium polonicum

Xincong Kang; Chichuan Liu; Dongbo Liu; Lu Zeng; Qianqian Shi; Kun Qian; Bingyan Xie

doi:10.1080/23802359.2016.1155086

The complete mitochondrial genome of huperzine A-producing endophytic fungus Penicillium polonicum

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2016 Apr 11;1(1):202-203. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2016.1155086.

Authors

Xincong Kang^{1

2}, Chichuan Liu³, Dongbo Liu^{1

2

4}, Lu Zeng^{1

4}, Qianqian Shi³, Kun Qian³, Bingyan Xie³

Affiliations

¹ Horticulture and Landscape College, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, P.R. China.
² State Key Laboratory of Subhealth Intervention Technology, Changsha, P.R. China.
³ Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, P.R. China.
⁴ Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Crop Germplasm Innovation and Utilization, Changsha, P.R. China.

Abstract

Huperzine A-producing fungus Penicillium polonicum Hy4 (CCTCC No.M2010086) was isolated from Huperzia serrata (Thunb) Trev. The complete mitochondrial genome of P. polonicum is 28 192 bp in length, containing 15 protein-encoding genes, 27 tRNA genes and two rRNA genes. The whole mitogenome is high in AT content (74.40%) and low in GC content (25.60%). The mitochondrial gene order and arrangement of P. polonicum are identical to those of other Penicillium. Phylogenetic analysis based on 14 concatenated protein-encoding genes showed that P. polonicum was close to P. solitum. This study reports the complete mitogenome of P. polonicum for the first time and provides valuable information for further exploration of mitochondrial evolution.

Keywords: Evolution; Penicillium polonicum; fungi; mitogenome.