The complete chloroplast genome of Aegle marmelos and its phylogenetic analysis

Sijia Wang; Rushuang Xiang; Lingyang Kong; Zhanping Zhang; Jiaxin Lu; Xiubo Liu; Wei Ma

doi:10.1080/23802359.2023.2238934

The complete chloroplast genome of Aegle marmelos and its phylogenetic analysis

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2023 Jul 27;8(7):787-790. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2023.2238934. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Sijia Wang¹, Rushuang Xiang², Lingyang Kong¹, Zhanping Zhang¹, Jiaxin Lu¹, Xiubo Liu³, Wei Ma¹

Affiliations

¹ College of Pharmacy, Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine, Haerbin, China.
² College of Pharmacy, Dali University, Dali, China.
³ College of Jiamusi, Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine, Jiamusi, China.

Abstract

Aegle marmelos (L.) Correa 1800, a plant belonging to the Rutaceae family, is extensively used in Tibetan medicine. We employed Illumina HiSeq reads to assemble the complete chloroplast (cp) genome of A. marmelos, which spans 144,538 bp. The genome comprises 114 genes, including 75 protein-coding genes, 31 tRNA genes, and 8 rRNA genes. It is characterized by four regions: The large single-copy (LSC) region (74,253 bp), the inverted repeat A (IRa) region (26,015 bp), the small single-copy (SSC) region (18,255 bp), and the inverted repeat B (IRb) region (26,015 bp). Phylogenomic analysis demonstrated a close relationship between A. marmelos and Citrus. The assembly of The cp genome in this study serves as a foundation for conservation efforts and phylogenetic investigations of A. marmelos, paving the way for future experimentation.

Keywords: Aegle marmelos; Rutaceae; chloroplast genome; phylogenetic trees.

Grants and funding

This work was supported by National Key Research and Development Project, Research and Demonstration of Collection, Screening and Breeding Technology of Ginseng and Other Genuine Medicinal Materials [Project No.2021YFD1600901]; Heilongjiang Touyan Innovation Team Program [Grant Number:2019 No. 5]; Science and Technology Innovation project of Chinese Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine [CI2021A03710].