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Simultaneous Mapping and Quantitation of Ribonucleotides in Human Mitochondrial DNA
Published on: November 14, 2017
The complete mitochondrial genome of Macrobrachium nipponense
Keyi Ma1, Jianbin Feng, Jingyun Lin
1Key Laboratory of Exploration and Utilization of Aquatic Genetic Resources, Shanghai Ocean University, Ministry of Education, China. mky850125@163.com
Abstract:
The complete mitochondrial (mt) genome sequence plays an important role in the accurate determination of phylogenetic relationships among metazoans. Herein, we determined the complete mt genome sequence, structure and organization of Macrobrachium nipponense (M. nipponense) (GenBank ID: NC_015073.1) and compared it to that of Macrobrachium lanchesteri (M. lanchesteri) and Macrobrachium rosenbergii (M. rosenbergii). The 15,806 base pair (bp) M. nipponense mt genome, which is comprised of 37 genes, including 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 22 transfer RNAs (tRNAs) and 2 ribosomal RNAs (rRNAs), is slightly larger than that of M. lanchesteri (15,694bp, GenBank ID: NC_012217.1) and M. rosenbergii (15,772bp, GenBank ID: NC_006880.1). The M. nipponense genome contains a high AT content (66.0%), which is a common feature among metazoan mt genomes. Compared with M. lanchesteri and M. rosenbergii, we found a peculiar non-coding region of 950bp with a microsatellite-like (TA)(6) element and many hairpin structures. The 13 PCGs are comprised of a total of 3707 codons, excluding incomplete termination codons, and the most frequently used amino acid is Leu (16.0%). The predicted start codons in the M. nipponense mt genome include ATG, ATC and ATA. Seven PCGs use TAA as a stop codon, whereas two use TAG, three use T and only one uses TA. Twenty-three of the genes are encoded on the L strand, and ND1, ND4, ND5, ND4L, 12S rRNA, 16S rRNA, tRNA(His), tRNA(Pro), tRNA(Phe), tRNA(Val), tRNA(Gln), tRNA(Cys), tRNA(Tyr) and a tRNA(Leu) are encoded on the H strand. The two rRNAs of M. nipponense and M. rosenbergii are encoded on the H strand, whereas the M. lanchesteri rRNAs are encoded on the L stand.
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