The complete chloroplast genome of Mucuna sempervirens (Fabaceae: Papilionoideae)
Li Chen1, Yan-Meng Huang1, Ying-Ying Qian1
1College of Life and Environment Sciences, Huangshan University, Huangshan, China.
Abstract:
The complete chloroplast genome of Mucuna sempervirens reported herein was a circular DNA molecule of 154,542 bp in length. The genome had a typical quadripartite structure, consisting of a pair of inverted repeats (IRa and IRb: 24,836 bp) separated by a large single-copy region (LSC: 67,996 bp) and a small single-copy region (SSC: 18,363 bp). The overall GC content of the genome was 35.1%. The cp genome encoded a set of 128 genes, containing 82 protein-coding genes, 37 tRNA genes, and eight rRNA genes. Phylogenetic analysis indicated that M. sempervirens was sister to M. macrocarpa. These findings may provide useful information to the phylogeny of the genus Mucuna.
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