The complete chloroplast genome of Castanea sativa Mill. (Fagaceae)

Cancan Zhu; Shijie Zhang; Xiaoqian Bai; Fuqin Guan; Yu Chen; Yuqiang Zhao; Mimi Li

doi:10.1080/23802359.2021.1903359

The complete chloroplast genome of Castanea sativa Mill. (Fagaceae)

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour. 2021 Mar 28;6(3):1249-1250. doi: 10.1080/23802359.2021.1903359.

Authors

Cancan Zhu¹, Shijie Zhang¹, Xiaoqian Bai¹, Fuqin Guan¹, Yu Chen¹, Yuqiang Zhao¹, Mimi Li¹

Affiliation

¹ Institute of Botany, Jiangsu Province and Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, PR China.

Abstract

Castanea sativa Mill. is mainly grown in the temperate regions of continental Europe, and it has a considerable economic value. In this study, the complete chloroplast genome sequence of Castanea sativa was characterized. Leaves were collected from the National Botanical Garden of Latvia. The chloroplast genome was determined to be 160,938 bp in length. It contained large single-copy (LSC) and small single-copy (SSC) regions of 90,519 and 18,967 bp, respectively, which were separated by a pair of 25,726 bp inverted repeat (IR) regions. The genome is predicted to contain 130 genes, including 83 protein-coding genes, 37 tRNA genes, eight rRNA genes, and two pseudo genes. The overall GC content of the genome is 36.8%. A phylogenetic tree reconstructed by 34 chloroplast genomes reveals that C. sativa is most closely related to the clade including C. henryi, C. seguinii and C. mollissima.

Keywords: Castanea sativa; complete chloroplast genome; phylogenetic analysis.

Grants and funding

This research was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No. [31500514], the Independent Scientific Research Project of Institute of Botany, Jiangsu Province, and Chinese Academy of Sciences under Grant No. [JSPKLB 202043], and Special Fund of the Chestnut Germplasm Resources Repositories in Jiangsu Province, China.