scholarly journals Complete mitochondrial genome of Indian tent turtle, Pangshura tentoria and comparative mitochondriomics

Author(s):  
Shantanu Kundu ◽  
Vikas Kumar ◽  
Kaomud Tyagi ◽  
Rajasree Chakraborty ◽  
Iftikar Rahaman ◽  
...  

Complete mitochondrial genomes of Indian tent turtle, Pangshura tentoria was sequenced and annotated as 16,657 bp in length. This first assembly was encoded by 37 genes: 13 protein coding genes (PCGs), 22 transfer RNA (tRNAs), two ribosomal RNA (rRNAs) as similar to the typical vertebrate mitochondrial gene arrangement. The complete mitogenome has a base composition of A (33.30%), G (13.54%), C (27%), and T (26.13%). Most of the genes were encoded on major strand, except for the eight tRNAs and one PCG (nad6). Almost all PCGs were starting with an ATG initiation codon, except for cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 (cox1) with ‘GTG’ and NADH dehydrogenase subunit 5 (nad5) with ‘ATA’. The typical termination codons, ‘TAA’ and ‘AGA’ has been observed in NADH dehydrogenase subunit 4l (nad4l) and NADH dehydrogenase subunit 6 (nad6) respectively; and others were used incomplete stop codons. The Relative Synonymous Codon Usage (RSCU) analysis revealed the maximum abundance of Alanine, Isoleucine, Leucine, and Threonine in P. tentoria. Codon distribution per thousand codon (CDsPT) values for all the amino acids showed the maximum values were present for Leucine in all geoemydid turtles. Further, the PCGs showed non-synonymous (Ka)/synonymous (Ks) values were <1 that indicated a strong negative selection among the studied species. The tRNAs were folded into classic clover-leaf secondary structures, except for trnS (GCT), lacking of the conventional DHU arm or stem. Further, the 10 tRNAs showed G-T mismatches and forming weak bonds. In the control region (CR) of P. tentoria, a single tandem repeat of eight base pairs (TTCTCTTT) was resulted with two copy numbers. The comparative study of CR with other geoemydid turtles revealed the numbers of tandem repeats were frequent in the 3´ end and structural characteristic were species-specific. The Maximum Likelihood (ML) phylogeny showed 32 geoemydid turtles were clustered distinctly with high bootstrap support and congruent with the previous phylogenetic hypothesis. Further, the representative mitogenome sequences of other family/suborder were depicted discrete clades in the ML tree. The study argued the complete mitochondrial genome sequence of P. tentoria and comparative mitochondriomics of geoemydid turtles would be useful for further phylogenetic reconciliation and evolutionary research.

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shantanu Kundu ◽  
Vikas Kumar ◽  
Kaomud Tyagi ◽  
Rajasree Chakraborty ◽  
Iftikar Rahaman ◽  
...  

Complete mitochondrial genomes of Indian tent turtle, Pangshura tentoria was sequenced and annotated as 16,657 bp in length. This first assembly was encoded by 37 genes: 13 protein coding genes (PCGs), 22 transfer RNA (tRNAs), two ribosomal RNA (rRNAs) as similar to the typical vertebrate mitochondrial gene arrangement. The complete mitogenome has a base composition of A (33.30%), G (13.54%), C (27%), and T (26.13%). Most of the genes were encoded on major strand, except for the eight tRNAs and one PCG (nad6). Almost all PCGs were starting with an ATG initiation codon, except for cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 (cox1) with ‘GTG’ and NADH dehydrogenase subunit 5 (nad5) with ‘ATA’. The typical termination codons, ‘TAA’ and ‘AGA’ has been observed in NADH dehydrogenase subunit 4l (nad4l) and NADH dehydrogenase subunit 6 (nad6) respectively; and others were used incomplete stop codons. The Relative Synonymous Codon Usage (RSCU) analysis revealed the maximum abundance of Alanine, Isoleucine, Leucine, and Threonine in P. tentoria. Codon distribution per thousand codon (CDsPT) values for all the amino acids showed the maximum values were present for Leucine in all geoemydid turtles. Further, the PCGs showed non-synonymous (Ka)/synonymous (Ks) values were <1 that indicated a strong negative selection among the studied species. The tRNAs were folded into classic clover-leaf secondary structures, except for trnS (GCT), lacking of the conventional DHU arm or stem. Further, the 10 tRNAs showed G-T mismatches and forming weak bonds. In the control region (CR) of P. tentoria, a single tandem repeat of eight base pairs (TTCTCTTT) was resulted with two copy numbers. The comparative study of CR with other geoemydid turtles revealed the numbers of tandem repeats were frequent in the 3´ end and structural characteristic were species-specific. The Maximum Likelihood (ML) phylogeny showed 32 geoemydid turtles were clustered distinctly with high bootstrap support and congruent with the previous phylogenetic hypothesis. Further, the representative mitogenome sequences of other family/suborder were depicted discrete clades in the ML tree. The study argued the complete mitochondrial genome sequence of P. tentoria and comparative mitochondriomics of geoemydid turtles would be useful for further phylogenetic reconciliation and evolutionary research.


2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shantanu Kundu ◽  
Vikas Kumar ◽  
Kaomud Tyagi ◽  
Kailash Chandra

AbstractAssam Roofed Turtle, Pangshura sylhetensis is an endangered and least studied species endemic to India and Bangladesh. The genomic feature of P. sylhetensis mitogenome is still anonymous to the scientific community. The present study decodes the first complete mitochondrial genome of P. sylhetensis (16,568 bp) by using next-generation sequencing. This de novo assembly encodes 13 Protein-coding genes (PCGs), 22 transfer RNAs (tRNAs), two ribosomal RNAs (rRNAs), and one control region (CR). Most of the genes were encoded on the majority strand, except NADH dehydrogenase subunit 6 (nad6) and eight tRNAs. Most of the PCGs were started with an ATG initiation codon, except for Cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 (cox1) and NADH dehydrogenase subunit 5 (nad5) with GTG. The study also found the typical cloverleaf secondary structure in most of the tRNA genes, except for serine (trnS1) with lack of conventional DHU arm and loop. Both, Bayesian and Maximum-likelihood topologies showed distinct clustering of all the Testudines species with their respective taxonomic ranks and congruent with the previous phylogenetic hypotheses (Pangshura and Batagur sister taxa). Nevertheless, the mitogenomic phylogeny with other amniotes corroborated the sister relationship of Testudines with Archosaurians (Birds and Crocodilians). Additionally, the mitochondrial Gene Order (GO) analysis indicated that, most of the Testudines species showed plesiomorphy with typical vertebrate GO.


Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4671 (4) ◽  
pp. 571-580 ◽  
Author(s):  
YUE SHEN ◽  
YU-ZHOU DU

The nearly complete mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) of Leuctra sp. (Plecoptera: Leuctridae) was sequenced. The 14,585-bp long mitogenome of L. sp. contained 37 genes including 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 22 transfer RNA genes (tRNAs), two ribosomal RNA genes (rRNAs), and a control region (CR). The mitochondrial gene arrangement of L. sp. was identical with other stoneflies and the putative ancestral mitogenome of Drosophila yakuba Burla. Most PCGs used standard ATN start codons and TAN termination codons. Twenty-one of the 22 tRNAs in each mitogenome exhibited the cloverleaf secondary structures, while the dihydrouridine (DHU) arm of trnSer (AGN) was reduced. Phylogenetic analyses using our new Leuctra sp. genome and all other publicly available genomes for Plecoptera and Bayesian inference (BI) and maximum likelihood methods (ML) generated identical topologies, both supporting the monophyly of all stonefly families for which tests were possible and the infraorder Systellognatha. Scopuridae and Gripopterygidae were grouped with the infraorder Euholognatha. The final relationships within Plecoptera were recovered as (((((Perlodidae + Chloroperlidae) + Perlidae) + Pteronarcyidae) + Peltoperlidae) + Styloperlidae) + (((((Capniidae + Taeniopterygidae) + Nemouridae) + Scopuridae) + Leuctridae) + Gripopterygidae). 


Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4329 (6) ◽  
pp. 574
Author(s):  
HYUNG JIK WOO ◽  
ANH D. NGUYEN ◽  
KUEM HEE JANG ◽  
EUN HWA CHOI ◽  
SHI HYUN RYU ◽  
...  

The millipede Anaulaciulus koreanus (Verhoeff, 1937), belonging to the family Julidae, is an endemic species of the Korean fauna. In this study, we sequence and annotate the mitochondrial genome of A. koreanus. The complete mitochondrial genome of this species is 14,916 bp in length and contains 13 protein-coding genes, 22 transfer RNA genes, two ribosomal RNA genes (16S and 12S rRNA), and a large non-coding region. The genome has a very high A+T content (71.1%), less than of the species Brachycybe lecontii Wood, 1864 (order Platydesmida; 76.6%) and Sphaerotheriidae sp. (order Sphaerotheriida; 71.2%). In comparison with the mitochondrial gene arrangement of eight other millipede species, the whole mitochondrial gene arrangement of A. koreanus is most similar to the nemasomatid species, Antrokoreana gracilipes Verhoeff, 1938, but differs from those of the other diplopod orders. The absence of tRNACys between the ND2 and COI regions is unique to the order Polydesmida, whereas the translocation of tRNATyr to between ND2 and COI is exclusive to the Sphaerotheriida. It is also shown that the translocation of tRNAThr between ND4L and ND1 may be a synapomorphy to support a close relationship of two orders Spirobolida and Spirostreptida. 


2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shantanu Kundu ◽  
Vikas Kumar ◽  
Kaomud Tyagi ◽  
Rajasree Chakraborty ◽  
Devkant Singha ◽  
...  

AbstractThe complete mitochondrial genome (16796 bp) of an endangered freshwater turtle, Nilssonia nigricans was firstly sequenced and annotated. The mitogenome was encoded by 37 genes and a major non-coding Control Region (CR). The mitogenome was A+T biased (62.16%) and spread with six overlapping and 19 intergenic spacer regions. The initiation codons were exceptionally changed as ATA, ATT, and ATC in three Protein-coding genes (PCGs) and a single base (A, T, and C) incomplete termination codons in nine PCGs. The Relative synonymous codon usage (RSCU) value was consistent among all the studied species; exception with significant reduction of Serine (S) frequency in N. nigricans, N. formosa, and R. swinhoei. The secondary structure of N. nigricans showed a lack of conventional dihydrouridine (DHU) arm in trnS (GCT), as well as formed a small loop structure in the acceptor stem of both trnR (TCG) and trnH (GTG). The mitogenome of N. nigricans also revealed two unique tandem repeats (ATTAT)8, and (TATTA)20 in CR. Further, the average Ka/Ks values of 13 PCGs were indicating a strong natural selection in the studied Trionychidae species. The constructed Maximum Likelihood (ML) phylogeny by PCGs shows cohesive clustering of N. nigricans with N. formosa. The resulted phylogeny illustrated the similar topology by all studied species from different taxonomic ranks and supported the previous taxonomic classification. Moreover, further taxon sampling from different taxonomic hierarchy, and their mitogenomics study is vital to reconcile the Testudines phylogeny and assure their evolutionary relationship.


2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vikas Kumar ◽  
Kaomud Tyagi ◽  
Rajasree Chakraborty ◽  
Priya Prasad ◽  
Shantanu Kundu ◽  
...  

AbstractThe complete mitochondrial genome of Lyrognathus crotalus is sequenced, annotated and compared with other spider mitogenomes. It is 13,865 bp long and featured by 22 transfer RNA genes (tRNAs), and two ribosomal RNA genes (rRNAs), 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), and a control region (CR). Most of the PCGs used ATN start codon except cox3, and nad4 with TTG. Comparative studies indicated the use of TTG, TTA, TTT, GTG, CTG, CTA as start codons by few PCGs. Most of the tRNAs were truncated and do not fold into the typical cloverleaf structure. Further, the motif (CATATA) was detected in CR of nine species including L. crotalus. The gene arrangement of L. crotalus compared with ancestral arthropod showed the transposition of five tRNAs and one tandem duplication random loss (TDRL) event. Five plesiomophic gene blocks (A-E) were identified, of which, four (A, B, D, E) retained in all taxa except family Salticidae. However, block C was retained in Mygalomorphae and two families of Araneomorphae (Hypochilidae and Pholcidae). Out of 146 derived gene boundaries in all taxa, 15 synapomorphic gene boundaries were identified. TreeREx analysis also revealed the transposition of trnI, which makes three derived boundaries and congruent with the result of the gene boundary mapping. Maximum likelihood and Bayesian inference showed similar topologies and congruent with morphology, and previously reported multi-gene phylogeny. However, the Gene-Order based phylogeny showed sister relationship of L. crotalus with two Araneomorphae family members (Hypochilidae and Pholcidae) and other Mygalomorphae species.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kun Zhang ◽  
Kehua Zhu ◽  
Yifan Liu ◽  
Hua Zhang ◽  
Li Gong ◽  
...  

AbstractThe structure and gene sequence of the fish mitochondrial genome are generally considered to be conservative. However, two types of gene arrangements are found in the mitochondrial genome of Anguilliformes. In this paper, we report a complete mitogenome of Muraenesox cinereus (Anguilliformes: Muraenesocidae) with rearrangement phenomenon. The total length of the M. cinereus mitogenome was 17,673 bp, and it contained 13 protein-coding genes, two ribosomal RNAs, 22 transfer RNA genes, and two identical control regions (CRs). The mitochondrial genome of M. cinereus was obviously rearranged compared with the mitochondria of typical vertebrates. The genes ND6 and the conjoint trnE were translocated to the location between trnT and trnP, and one of the duplicated CR was translocated to the upstream of the ND6. The tandem duplication and random loss is most suitable for explaining this mitochondrial gene rearrangement. The Anguilliformes phylogenetic tree constructed based on the whole mitochondrial genome well supports Congridae non-monophyly. These results provide a basis for the future Anguilliformes mitochondrial gene arrangement characteristics and further phylogenetic research.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ying-ying Ye ◽  
Jing Miao ◽  
Ya-hong Guo ◽  
Li Gong ◽  
Li-hua Jiang ◽  
...  

AbstractThe complete mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) of animals can provide useful information for evolutionary and phylogenetic analyses. The mitogenome of the genus Exhippolysmata (i.e., Exhippolysmata ensirostris) was sequenced and annotated for the first time, its phylogenetic relationship with selected members from the infraorder Caridea was investigated. The 16,350 bp mitogenome contains the entire set of 37 common genes. The mitogenome composition was highly A + T biased at 64.43% with positive AT skew (0.009) and negative GC skew (− 0.199). All tRNA genes in the E. ensirostris mitogenome had a typical cloverleaf secondary structure, except for trnS1 (AGN), which appeared to lack the dihydrouridine arm. The gene order in the E. ensirostris mitogenome was rearranged compared with those of ancestral decapod taxa, the gene order of trnL2-cox2 changed to cox2-trnL2. The tandem duplication-random loss model is the most likely mechanism for the observed gene rearrangement of E. ensirostris. The ML and BI phylogenetic analyses place all Caridea species into one group with strong bootstrap support. The family Lysmatidae is most closely related to Alpheidae and Palaemonidae. These results will help to better understand the gene rearrangements and evolutionary position of E. ensirostris and lay a foundation for further phylogenetic studies of Caridea.


2018 ◽  
Vol 94 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Zhang ◽  
R.K. Ran ◽  
A.Y. Abdullahi ◽  
X.L. Shi ◽  
Y. Huang ◽  
...  

AbstractDipetalonema gracile is a common parasite in squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciureus), which can cause malnutrition and progressive wasting of the host, and lead to death in the case of massive infection. This study aimed to identify a suspected D. gracile worm from a dead squirrel monkey by means of molecular biology, and to amplify its complete mitochondrial genome by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and sequence analysis. The results identified the worm as D. gracile, and the full length of its complete mitochondrial genome was 13,584 bp, which contained 22 tRNA genes, 12 protein-coding genes, two rRNA genes, one AT-rich region and one small non-coding region. The nucleotide composition included A (16.89%), G (20.19%), T (56.22%) and C (6.70%), among which A + T = 73.11%. The 12 protein-coding genes used TTG and ATT as start codons, and TAG and TAA as stop codons. Among the 22 tRNA genes, only trnS1AGN and trnS2UCN exhibited the TΨC-loop structure, while the other 20 tRNAs showed the TV-loop structure. The rrnL (986 bp) and rrnS (685 bp) genes were single-stranded and conserved in secondary structure. This study has enriched the mitochondrial gene database of Dipetalonema and laid a scientific basis for further study on classification, and genetic and evolutionary relationships of Dipetalonema nematodes.


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