Chloroplast Genome of Rambutan and Comparative Analyses in Sapindaceae.

ABSTRACT: Rambutan (Nephelium lappaceum L.) is an important fruit tree that belongs to the family Sapindaceae and is widely cultivated in Southeast Asia. We sequenced its chloroplast genome for the first time and assembled 161,321 bp circular DNA. It is characterized by a typical quadripartite structure composed of a large (86,068 bp) and small (18,153 bp) single-copy region interspersed by two identical inverted repeats (IRs) (28,550 bp). We identified 132 genes including 78 protein-coding genes, 29 tRNA and 4 rRNA genes, with 21 genes duplicated in the IRs. Sixty-three simple sequence repeats (SSRs) and 98 repetitive sequences were detected. Twenty-nine codons showed biased usage and 49 potential RNA editing sites were predicted across 18 protein-coding genes in the rambutan chloroplast gen

SUBMITTER: Dong F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7912957 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature