The complete plastid genome sequence of Gleditsia sinensis, an ancient medicinal tree in China

Abstract

Gleditsia sinensis Lam. (Leguminosae) is an ancient medicinal tree in China. In this study, we first characterized the whole plastid genome sequence using the illumination sequencing technology. The length of the plastid genome was 163,151 bp, including the large single copy (LSC) region of 91,515 bp, the small single copy (SSC) region of 19,250 bp, and two reversed duplicate regions (IR) of each 26,193 bp. The genome of G. sinensis contains 130 genes, including 85 protein-coding genes, 37 transfer RNA (tRNA) and 8 ribosomal RNA (rRNA). Phylogenetic analysis showed that G. sinensis was placed as a sister to the congeneric G. japonica.

Keywords:

• Gleditsia sinensis
• plastid genome phylogenetic analysis

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

Data availability statement

The data that support the findings of this study are openly available in national center for biotechnology information (NCBI) at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/, reference number [MT483984].

Additional information

Funding

This work was supported by grants from the 2018 Public Health Service Subsidy Fund Special “National Survey On Chinese Materia Medica Resources” (Social Security Department of the Ministry of Finance [2018] No. 43).