title: The complete mitogenome sequence of the Japanese oak silkmoth, Antheraea yamamai (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae).
abstract: The 15,338-bp long complete mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) of the Japanese oak silkmoth, Antheraea yamamai (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) was determined. This genome has a gene arrangement identical to those of all other sequenced lepidopteran insects, but differs from the most common type, as the result of the movement of tRNA(Met) to a position 5'-upstream of tRNA(Ile). No typical start codon of the A. yamamai COI gene is available. Instead, a tetranucleotide, TTAG, which is found at the beginning context of all sequenced lepidopteran insects was tentatively designated as the start codon for A. yamamai COI gene. Three of the 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs) harbor the incomplete termination codon, T or TA. All tRNAs formed stable stem-and-loop structures, with the exception of tRNA(Ser)(AGN), the DHU arm of which formed a simple loop as has been observed in many other metazoan mt tRNA(Ser)(AGN). The 334-bp long A + T-rich region is noteworthy in that it harbors tRNA-like structures, as has also been seen in the A + T-rich regions of other insect mitogenomes. Phylogenetic analyses of the available species of Bombycoidea, Pyraloidea, and Tortricidea bolstered the current morphology-based hypothesis that Bombycoidea and Pyraloidea are monophyletic (Obtectomera). As has been previously suggested, Bombycidae (Bombyx mori and B. mandarina) and Saturniidae (A. yamamai and Caligula boisduvalii) formed a reciprocal monophyletic group.
authors.affiliation: Department of Agricultural Biology, National Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology, Suwon, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Seong Ryeol
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Man Il
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Mee Yeon
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.forename: Kee Young
authors.initials: KY
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Pil Don
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Jae Sam
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Hwang
authors.forename: Yeon Soo
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Byung Rae
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: Iksoo
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D020856:AT Rich Sequence / Q000235:genetics; D000818:Animals; D001482:Base Composition / Q000235:genetics; D001483:Base Sequence; D001499:Bayes Theorem; D012831:Bombyx / Q000235:genetics*; D003062:Codon / Q000235:genetics; D017344:Genes, Insect; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics*; D007564:Japan; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D016366:Open Reading Frames / Q000235:genetics; D010802:Phylogeny; D029963:Quercus; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics; D012343:RNA, Transfer / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D003062:Codon; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal; D012343:RNA, Transfer