title: The complete mitochondrial genome of the yellow coaster, Acraea issoria (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Heliconiinae: Acraeini): sequence, gene organization and a unique tRNA translocation event.
abstract: In this paper, the complete mitochondrial genome of Acraea issoria (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Heliconiinae: Acraeini) is reported; a circular molecule of 15,245 bp in size. For A. issoria, genes are arranged in the same order and orientation as the complete sequenced mitochondrial genomes of the other lepidopteran species, except for the presence of an extra copy of tRNA(Ile(AUR)b) in the control region. All protein-coding genes of A. issoria mitogenome start with a typical ATN codon and terminate in the common stop codon TAA, except that COI gene uses TTG as its initial codon and terminates in a single T residue. All tRNA genes possess the typical clover leaf secondary structure except for tRNA(Ser(AGN)), which has a simple loop with the absence of the DHU stem. The sequence, organization and other features including nucleotide composition and codon usage of this mitochondrial genome were also reported and compared with those of other sequenced lepidopterans mitochondrial genomes. There are some short microsatellite-like repeat regions (e.g., (TA)(9), polyA and polyT) scattered in the control region, however, the conspicuous macro-repeats units commonly found in other insect species are absent.
authors.affiliation: College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, 241000, China.
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Daxiu
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Jiasheng
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hao
authors.forename: Dunyuan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cameron
authors.forename: Chaodong
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zhu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D021901:DNA, Intergenic / Q000235:genetics; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics; D023061:Gene Order / Q000235:genetics*; D017344:Genes, Insect / Q000235:genetics*; D016678:Genome / Q000235:genetics; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics*; D007915:Lepidoptera / Q000235:genetics*; D024101:Mitochondrial Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016366:Open Reading Frames / Q000235:genetics; D021381:Protein Transport / Q000235:genetics*; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics; D012343:RNA, Transfer / Q000235:genetics*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D021901:DNA, Intergenic; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial; D024101:Mitochondrial Proteins; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal; D012343:RNA, Transfer