The complete mitochondrial genome of Spilonota lechriaspis Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae).
We determined the nucleotide sequence of the mitochondrial genome (mtgenome) of Spilonota lechriaspis Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). The entire closed circular molecule is 15,368 bp and contains 37 genes with the typical gene complement and order for lepidopteran mtgenomes. All tRNAs except tRNASer(AGN) can be folded into the typical cloverleaf secondary structures. The protein-coding genes (PCGs) have typical mitochondrial start codons, with the exception of COI, which uses the unusual CGA one as is found in all other Lepidoptera sequenced to date. In addition, six of 13 PCGs harbor the incomplete termination codons, a single T. The A+T-rich region contains some conserved structures that are similar to those found in other lepidopteran mtgenomes, including a structure combining the motif 'ATAGA', a 19-bp poly(T) stretch and three microsatellite (AT)n elements which are part of larger 122+ bp macrorepeats. This is the first report of macrorepeats in a lepidopteran mtgenome.
Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Biodiversity and Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, 210046, China.
Jin-Liang
JL
Zhao
Yan-Yan
YY
Zhang
A-Rong
AR
Luo
Guo-Fang
GF
Jiang
Stephen L
SL
Cameron
Chao-Dong
CD
Zhu
D000818:Animals; D001482:Base Composition / Q000235:genetics; D001483:Base Sequence; D003062:Codon / Q000235:genetics; D021901:DNA, Intergenic / Q000235:genetics; D003576:Electron Transport Complex IV / Q000235:genetics; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics*; D007915:Lepidoptera / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D016366:Open Reading Frames / Q000235:genetics; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics; D012343:RNA, Transfer / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D013045:Species Specificity; D020080:Tandem Repeat Sequences / Q000235:genetics
D003062:Codon; D021901:DNA, Intergenic; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal; D012343:RNA, Transfer; D003576:Electron Transport Complex IV