title: Complete mitochondrial genome sequence of the humphead wrasse, Cheilinus undulatus.
abstract: The humphead wrasse (Cheilinus undulatus) is a large coral fish that has become threatened due to habitat loss and fishing pressure. We sequenced the mitochondrial genome of C. undulatus, using a normal PCR method. The complete mtDNA sequence encoded 13 protein genes, 22 tRNA genes and 2 rRNA genes. It was found to be 16,613 bp in length and had an overall H-strand base compositions of 27.3 for A, 30.9 for C, 16.8 for G, and 25.0% for T. Compared with the sequences of 8 other members of the family Labridae, gene content, genome organization, and nucleotide compositions were similar. All tRNAs formed a typical clover-leaf structure, except tRNA(Ser) (AGY), and most of the size variations among tRNAs stemmed from variations of length in the arm and loop of TΨ, and loop of DHU.
authors: Key Laboratory of Tropic Biological Resources, Hainan University, Haikou, China.
authors: X Z
authors: XZ
authors: Qi
authors: S W
authors: SW
authors: Yin
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Luo
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Huo
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D023061:Gene Order; D020459:Genes, rRNA; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D010473:Perciformes / Q000235:genetics*; D012343:RNA, Transfer / Q000235:genetics; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D012343:RNA, Transfer