title: Complete mitochondrial genome of the longfin grouper Epinephelus quoyanus (Serranidae: Epinephelinae).
abstract: The complete mitochondrial genome of Epinephelus quoyanus is first presented in this article. It is a circular DNA double strand of 16,797 bp in length, consisting of 13 protein-coding genes, 2 ribosomal RNA genes, 22 transfer RNA (tRNA) genes and a control region. The gene order and transcriptional orientation of E. quoyanus was same with most vertebrates. Several short overlaps and intergenic spacers were found at different gene junctions. Unusually, the CO1 gene started with GTG codon and the ATP6 gene started with CTG codon. The tRNA-Ser2 (GCU) lost the DHU stem. Within the control region, the termination-associated sequence was found near the tRNA-Pro and the conserved sequence blocks (1-3) were identified near the tRNA-Phe.
authors: Guangxi Key Lab for Mangrove Conservation and Utilization, Guangxi Mangrove Research Center .
authors: Zaiqing
authors: Z
authors: Peng
authors: Jing
authors: J
authors: Chen
authors: Tinghe
authors: T
authors: Lai
authors: Yong
authors: Y
authors: Huang
authors: Liangzhong
authors: L
authors: Wu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001492:Bass / Q000235:genetics*; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics; D020459:Genes, rRNA; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial; D025261:Mitochondrial Proton-Translocating ATPases / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012343:RNA, Transfer / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial; D012343:RNA, Transfer; D025261:Mitochondrial Proton-Translocating ATPases
keywords: Epinephelus quoyanus; grouper; mitogenome