title: Complete mitochondrial genome of dotted grouper Epinephelus epistictus (Serranidae: Epinephelinae).
abstract: The complete mitochondrial genome of Epinephelus epistictus was first presented in this study. It was 16,920 bp in length, consisted of 13 protein-coding genes, 22 tRNA genes, 2 rRNA genes and 1 putative control region (D-loop). Overall nucleotide base composition was 28.78% A, 28.5% C, 16.12% G and 26.6% T. The COI gene started with GTG codon and the ATP6 gene started with CTG codon. The tRNA-Ser2 lacked the dihydrouridine (DHU) arm and formed one loop. The origin of L-strand replication (OL) was identified between tRNA-Asn and tRNA-Cys genes. The control region was rich in A + T (69.93%) and poor in G (12.80%). Two tandem repeat motifs were found in the control region with one nucleotide different.
authors.affiliation: Guangxi Key Lab for Mangrove Conservation and Utilization, Guangxi Mangrove Research Center , Beihai , PR China and.
authors.forename: Zaiqing
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.forename: Yong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Tinghe
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lai
authors.forename: Liangzhong
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001492:Bass / Q000235:genetics*; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics; D020459:Genes, rRNA; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012343:RNA, Transfer / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial; D012343:RNA, Transfer
keywords: Epinephelus epistictus; grouper; mitogenome