The complete mitochondrial genome of an assassin bug Peirates arcuatus (Hemiptera: Reduviidae).
The complete mitochondrial genome of Peirates arcuatus (Stål) is a typical double-stranded circular molecule 16,176 bp long with 37 genes usually present in animal mitochondrial genomes and a control region. Gene order is identical to that of the putative ancestral arrangement of insects and other assassin bugs. Thirteen protein-coding genes initiate with ATN codons and mostly terminate with TAN codons except for COII and COIII use a single T residue as the termination codon. All tRNA sequences can be folded into classic clover-leaf secondary structure except that the dihydrouridine (DHU) arm of tRNA(Ser(AGN)) forms a simple loop, and their length range from 63 to 69 bp. The control region is 1552 bp long and includes two complete 118-bp tandem repeats and one partial copy of anterior repeat unit.
a Department of Entomology and.
Guangyu
G
Zhao
a Department of Entomology and.|b Department of Ornamental Horticulture , China Agricultural University , Beijing , China.
Hu
H
Li
a Department of Entomology and.
Fan
F
Song
a Department of Entomology and.
Wanzhi
W
Cai
D000818:Animals; D020029:Base Pairing / Q000235:genetics; D017124:Conserved Sequence / Q000235:genetics; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics; D049750:Genome, Insect; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial; D012343:RNA, Transfer / Q000235:genetics; D014224:Triatoma / Q000235:genetics*
D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial; D012343:RNA, Transfer
Hemiptera; mitochondrial genome; reduviidae