title: Complete mitochondrial genome of the Japanese pine sawyer, Monochamus alternatus (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae).
abstract: We determined the complete mitochondrial genome of the Japanese pine sawyer Monochamus alternatus Hope (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), which is a major forest pest in Asia. The genome is 15,874 bp in length containing 37 typical animal mitochondrial genes and one non-coding A+T-rich region. Its gene content and order are typical of other coleopteran mitochondrial genomes described to date. All protein-coding genes (PCGs) are initiated by ATN codons. Eight PCGs use complete stop codons TAG or TAA, whereas other PCGs end with a single T. All tRNA genes show typical secondary cloverleaf structures except for tRNA(Ser(AGN)), which lacks the dihydrouridine (DHU) arm. The large non-coding A+T-rich region of 1249 bp contains a 14 bp-long poly-T stretch and two microsatellite-like (AT)(TA)7 and (TA)8 elements.
authors.affiliation: a State Key Laboratory Breeding Base for Zhejiang Sustainable Pest and Disease Control , Sericulture Research Institute, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences , Hangzhou , P.R. China .
authors.forename: Fengbo
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: a State Key Laboratory Breeding Base for Zhejiang Sustainable Pest and Disease Control , Sericulture Research Institute, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences , Hangzhou , P.R. China .|b College of Chemistry and Life Sciences, Zhejiang Normal University , Jinhua , P.R. China , and.
authors.forename: Huixian
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: a State Key Laboratory Breeding Base for Zhejiang Sustainable Pest and Disease Control , Sericulture Research Institute, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences , Hangzhou , P.R. China .|c College of Animal Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University , Nanjing , P.R. China.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: a State Key Laboratory Breeding Base for Zhejiang Sustainable Pest and Disease Control , Sericulture Research Institute, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences , Hangzhou , P.R. China .
authors.forename: Hongbiao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Weng
authors.affiliation: a State Key Laboratory Breeding Base for Zhejiang Sustainable Pest and Disease Control , Sericulture Research Institute, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences , Hangzhou , P.R. China .
authors.forename: Zhiqi
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Meng
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001517:Coleoptera; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics; D050259:Genes, Mitochondrial / Q000502:physiology*; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial / Q000502:physiology*; D019476:Insect Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D024101:Mitochondrial Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012313:RNA / Q000235:genetics; D000077278:RNA, Mitochondrial; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics; D012343:RNA, Transfer / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial; D019476:Insect Proteins; D024101:Mitochondrial Proteins; D000077278:RNA, Mitochondrial; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal; D012313:RNA; D012343:RNA, Transfer
keywords: Cerambycidae; Monochamus alternatus; insect; mitogenome