title: The complete mitochondrial genome of the blackspotted croaker Protonibea diacanthus (Perciformes, Sciaenidae).
abstract: We present the complete mitochondrial genome of Protonibea diacanthus in this study. The mitochondrial genome is 16,535 bp in length, containing 13 protein-coding genes, 2 rRNA genes, 22 tRNA genes and a control region. All of them are encoded on the heavy strand except ND6 and 8 tRNA genes on the light strand. The nucleotide compositions of the light strand are 31.09% of G, 27.54% of T, 25.34% of A and 16.03% of C. All the protein-coding genes start with ATG initiation codon except ATP6 with GTG, and 5 types of inferred termination codons are AGA (COXI and COXII), T (ND3, ND4, Cytb), TA (ND2, COXIII and ATP6), TAA (ND1, ATP8 and ND4L) and TAG (DN5 and ND6). There are 14 intergenic spacers and 7 gene overlaps. The tandem repeat sequence is observed in 12S-rRNA, 16S-rRNA, tRNA(Trp), tRNA(Ala), COXIII, ND4L and ND4 genes. Gene arrangement and distribution are consistent with the typical vertebrates.
authors.affiliation: a College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University , Guangzhou , China .|b Guangdong Provincial Key Lab of Agro-Animal Genomics and Molecular Breeding , South China Agricultural University , Guangzhou , China , and.
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: a College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University , Guangzhou , China .
authors.forename: Huirong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: a College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University , Guangzhou , China .
authors.forename: Zituo
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: a College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University , Guangzhou , China .
authors.forename: Huihong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.affiliation: a College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University , Guangzhou , China .
authors.forename: Jijia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.affiliation: a College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University , Guangzhou , China .
authors.forename: Shibin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Xiao
authors.affiliation: a College of Animal Science, South China Agricultural University , Guangzhou , China .
authors.forename: Xiankuan
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: c School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University , Guangzhou , China.
authors.forename: Guifeng
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001482:Base Composition / Q000235:genetics; D020029:Base Pairing / Q000235:genetics; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D050259:Genes, Mitochondrial; D054629:Genome, Mitochondrial; D010473:Perciformes / Q000235:genetics*
keywords: Mitochondrial genome; Protonibea diacanthus; Sciaenidae; next-generation sequencing techniques