title: Plastid genome sequence of an ornamental and editable fruit tree of Rosaceae, Prunus mume.
abstract: Here we assembled and analyzed the complete chloroplast genome of Prunus mume, a popular ornamental and editable fruit tree of Rosaceae. The cp genome exhibited a circular DNA molecule of 157 712 bp with a typical quadripartite structure consisted of two inverted repeat regions (IRa and IRb) of 26 394 bp separated by large (LSC) and small (SSC) single-copy regions of 85 861 and 19 063 bp, respectively. It encoded 112 unique genes, 19 of which were duplicated in the IR regions, giving a total of 131 genes. Eighteen of these genes harbored one or two introns. GC content was 38.9%, and coding regions accounted for 51.3% of the genome. Phylogenetic analysis showed that P. mume clustered with P. persica and P. kansuensis in the genus Punus. This newly determined chloroplast genome will enhance modern breeding programs for the purpose of genetic improvement of this valuable plant.
authors.affiliation: a Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering and.|b Faculty of Life Science and Technology , Kunming University of Science and Technology , Kunming , China.
authors.forename: Shuo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: a Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering and.|b Faculty of Life Science and Technology , Kunming University of Science and Technology , Kunming , China.
authors.forename: Cheng-Wen
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.affiliation: b Faculty of Life Science and Technology , Kunming University of Science and Technology , Kunming , China.
authors.forename: Li-Zhi
authors.initials: LZ
authors.lastname: Gao
mesh_terms: D001482:Base Composition / Q000235:genetics; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D005638:Fruit / Q000235:genetics*; D017343:Genes, Plant / Q000235:genetics*; D054628:Genome, Chloroplast / Q000235:genetics; D054627:Genome, Plastid / Q000235:genetics*; D007438:Introns / Q000235:genetics; D010802:Phylogeny; D027861:Prunus / Q000235:genetics*; D012091:Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid / Q000235:genetics; D027824:Rosaceae / Q000235:genetics*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA / Q000379:methods
keywords: Chloroplast genome; phylogenomic analysis, Prunus mume