Biotechnology Bulletin ›› 2022, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (6): 174-186.doi: 10.13560/j.cnki.biotech.bull.1985.2021-1078

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Characteristics of Crambe abyssinica Chloroplast Genome and Its Phylogenetic Relationship in Brassicaceae

QIAN Fang(), GAO Zuo-min, HU Li-juan, WANG Hong-cheng()   

  1. School of Life Sciences,Guizhou Normal University,Guiyang 550001
  • Received:2021-08-21 Online:2022-06-26 Published:2022-07-11
  • Contact: WANG Hong-cheng E-mail:qianfang0825@126.com;besthongcheng@163.com

Abstract:

Crambe abyssinica,belonging to Crambe genus in Brassicaceae,has been used as a potentially renewable industrial oil resource because of its high natural erucic acid content in seed. Here,the chloroplast(cp)genome of C. abyssinica was de novo assembled by Illumina Platform,and its phylogenetic relationship was detected based on the cp genome in Brassicaceae. The cp genome of C. abyssinica had a quadripartite structure of 153 754 bp in length,which were annotated a total of 111 unigenes,including 78 protein-coding genes,29 tRNA genes and 4 rRNA genes. Codon usage showed a bias of A/U-ending codons in the cp genome of C. abyssinica. A total of 41 repeat structures and 59 SSRs(simple sequence repeats)were detected in this cp genome. Comparative analysis showed that the genome sequence was conserved and the protein-coding sequence had high similarity. Synonymous and non-synonymous analysis detected strong positive selection exerted on the ndhF and ycf2 gene in the cp genome of C. abyssinica. Moreover,phylogenetic analysis showed that C. abyssinica was closely related to Brassica and formed a sister group with Sinapis species. This suggests that it is possible to transfer favorable genes from C. abyssinica to other Brassicaceae plants by distant hybridization,and also provide important molecular information for elucidating the evolutionary history of C. abyssinica.

Key words: Crambe abyssinica, chloroplast genome, comparative analysis, phylogenetic relationship