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Complete mitochondrial genome of golden silk producer Antheraea assamensis and its comparative analysis with other lepidopteran insects

Deepika Singh, Debajyoti Kabiraj, Hasnahana Chetia, Pragya Sharma, Kartik Neog, Utpal Bora
doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/110031
Deepika Singh
1Bioengineering Research Laboratory, Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Assam-781039, India
2Centre for the Environment, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Assam-781039, India
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Debajyoti Kabiraj
1Bioengineering Research Laboratory, Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Assam-781039, India
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Hasnahana Chetia
1Bioengineering Research Laboratory, Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Assam-781039, India
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Pragya Sharma
3Department of Bioengineering and Technology, Gauhati University Institute of Science and Technology (GUIST), Gauhati University, Guwahati-781014, Assam, India
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Kartik Neog
4Biotechnology Section, Central Muga Eri Research & Training Institute (CMER&TI), Lahdoigarh-785700, Jorhat, Assam, India
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Utpal Bora
1Bioengineering Research Laboratory, Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Assam-781039, India
2Centre for the Environment, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Assam-781039, India
5Mugagen Laboratories Pvt. Ltd., Technology Incubation Centre, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati, Assam-781039, India
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Muga (Antheraea assamensis) is an economically important silkmoth endemic to North-eastern part of India and is the producer of the strongest known commercial silk. However, there is a scarcity of -omics data for understanding the organism at a molecular level. Our present study decodes the complete mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) of A. assamensis and presents comparative analysis with other lepidopterans. Mitogenome is a 15,272 bp long AT rich (~80.2%) molecule containing 37 genes (13 PCGs, 22 tRNAs, 2 rRNAs) and a 328 bp long control region. The overall mitogenome arrangement was similar to the other lepidopterans. Two PCGs cox1 and cox2 were found to have CGA and GTG as start codons respectively like some lepidopterans. Typical clover-leaf shaped secondary structures of tRNAs were found with a few exceptions such as unstable DHU and TΨC loop in tRNASer1 and tRNATyr; significant number of mismatches (35) spread over 19 tRNAs. The control region contained a six bp deletion atypical of other Antheraea species. Phylogenetic position was consistent with the traditional taxonomic classification of Saturniidae. The complete annotated mitogenome is available in GenBank (Accession No. KU379695). To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report on complete mitogenome of A. assamensis.

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Complete mitochondrial genome of golden silk producer Antheraea assamensis and its comparative analysis with other lepidopteran insects
Deepika Singh, Debajyoti Kabiraj, Hasnahana Chetia, Pragya Sharma, Kartik Neog, Utpal Bora
bioRxiv 110031; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/110031
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Complete mitochondrial genome of golden silk producer Antheraea assamensis and its comparative analysis with other lepidopteran insects
Deepika Singh, Debajyoti Kabiraj, Hasnahana Chetia, Pragya Sharma, Kartik Neog, Utpal Bora
bioRxiv 110031; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/110031

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