Yan Long, Geng Zhang-Zhen, Yan Peng, Wu Xiao-Bing
a Anhui Provincial Key Laboratory of the Conservation and Exploitation of Biological Resources , College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University , Wuhu , China.
Mitochondrial DNA A DNA Mapp Seq Anal. 2016;27(2):1154-5. doi: 10.3109/19401736.2014.936415. Epub 2014 Jul 10.
The Tiantai frog (Glandirana tientaiensis) is an endemic to China, which has been listed as an endangered species in IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. In this study, the complete nucleotide sequence of the mitochondrial genome of G. tientaiensis is determined. The circle genome is 17,681 bp and consists of 13 protein-coding genes, 22 transfer RNA genes, 2 ribosomal RNA genes and 1 control region. Comparing with the typical mtDNA of species in the family Ranidae, no distinctive rearrangement of mtDNA genes was found. Yet a obvious feature on the use of codon were observed, that 8 of 13 protein-conding genes ended with a single stop nucleotide T except for COI, ATPase 8, ND4L, ND6 and Cyt b.
天台蛙（天台林蛙）是中国特有的物种，已被列入《世界自然保护联盟濒危物种红色名录》。在本研究中，测定了天台林蛙线粒体基因组的完整核苷酸序列。该环状基因组为17,681 bp，由13个蛋白质编码基因、22个转运RNA基因、2个核糖体RNA基因和1个控制区组成。与蛙科物种的典型线粒体DNA相比，未发现线粒体DNA基因有明显重排。然而，观察到一个明显的密码子使用特征，即13个蛋白质编码基因中有8个以单个终止核苷酸T结尾，COI、ATPase 8、ND4L、ND6和Cyt b除外。
