Wang Yunliang, Chen Yanhong, Xia Chenchen, Xia Xueqin, Chen Xiao, Hao Jiasheng
a Laboratory of Molecular Evolution and Biodiversity , College of Life Sciences, Anhui Normal University , Wuhu , People's Republic of China.
Mitochondrial DNA A DNA Mapp Seq Anal. 2016 May;27(3):1900-1. doi: 10.3109/19401736.2014.971277. Epub 2014 Oct 20.
The complete mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) of Parnassius imperator (Lepidoptera: Parnassiinae) is a circular molecule of 15,424 bp in length, containing 37 typical insect mitochondrial genes and one non-coding A + T-rich region. Its gene order and arrangement are identical to the common type found in most lepidopteran mitogenomes. All protein-coding genes (PCGs) start with a typical ATN initiation codon, except for the cox1, which is initiated by the CGA codon as observed in other lepidopteran species. Some PCGs use standard TAA, while others use TAG (nad1) or incomplete codon T (cox1 and cox2), as their termination codons. 15 intergenic spacers (175 bp in total) and 10 overlapping sequences (29 bp in total) are dispersed throughout the whole genome. The 491 bp long A+ T-rich region contains some conserved structures similar to those found in other lepidopteran mitogenomes, such as the motif ATAGA followed by an 18-bp poly-T stretch, a microsatellite-like (AT)6 element preceded by the ATTTA motif. In addition, a 36 bp sequence stretch potential to form stem-loop structures is also found in the A+ T-rich region.
金裳凤蝶（鳞翅目：绢蝶亚科）的完整线粒体基因组（线粒体基因组）是一个长度为15424 bp的环状分子，包含37个典型的昆虫线粒体基因和一个非编码的富含A+T区域。其基因顺序和排列与大多数鳞翅目线粒体基因组中发现的常见类型相同。除了cox1基因由CGA密码子起始（这在其他鳞翅目物种中也有观察到）外，所有蛋白质编码基因（PCGs）均以典型的ATN起始密码子开始。一些PCGs使用标准的TAA作为终止密码子，而其他的则使用TAG（nad1）或不完全密码子T（cox1和cox2）。15个基因间隔区（总共175 bp）和10个重叠序列（总共29 bp）分散在整个基因组中。长度为491 bp的富含A+T区域包含一些与其他鳞翅目线粒体基因组中发现的保守结构相似的结构，例如在ATAGA基序后跟着一个18 bp的多聚T序列，在ATTTA基序之前有一个类似微卫星的（AT）6元件。此外，在富含A+T区域还发现了一个有形成茎环结构潜力的36 bp序列片段。
