Complete mitochondrial genome of an aquatic moth, Elophila interruptalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae). (August 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Park, Jeong Sun; Kim, Min Jee; Kim, Sung-Soo; Kim, Iksoo
• Is Part Of: Mitochondrial DNA. Volume 25:Number 4(2014:Aug.)
• Page Start: 275
• Page End: 277
• Publication Date: 2014-08
• Subjects: Mitochondrial DNA -- Periodicals; Mitochondrial DNA -- Abnormalities -- Periodicals; Nucleotide sequence -- Periodicals; Gene mapping -- Periodicals; 572.869
• DOI: 10.3109/19401736.2013.800504
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1940-1736

Abstract

<abstract> <title>Abstract</title> <p>The aquatic moth, <italic>Elophila interruptalis</italic> (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) belongs to the subfamily Nymphulinae, nearly all of which are aquatic in their entire larval and pupal stages. The 15, 351-bp long complete mitogenome consisted of a typical set of genes (13 protein-coding genes, two rRNA genes and 22 tRNA genes) and one major non-coding A+T-rich region, with the typical arrangement found in the majority of Lepidoptera. One of the unusual features of the <italic>E. interruptalis</italic> mitogenome is the presence of a tRNA^Phe-like sequence beyond the A+T-rich region. The sequence is encoded in the minor strand of the genome overlapping with the reversely encoded regular tRNA^Glu by 65 bp. The sequence divergence of the tRNA^Phe-like sequence to that of regular <italic>E. interruptalis</italic> tRNA^Phe and other within-familial species was as low as 59% ∼ 71%, but has a proper folding structure with well-matched stems and identical anticodon sequences to the regular copy.</p> </abstract>