Characterization of the complete chloroplast genome of a Peruvian landrace of Capsicum chinense Jacq. (Solanaceae), arnaucho chili pepper

• Autores: Arbizu Berrocal, Carlos Irvin, Saldaña Serrano, Carla Lizet, Ferro Mauricio, Rubén Darío, Chávez Galarza, Julio César, Herrera Flores, Jordán Valentín, Contreras Liza, Sergio, Guerrero Abad, Juan Carlos, Maicelo Quintana, Jorge Luis
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2022
• Institución: Instituto Nacional de Innovación Agraria
• Repositorio: INIA-Institucional
• Lenguaje: inglés
• OAI Identifier: oai:null:20.500.12955/1631
• Enlace del recurso: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12955/1631; https://doi.org/10.1080/23802359.2021.2014366
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: NGS; Chloroplast; Genetic resources; Arnaucho; Phylogenomics; https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#4.04.00

In this study, we sequenced the first complete chloroplast (cp) genome of a Peruvian chili pepper landrace, “arnacucho” (Capsicum chinense). This cp genome has a 156,931 bp in length with typical quadripartite structure, containing a large single copy (LSC) region (87,325 bp) and a 17,912 bp small single-copy (SSC) region, separated by two inverted repeat (IR) regions (25,847 bp); and the percentage of GC content was 37.71%. Arnaucho chili pepper chloroplast genome possesses 133 genes that consists of 86 protein-coding genes, 37 tRNA, eight rRNA, and two pseudogenes. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that this Peruvian chili pepper landrace is closely related to the undomesticated species C. galapagoense; all belong to the Capsiceae tribe.