The complete chloroplast genome sequencing data of Juniperus sabina L. (Cupressaceae Bartl.) from Kazakhstan

The genus Juniperus L. (Cupressaceae Bartl.) is consisting of about 75 species that are divided into sections Caryocedrus Endlicher, Sabina (Miller) Spach, and Juniperus (syn: sect. Oxycedrus Spach). Juniperus sabina L. from section Sabina is an important shrub for the maintenance of the ecosystem in mountainous regions and a source of medicinal compounds. The species is monoecious, rarely dioecious, and distributed in Europe, Central Asia, China, and Mongolia. The goal of the present study was to sequence and reconstruct the complete chloroplast genome of J. sabina. De novo chloroplast (cp) genome assembly for J. sabina was conducted using Illumina paired-end reads. The assembled cp genome size is 127,646 bp in length and has a typical circular DNA molecule. The genome encodes 118 genes, including 82 protein-coding genes, 32 tRNA genes, and 4 rRNA genes, the overall GC content is 34,36%. The complete cp genome nucleotide sequence of J. sabina was deposited to the NCBI (National Center for Biotechnology Information) under accession number OL467323. The raw data in fastq format was deposited to the NCBI sequence read archive under accession number SRR21515769.