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- Title
Identifying Terpenoid Biosynthesis Genes in Euphorbia maculata via Full-Length cDNA Sequencing.
- Authors
Jeon, Mi Jin; Roy, Neha Samir; Choi, Beom-Soon; Oh, Ji Yeon; Kim, Yong-In; Park, Hye Yoon; Um, Taeyoung; Kim, Nam-Soo; Kim, Soonok; Choi, Ik-Young
- Abstract
The annual herb Euphorbia maculata L. produces anti-inflammatory and biologically active substances such as triterpenoids, tannins, and polyphenols, and it is used in traditional Chinese medicine. Of these bioactive compounds, terpenoids, also called isoprenoids, are major secondary metabolites in E. maculata. Full-length cDNA sequencing was carried out to characterize the transcripts of terpenoid biosynthesis reference genes and determine the copy numbers of their isoforms using PacBio SMRT sequencing technology. The Illumina short-read sequencing platform was also employed to identify differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in the secondary metabolite pathways from leaves, roots, and stems. PacBio generated 62 million polymerase reads, resulting in 81,433 high-quality reads. From these high-quality reads, we reconstructed a genome of 20,722 genes, in which 20,246 genes (97.8%) did not have paralogs. About 33% of the identified genes had two or more isoforms. DEG analysis revealed that the expression level differed among gene paralogs in the leaf, stem, and root. Whole sets of paralogs and isoforms were identified in the mevalonic acid (MVA), methylerythritol phosphate (MEP), and terpenoid biosynthesis pathways in the E. maculata L. The nucleotide information will be useful for identifying orthologous genes in other terpenoid-producing medicinal plants.
- Subjects
TANNINS; BIOSYNTHESIS; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; EUPHORBIA; CHINESE medicine; METABOLITES; PLANT polyphenols
- Publication
Molecules, 2022, Vol 27, Issue 14, pN.PAG
- ISSN
1420-3049
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/molecules27144591