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Transcriptome Sequencing of Gynostemma pentaphyllum to Identify Genes and Enzymes Involved in Triterpenoid Biosynthesis
Joint Authors
Chen, Qicong
Ma, Chengtong
Qian, Jieying
Lan, Xiuwan
Chao, Naixia
Sun, Jian
Wu, Yaosheng
Source
International Journal of Genomics
Issue
Vol. 2016, Issue 2016 (31 Dec. 2016), pp.1-10, 10 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2016-12-14
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
10
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
G.
pentaphyllum (Gynostemma pentaphyllum), a creeping herbaceous perennial with many important medicinal properties, is widely distributed in Asia.
Gypenosides (triterpenoid saponins), the main effective components of G.
pentaphyllum, are well studied.
FPS (farnesyl pyrophosphate synthase), SS (squalene synthase), and SE (squalene epoxidase) are the main enzymes involved in the synthesis of triterpenoid saponins.
Considering the important medicinal functions of G.
pentaphyllum, it is necessary to investigate the transcriptomic information of G.
pentaphyllum to facilitate future studies of transcriptional regulation.
After sequencing G.
pentaphyllum, we obtained 50,654,708 unigenes.
Next, we used RPKM (reads per kilobases per million reads) to calculate expression of the unigenes and we performed comparison of our data to that contained in five common databases to annotate different aspects of the unigenes.
Finally, we noticed that FPS, SS, and SE showed differential expression of enzymes in DESeq.
Leaves showed the highest expression of FPS, SS, and SE relative to the other two tissues.
Our research provides transcriptomic information of G.
pentaphyllum in its natural environment and we found consistency in unigene expression, enzymes expression (FPS, SS, and SE), and the distribution of gypenosides content in G.
pentaphyllum.
Our results will enable future related studies of G.
pentaphyllum.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Chen, Qicong& Ma, Chengtong& Qian, Jieying& Lan, Xiuwan& Chao, Naixia& Sun, Jian…[et al.]. 2016. Transcriptome Sequencing of Gynostemma pentaphyllum to Identify Genes and Enzymes Involved in Triterpenoid Biosynthesis. International Journal of Genomics،Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1106185
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Chen, Qicong…[et al.]. Transcriptome Sequencing of Gynostemma pentaphyllum to Identify Genes and Enzymes Involved in Triterpenoid Biosynthesis. International Journal of Genomics No. 2016 (2016), pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1106185
American Medical Association (AMA)
Chen, Qicong& Ma, Chengtong& Qian, Jieying& Lan, Xiuwan& Chao, Naixia& Sun, Jian…[et al.]. Transcriptome Sequencing of Gynostemma pentaphyllum to Identify Genes and Enzymes Involved in Triterpenoid Biosynthesis. International Journal of Genomics. 2016. Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1106185
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1106185