Global characterization of Artemisia annua glandular trichome transcriptome using 454 pyrosequencing
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Glandular trichomes produce a wide variety of commercially important secondary metabolites in many plant species. The most prominent anti-malarial drug artemisinin, a sesquiterpene lactone, is produced in glandular trichomes of <i...
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| description | <p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Glandular trichomes produce a wide variety of commercially important secondary metabolites in many plant species. The most prominent anti-malarial drug artemisinin, a sesquiterpene lactone, is produced in glandular trichomes of <it>Artemisia annua</it>. However, only limited genomic information is currently available in this non-model plant species.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>We present a global characterization of <it>A. annua </it>glandular trichome transcriptome using 454 pyrosequencing. Sequencing runs using two normalized cDNA collections from glandular trichomes yielded 406,044 expressed sequence tags (average length = 210 nucleotides), which assembled into 42,678 contigs and 147,699 singletons. Performing a second sequencing run only increased the number of genes identified by ~30%, indicating that massively parallel pyrosequencing provides deep coverage of the <it>A. annua </it>trichome transcriptome. By BLAST search against the NCBI non-redundant protein database, putative functions were assigned to over 28,573 unigenes, including previously undescribed enzymes likely involved in sesquiterpene biosynthesis. Comparison with ESTs derived from trichome collections of other plant species revealed expressed genes in common functional categories across different plant species. RT-PCR analysis confirmed the expression of selected unigenes and novel transcripts in <it>A. annua </it>glandular trichomes.</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>The presence of contigs corresponding to enzymes for terpenoids and flavonoids biosynthesis suggests important metabolic activity in <it>A. annua </it>glandular trichomes. Our comprehensive survey of genes expressed in glandular trichome will facilitate new gene discovery and shed light on the regulatory mechanism of artemisinin metabolism and trichome function in <it>A. annua</it>.</p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-523553fa035f401b81c01665edc93ada2022-12-21T22:39:01ZengBMCBMC Genomics1471-21642009-10-0110146510.1186/1471-2164-10-465Global characterization of Artemisia annua glandular trichome transcriptome using 454 pyrosequencingQi YanZhang QingWang YejunWang WeiGuo Dianjing<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Glandular trichomes produce a wide variety of commercially important secondary metabolites in many plant species. The most prominent anti-malarial drug artemisinin, a sesquiterpene lactone, is produced in glandular trichomes of <it>Artemisia annua</it>. However, only limited genomic information is currently available in this non-model plant species.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>We present a global characterization of <it>A. annua </it>glandular trichome transcriptome using 454 pyrosequencing. Sequencing runs using two normalized cDNA collections from glandular trichomes yielded 406,044 expressed sequence tags (average length = 210 nucleotides), which assembled into 42,678 contigs and 147,699 singletons. Performing a second sequencing run only increased the number of genes identified by ~30%, indicating that massively parallel pyrosequencing provides deep coverage of the <it>A. annua </it>trichome transcriptome. By BLAST search against the NCBI non-redundant protein database, putative functions were assigned to over 28,573 unigenes, including previously undescribed enzymes likely involved in sesquiterpene biosynthesis. Comparison with ESTs derived from trichome collections of other plant species revealed expressed genes in common functional categories across different plant species. RT-PCR analysis confirmed the expression of selected unigenes and novel transcripts in <it>A. annua </it>glandular trichomes.</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>The presence of contigs corresponding to enzymes for terpenoids and flavonoids biosynthesis suggests important metabolic activity in <it>A. annua </it>glandular trichomes. Our comprehensive survey of genes expressed in glandular trichome will facilitate new gene discovery and shed light on the regulatory mechanism of artemisinin metabolism and trichome function in <it>A. annua</it>.</p>http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/10/465 |
| spellingShingle | Qi Yan Zhang Qing Wang Yejun Wang Wei Guo Dianjing Global characterization of Artemisia annua glandular trichome transcriptome using 454 pyrosequencing BMC Genomics |
| title | Global characterization of Artemisia annua glandular trichome transcriptome using 454 pyrosequencing |
| title_full | Global characterization of Artemisia annua glandular trichome transcriptome using 454 pyrosequencing |
| title_fullStr | Global characterization of Artemisia annua glandular trichome transcriptome using 454 pyrosequencing |
| title_full_unstemmed | Global characterization of Artemisia annua glandular trichome transcriptome using 454 pyrosequencing |
| title_short | Global characterization of Artemisia annua glandular trichome transcriptome using 454 pyrosequencing |
| title_sort | global characterization of artemisia annua glandular trichome transcriptome using 454 pyrosequencing |
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