Draft genomes of two Artocarpus plants, Jackfruit (A. heterophyllus) and Breadfruit (A. altilis)
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Draft genomes of two Artocarpus plants, Jackfruit (A. heterophyllus) and Breadfruit (A. altilis). / Sahu, Sunil Kumar; Liu, Min; Yssel, Anna; Kariba, Robert; Muthemba, Samuel; Jiang, Sanjie; Song, Bo; Hendre, Prasad S.; Muchugi, Alice; Jamnadass, Ramni; Kao, Shu-Min; Featherston, Jonathan; Zerega, Nyree J. C.; Xu, Xun; Yang, Huanming; Van Deynze, Allen; Van de Peer, Yves; Liu, Xin; Liu, Huan.
In: Genes, Vol. 11, No. 1, 27, 2020.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Draft genomes of two Artocarpus plants, Jackfruit (A. heterophyllus) and Breadfruit (A. altilis)
AU - Sahu, Sunil Kumar
AU - Liu, Min
AU - Yssel, Anna
AU - Kariba, Robert
AU - Muthemba, Samuel
AU - Jiang, Sanjie
AU - Song, Bo
AU - Hendre, Prasad S.
AU - Muchugi, Alice
AU - Jamnadass, Ramni
AU - Kao, Shu-Min
AU - Featherston, Jonathan
AU - Zerega, Nyree J. C.
AU - Xu, Xun
AU - Yang, Huanming
AU - Van Deynze, Allen
AU - Van de Peer, Yves
AU - Liu, Xin
AU - Liu, Huan
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Two of the most economically important plants in the Artocarpus genus are jackfruit (A. heterophyllus Lam.) and breadfruit (A. altilis (Parkinson) Fosberg). Both species are long-lived trees that have been cultivated for thousands of years in their native regions. Today they are grown throughout tropical to subtropical areas as an important source of starch and other valuable nutrients. There are hundreds of breadfruit varieties that are native to Oceania, of which the most commonly distributed types are seedless triploids. Jackfruit is likely native to the Western Ghats of India and produces one of the largest tree-borne fruit structures (reaching up to 45 kg). To-date, there is limited genomic information for these two economically important species. Here, we generated 273 Gb and 227 Gb of raw data from jackfruit and breadfruit, respectively. The high-quality reads from jackfruit were assembled into 162,440 scaffolds totaling 982 Mb with 35,858 genes. Similarly, the breadfruit reads were assembled into 180,971 scaffolds totaling 833 Mb with 34,010 genes. A total of 2822 and 2034 expanded gene families were found in jackfruit and breadfruit, respectively, enriched in pathways including starch and sucrose metabolism, photosynthesis, and others. The copy number of several starch synthesis-related genes were found to be increased in jackfruit and breadfruit compared to closely-related species, and the tissue-specific expression might imply their sugar-rich and starch-rich characteristics. Overall, the publication of high-quality genomes for jackfruit and breadfruit provides information about their specific composition and the underlying genes involved in sugar and starch metabolism.
AB - Two of the most economically important plants in the Artocarpus genus are jackfruit (A. heterophyllus Lam.) and breadfruit (A. altilis (Parkinson) Fosberg). Both species are long-lived trees that have been cultivated for thousands of years in their native regions. Today they are grown throughout tropical to subtropical areas as an important source of starch and other valuable nutrients. There are hundreds of breadfruit varieties that are native to Oceania, of which the most commonly distributed types are seedless triploids. Jackfruit is likely native to the Western Ghats of India and produces one of the largest tree-borne fruit structures (reaching up to 45 kg). To-date, there is limited genomic information for these two economically important species. Here, we generated 273 Gb and 227 Gb of raw data from jackfruit and breadfruit, respectively. The high-quality reads from jackfruit were assembled into 162,440 scaffolds totaling 982 Mb with 35,858 genes. Similarly, the breadfruit reads were assembled into 180,971 scaffolds totaling 833 Mb with 34,010 genes. A total of 2822 and 2034 expanded gene families were found in jackfruit and breadfruit, respectively, enriched in pathways including starch and sucrose metabolism, photosynthesis, and others. The copy number of several starch synthesis-related genes were found to be increased in jackfruit and breadfruit compared to closely-related species, and the tissue-specific expression might imply their sugar-rich and starch-rich characteristics. Overall, the publication of high-quality genomes for jackfruit and breadfruit provides information about their specific composition and the underlying genes involved in sugar and starch metabolism.
KW - A. Altilis
KW - A. Heterophyllus
KW - Breadfruit
KW - Jackfruit
KW - Starch synthesis
U2 - 10.3390/genes11010027
DO - 10.3390/genes11010027
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 31878322
AN - SCOPUS:85077262117
VL - 11
JO - Genes
JF - Genes
SN - 2073-4425
IS - 1
M1 - 27
ER -
ID: 235590648