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ArticlePloS one2016

The Transcript Profile of a Traditional Chinese Medicine, Atractylodes lancea, Revealing Its Sesquiterpenoid Biosynthesis of the Major Active Components.

Shakeel Ahmed, Chuansong Zhan, Yanyan Yang, Xuekui Wang, Tewu Yang, Zeying Zhao, Qiyun Zhang, Xiaohua Li, Xuebo Hu

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Shakeel AhmedDepartment of Medicinal Plant, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, P.R. China.
Chuansong ZhanDepartment of Medicinal Plant, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, P.R. China.
Yanyan YangDepartment of Medicinal Plant, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, P.R. China.
Xuekui WangDepartment of Medicinal Plant, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, P.R. China.
Tewu YangDepartment of Medicinal Plant, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, P.R. China.
Zeying ZhaoDepartment of Medicinal Plant, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, P.R. China.
Qiyun ZhangDepartment of Medicinal Plant, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, P.R. China.
Xiaohua LiDepartment of Medicinal Plant, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, P.R. China.
Xuebo HuDepartment of Medicinal Plant, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, P.R. China.
Huazhong Agricultural University · CN

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Abstract

Atractylodes lancea (Thunb.) DC., named "Cangzhu" in China, which belongs to the Asteraceae family. In some countries of Southeast Asia (China, Thailand, Korea, Japan etc.) its rhizome, commonly called rhizoma atractylodis, is used to treat many diseases as it contains a variety of sesquiterpenoids and other components of medicinal importance. Despite its medicinal value, the information of the sesquiterpenoid biosynthesis is largely unknown. In this study, we investigated the transcriptome analysis of different tissues of non-model plant A. lancea by using short read sequencing technology (Illumina). We found 62,352 high quality unigenes with an average sequence length of 913 bp in the transcripts of A. Lancea. Among these, 43,049 (69.04%), 30,264 (48.53%), 26,233 (42.07%), 17,881 (28.67%) and 29,057(46.60%) unigenes showed significant similarity (E-value<1e(-5)) to known proteins in Nr, KEGG, SWISS-PROT, GO, and COG databases, respectively. Of the total 62,352 unigenes, 43,049 (Nr Database) open reading frames were predicted. On the basis of different bioinformatics tools we identify all the enzymes that take part in the terpenoid biosynthesis as well as five different known sesquiterpenoids via cytosolic mevalonic acid (MVA) pathway and plastidal methylerythritol phosphate (MEP) pathways. In our study, 6, 864 Simple Sequence Repeats (SSRs) were also found as great potential markers in A. lancea. This transcriptomic resource of A. lancea provides a great contribution in advancement of research for this specific medicinal plant and more specifically for the gene mining of different classes of terpenoids and other chemical compounds that have medicinal as well as economic importance.

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Biosynthetic PathwaysMedicine, Chinese TraditionalAtractylodesComputational BiologyGene Expression ProfilingMicrosatellite RepeatsPolymorphism, Single NucleotideRNA, MessengerSesquiterpenesRNA, MessengerSesquiterpenes

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