Generation of expressed sequence tags from a cDNA library of Coleus forskohlii for identification of genes involved in terpene biosynthesis
Generation of expressed sequence tags from a cDNA library of Coleus forskohlii for identification of genes involved in terpene biosynthesis
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DOI:
10.1007/s10535-015-0526-x
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发表时间:
2015-06
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1.5
通讯作者:
Y. Fang;J. Huang;Xiao Huang;S. Chen;P. Zou;W. S. Li;Kun Yu;Yanwen Liu
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作者:
Y. Fang;J. Huang;Xiao Huang;S. Chen;P. Zou;W. S. Li;Kun Yu;Yanwen Liu
Coleus forskohlii(syn.Plectranthus barbatus) is a widely used medicinal plant and its main bioactive constituents are diterpenes forskolin and isoforskolin. The present study aimed to construct a cDNA library to identify expressed sequence tags related to terpene biosynthesis inC. forskohlii. We constructed a high quality normalized full-length cDNA library which reached the requirements (abundance, integrity, and library content) for isolating full-length genes. A total of 4 224 cDNA clones were sequenced and 2 394 unigenes were assembled with an average unigene size of 753 bp. A total of 2 100 (87.7 %) unigenes were functionally classified using gene ontologies, and 1 716 (71.7 %) unigenes were assigned to establish pathway associations inKEGGmapings. Notably, 64 unigenes putatively participated in the biosynthesis of secondary metabolites, in which 17 unigenes were identified that might be involved in the biosynthesis of the terpenoid backbone and monoterpenes, diterpenes, and triterpenes.