Genome sequence of the cauliflower mushroom Sparassis crispa (Hanabiratake) and its association with beneficial usage.

ABSTRACT: Sparassis crispa (Hanabiratake) is a widely used medicinal mushroom in traditional Chinese medicine because it contains materials with pharmacological activity. Here, we report its 39.0-Mb genome, encoding 13,157 predicted genes, obtained using next-generation sequencing along with RNA-seq mapping data. A phylogenetic analysis by comparison with 25 other fungal genomes revealed that S. crispa diverged from Postia placenta, a brown-rot fungus, 94 million years ago. Several features specific to the genome were found, including the A-mating type locus with the predicted genes for HD1 and HD2 heterodomain transcription factors, the mitochondrial intermediate peptidase (MIP), and the B-mating type locus with seven potential pheromone receptor genes and three potential pheromone precursor genes.

SUBMITTER: Kiyama R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6207663 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature