Unlocking conserved and diverged metabolic characteristics in cassava carbon assimilation via comparative genomics approach.

ABSTRACT: Globally, cassava is an important source of starch, which is synthesized through carbon assimilation in cellular metabolism whereby harvested atmospheric carbon is assimilated into macromolecules. Although the carbon assimilation pathway is highly conserved across species, metabolic phenotypes could differ in composition, type, and quantity. To unravel the metabolic complexity and advantage of cassava over other starch crops, in terms of starch production, we investigated the carbon assimilation mechanisms in cassava through genome-based pathway reconstruction and comparative network analysis. First, MeRecon - the carbon assimilation pathway of cassava was reconstructed based upon six plant templates: Arabidopsis, rice, maize, castor bean, potato, and turnip. MeRecon, available at http://b

SUBMITTER: Siriwat W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6226483 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature