Terpene profiling, transcriptome analysis and characterization of cis-β-terpineol synthase from Ocimum.

ABSTRACT: Ocimum species produces a varied mix of different metabolites that imparts immense medicinal properties. To explore this chemo-diversity, we initially carried out metabolite profiling of different tissues of five Ocimum species and identified the major terpenes. This analysis broadly classified these five Ocimum species into two distinct chemotypes namely, phenylpropanoid-rich and terpene-rich. In particular, β-caryophyllene, myrcene, limonene, camphor, borneol and selinene were major terpenes present in these Ocimum species. Subsequently, transcriptomic analysis of pooled RNA samples from different tissues of Ocimum gratissimum, O. tenuiflorum and O. kilimandscharicum identified 38 unique transcripts of terpene synthase (TPS) gene family. F

SUBMITTER: Anand A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6352525 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature