Transcriptome analysis of Asparagus officinalis reveals genes involved in the biosynthesis of rutin and protodioscin.

ABSTRACT: Garden asparagus (Asparagus officinalis L.) is a popular vegetable cultivated worldwide. The secondary metabolites in its shoot are helpful for human health. We analyzed A. officinalis transcriptomes and identified differentially expressed genes (DEGs) involved in the biosynthesis of rutin and protodioscin, which are health-promoting functional compounds, and determined their association with stem color. We sequenced the complete mRNA transcriptome using the Illumina high-throughput sequencing platform in one white, three green, and one purple asparagus cultivars. A gene set was generated by de novo assembly of the transcriptome sequences and annotated using a BLASTx search. To investigate the relationship between the contents of rutin and protodioscin and their gene expression levels, rut

SUBMITTER: Yi TG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6645489 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature