Integrated Analysis of Transcriptome and Metabolome in Cirsium japonicum Fisch ex DC.

ABSTRACT: Cirsium japonicum Fisch ex DC belongs to the Compositae family and has been used as a folk remedy source in Asian countries because of its health-promoting properties. It is known that C. japonicum contains flavonoids, furans, long-chain alcohols, sterols, and volatile oils. Nevertheless, the molecular mechanism of secondary metabolite biosynthesis remains poorly understood. Therefore, transcriptome analysis and metabolic profiling were performed using different parts of C. japonicum to investigate phenylpropanoid metabolism. Based on the BLASTX search results, we identified 29 orthologs of enzymes responsible for phenylpropanoid biosynthesis. Additionally, 75 metabolites were identified in C. japonicum. Most of the flavonoid biosynthetic genes were significantl

SUBMITTER: Park YJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7675961 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature