Project description:Dendrobium huoshanense C.Z. Tang et S.J. Cheng is a perennial epiphytic herb of family Orchidaceae, which main metabolites are polysaccharides, flavonoids, etc. Low temperature is the main environmental factor that limits the growth and development of plants, and even threatens the survival of plants. However, Changes that occur at the molecular level in response to low temperatures are poorly understood in D. huoshanense. To understand the molecular mechanism of cold tolerance, we performed transcriptomic analysis on two time points of 0 d (control group) and 7 d (cold stress group). A total of 37.63 Gb transcriptomic data were generated using the MGI 2000 platform. These reads were assembled into 170,754 transcripts, and 23,724 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were obtained. Pathway analysis indicated that “flavonoid biosynthesis”, “anthocyanin biosynthesis”, “flavone and flavonol biosynthesis”, and “plant hormone signal transduction” might play a vital role in D. huoshanense responses to cold stress. Several important pathways genes such as genes encoding polysaccharides, flavonoid, and plant hormone-signaling transduction kinase were identified under cold stress. In addition, the contents of mannose and total flavonoids increased under cold stress. Twelve DEGs in polysaccharides, flavonoid, and hormone pathways were selected from transcriptome analysis for quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR) validation. Our results provide a transcriptome database and candidate genes for further study of D. huoshanense cold stress.
Project description:This project intends to conduct comparative proteomics research on wild and cultivated varieties of Dendrobium huoshanense that are similar in plant shape and in the same growth and development stage through proteomics and protein modification omics combined with the differences in metabolites in Dendrobium huoshanense. Full-scan proteomic data of Dendrobium; compare the protein expression levels of wild and cultivated varieties to find relevant candidate proteins, and perform functional annotation and KEGG analysis of metabolic pathways for candidate proteins with different expressions to further analyze the material basis differences between wild and cultivated varieties Provide research objects of molecular biology.
