Project description:Refined generic and infrageneric classification of the Cape Psoraleeae clade (Fabaceae) – taxonomic studies in the phylogenomic era
Project description:Floral nectar plays important roles in the interaction between animal-pollinated plants and pollinators. Growing empirical evidence shows that most of the proteins secreted in nectar (nectarins) are enzymes that can tailor nectar chemistry for their animal mutualists or reduce the growth of microorganisms in nectar. However, to date, the function of many nectarins remains unknown, and very few plant species have had their nectar proteome thoroughly investigated. Mucuna sempervirens (Fabaceae) is a perennial woody vine native to China. Nectarins from this species were separated using two-dimensional gel electrophoresis, and analyzed using mass spectrometry. A L-gulonolactone oxidase like protein (MsGulLO) was detected. MsGulLO has high similarity to L-gulonolactone oxidase 5 (AtGulLO5) in Arabidopsis thaliana, which was suggested to be involved in the pathway of ascorbate biosynthesis; however both MsGulLO and AtGulLO5 are divergent from animal L-gulonolactone oxidases. MsGulLO is suggested to function in hydrogen peroxide generation in nectar but not in plant ascorbate biosynthesis.
Project description:Somatic coliphages are alternative indicators of fecal pollution and attractive surrogates for viral pathogens. Here, we report the draft genome sequences of three replicate plaques from a novel Myoviridae bacteriophage isolated from raw wastewater. These genomes were similar to felix01virus phage and are predicted to contain up to 148 protein-coding genes.