The genome of the cucumber, Cucumis sativus L

Udgivelsesdato: 2009Cucumber is an economically important crop as well as a model system for sex determination studies and plant vascular biology. Here we report the draft genome sequence of Cucumis sativus var. sativus L., assembled using a novel combination of traditional Sanger and next-generation Illumina GA sequencing technologies to obtain 72.2-fold genome coverage. The absence of recent whole-genome duplication, along with the presence of few tandem duplications, explains the small number of genes in the cucumber. Our study establishes that five of the cucumber's seven chromosomes arose from fusions of ten ancestral chromosomes after divergence from Cucumis melo. The sequenced cucumber genome affords insight into traits such as its sex expression, disease resistance, biosynthesis of cucurbitacin and 'fresh green' odor. We also identify 686 gene clusters related to phloem function. The cucumber genome provides a valuable resource for developing elite cultivars and for studying the evolution and function of the plant vascular system

内臟に發生せる稀有なる多發性神經纎維腫症の一剖檢例

Information on the 74 candidate blast resistant genes in LAFBRs. (XLSX 90 kb

Microbiome homeostasis on rice leaves is regulated by a precursor molecule of lignin biosynthesis

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ABCC Transporter Gene <i>MoABC-R1</i> Is Associated with Pyraclostrobin Tolerance in <i>Magnaporthe oryzae</i>

Rice blast is a worldwide fungal disease that poses a threat to food security. Fungicide treatment is one of the most effective methods to control rice blast disease. However, the emergence of fungicide tolerance hampers the control efforts against rice blast. ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters have been found to be crucial in multidrug tolerance in various phytopathogenic fungi. This study investigated the association between polymorphisms in 50 ABC transporters and pyraclostrobin sensitivity in 90 strains of rice blast fungus. As a result, we identified MoABC-R1, a gene associated with fungicide tolerance. MoABC-R1 belongs to the ABCC-type transporter families. Deletion mutants of MoABC-R1, abc-r1, exhibited high sensitivity to pyraclostrobin at the concentration of 0.01 μg/mL. Furthermore, the pathogenicity of abc-r1 was significantly diminished. These findings indicate that MoABC-R1 not only plays a pivotal role in fungicide tolerance but also regulates the pathogenicity of rice blast. Interestingly, the combination of MoABC-R1 deletion with fungicide treatment resulted in a three-fold increase in control efficiency against rice blast. This discovery highlights MoABC-R1 as a potential target gene for the management of rice blast

Comprehensive Profiling of the Rice Ubiquitome Reveals the Significance of Lysine Ubiquitination in Young Leaves

Protein ubiquitination is a major post-translational modification that regulates development, apoptosis, responses to environmental cues, and other processes in eukaryotes. Although several ubiquitinated proteins have been identified in rice, large-scale profiling of the rice ubiquitome has not been reported because of limitations in the current analytical methods. Here, we report the first rice ubiquitome, determined by combining highly sensitive immune affinity purification and high resolution LC–MS/MS. We identified 861 di-Gly-Lys-containing peptides in 464 proteins in rice leaf cells. Bioinformatic analyses of the ubiquitome identified a variety of cellular functions and diverse subcellular localizations for the ubiquitinated proteins, and also revealed seven putative ubiquitination motifs in rice. Proteins related to binding and catalytic activity were predicted to be the preferential targets of lysine ubiquitination. A protein interaction network and KEGG analysis indicated that a wide range of signaling and metabolic pathways are modulated by protein ubiquitination in rice. Our results demonstrate the usefulness of the significantly improved method for assaying proteome-wide ubiquitination in plants. The identification of the 464 ubiquitinated proteins in rice leaves provides a foundation for the analysis of the physiological roles of these ubiquitination-related proteins

Comprehensive Profiling of the Rice Ubiquitome Reveals the Significance of Lysine Ubiquitination in Young Leaves

Protein ubiquitination is a major post-translational modification that regulates development, apoptosis, responses to environmental cues, and other processes in eukaryotes. Although several ubiquitinated proteins have been identified in rice, large-scale profiling of the rice ubiquitome has not been reported because of limitations in the current analytical methods. Here, we report the first rice ubiquitome, determined by combining highly sensitive immune affinity purification and high resolution LC–MS/MS. We identified 861 di-Gly-Lys-containing peptides in 464 proteins in rice leaf cells. Bioinformatic analyses of the ubiquitome identified a variety of cellular functions and diverse subcellular localizations for the ubiquitinated proteins, and also revealed seven putative ubiquitination motifs in rice. Proteins related to binding and catalytic activity were predicted to be the preferential targets of lysine ubiquitination. A protein interaction network and KEGG analysis indicated that a wide range of signaling and metabolic pathways are modulated by protein ubiquitination in rice. Our results demonstrate the usefulness of the significantly improved method for assaying proteome-wide ubiquitination in plants. The identification of the 464 ubiquitinated proteins in rice leaves provides a foundation for the analysis of the physiological roles of these ubiquitination-related proteins