Genome and systems biology of Melilotus albus provides insights into coumarins biosynthesis

Melilotus species are used as green manure and rotation crops worldwide and contain abundant pharmacologically active coumarins. However, there is a paucity of information on its genome and coumarin production and function. Here, we reported a chromosome‐scale assembly of Melilotus albus genome with...

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Autores principales: Fan Wu, Zhen Duan, Pan Xu, Qi Yan, Minghui Meng, Cao, M., Jones, Christopher S., Xifang Zong, Pei Zhou, Yimeng Wang, Kai Luo, Shengsheng Wang, Zhuanzhuan Yan, Penglei Wang, Hongyan Di, Zifeng Ouyang, Yanrong Wang, Jiyu Zhang
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Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Wiley 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/115873
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author Fan Wu
Zhen Duan
Pan Xu
Qi Yan
Minghui Meng
Cao, M.
Jones, Christopher S.
Xifang Zong
Pei Zhou
Yimeng Wang
Kai Luo
Shengsheng Wang
Zhuanzhuan Yan
Penglei Wang
Hongyan Di
Zifeng Ouyang
Yanrong Wang
Jiyu Zhang
author_browse Cao, M.
Fan Wu
Hongyan Di
Jiyu Zhang
Jones, Christopher S.
Kai Luo
Minghui Meng
Pan Xu
Pei Zhou
Penglei Wang
Qi Yan
Shengsheng Wang
Xifang Zong
Yanrong Wang
Yimeng Wang
Zhen Duan
Zhuanzhuan Yan
Zifeng Ouyang
author_facet Fan Wu
Zhen Duan
Pan Xu
Qi Yan
Minghui Meng
Cao, M.
Jones, Christopher S.
Xifang Zong
Pei Zhou
Yimeng Wang
Kai Luo
Shengsheng Wang
Zhuanzhuan Yan
Penglei Wang
Hongyan Di
Zifeng Ouyang
Yanrong Wang
Jiyu Zhang
author_sort Fan Wu
collection Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (CGSpace)
description Melilotus species are used as green manure and rotation crops worldwide and contain abundant pharmacologically active coumarins. However, there is a paucity of information on its genome and coumarin production and function. Here, we reported a chromosome‐scale assembly of Melilotus albus genome with 1.04 Gb in eight chromosomes, containing 71.42% repetitive elements. Long terminal repeat retrotransposon bursts coincided with declining of population sizes during the Quaternary glaciation. Resequencing of 94 accessions enabled insights into genetic diversity, population structure, and introgression. Melilotus officinalis had relatively larger genetic diversity than that of M. albus. The introgression existed between M. officinalis group and M. albus group, and gene flows was from M. albus to M. officinalis. Selection sweep analysis identified candidate genes associated with flower colour and coumarin biosynthesis. Combining genomics, BSA, transcriptomics, metabolomics, and biochemistry, we identified a β‐glucosidase (BGLU) gene cluster contributing to coumarin biosynthesis. MaBGLU1 function was verified by overexpression in M. albus, heterologous expression in Escherichia coli, and substrate feeding, revealing its role in scopoletin (coumarin derivative) production and showing that nonsynonymous variation drives BGLU enzyme activity divergence in Melilotus. Our work will accelerate the understanding of biologically active coumarins and their biosynthetic pathways, and contribute to genomics‐enabled Melilotus breeding.
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spelling CGSpace1158732024-08-27T10:36:44Z Genome and systems biology of Melilotus albus provides insights into coumarins biosynthesis Fan Wu Zhen Duan Pan Xu Qi Yan Minghui Meng Cao, M. Jones, Christopher S. Xifang Zong Pei Zhou Yimeng Wang Kai Luo Shengsheng Wang Zhuanzhuan Yan Penglei Wang Hongyan Di Zifeng Ouyang Yanrong Wang Jiyu Zhang biotechnology melilotus alba plant biotechnology crops Melilotus species are used as green manure and rotation crops worldwide and contain abundant pharmacologically active coumarins. However, there is a paucity of information on its genome and coumarin production and function. Here, we reported a chromosome‐scale assembly of Melilotus albus genome with 1.04 Gb in eight chromosomes, containing 71.42% repetitive elements. Long terminal repeat retrotransposon bursts coincided with declining of population sizes during the Quaternary glaciation. Resequencing of 94 accessions enabled insights into genetic diversity, population structure, and introgression. Melilotus officinalis had relatively larger genetic diversity than that of M. albus. The introgression existed between M. officinalis group and M. albus group, and gene flows was from M. albus to M. officinalis. Selection sweep analysis identified candidate genes associated with flower colour and coumarin biosynthesis. Combining genomics, BSA, transcriptomics, metabolomics, and biochemistry, we identified a β‐glucosidase (BGLU) gene cluster contributing to coumarin biosynthesis. MaBGLU1 function was verified by overexpression in M. albus, heterologous expression in Escherichia coli, and substrate feeding, revealing its role in scopoletin (coumarin derivative) production and showing that nonsynonymous variation drives BGLU enzyme activity divergence in Melilotus. Our work will accelerate the understanding of biologically active coumarins and their biosynthetic pathways, and contribute to genomics‐enabled Melilotus breeding. 2022-03 2021-11-08T10:43:12Z 2021-11-08T10:43:12Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/115873 en Open Access Wiley Fan Wu, Zhen Duan, Pan Xu, Qi Yan, Minghui Meng, Cao, M., Jones, C.S., Xifang Zong, Pei Zhou, Yimeng Wang, Kai Luo, Shengsheng Wang, Zhuanzhuan Yan, Penglei Wang, Hongyan Di, Zifeng Ouyang, Yanrong Wang and Jiyu Zhang. 2021. Genome and systems biology of Melilotus albus provides insights into coumarins biosynthesis. Plant Biotechnology Journal
spellingShingle biotechnology
melilotus alba
plant biotechnology
crops
Fan Wu
Zhen Duan
Pan Xu
Qi Yan
Minghui Meng
Cao, M.
Jones, Christopher S.
Xifang Zong
Pei Zhou
Yimeng Wang
Kai Luo
Shengsheng Wang
Zhuanzhuan Yan
Penglei Wang
Hongyan Di
Zifeng Ouyang
Yanrong Wang
Jiyu Zhang
Genome and systems biology of Melilotus albus provides insights into coumarins biosynthesis
title Genome and systems biology of Melilotus albus provides insights into coumarins biosynthesis
title_full Genome and systems biology of Melilotus albus provides insights into coumarins biosynthesis
title_fullStr Genome and systems biology of Melilotus albus provides insights into coumarins biosynthesis
title_full_unstemmed Genome and systems biology of Melilotus albus provides insights into coumarins biosynthesis
title_short Genome and systems biology of Melilotus albus provides insights into coumarins biosynthesis
title_sort genome and systems biology of melilotus albus provides insights into coumarins biosynthesis
topic biotechnology
melilotus alba
plant biotechnology
crops
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/115873
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