Nicotiana tabacum and Nicotiana benthamiana are widely used models in plant biology research.However,genomic studies of these species have lagged.Here we report the chromosome-level reference genome assemblies for N.b...Nicotiana tabacum and Nicotiana benthamiana are widely used models in plant biology research.However,genomic studies of these species have lagged.Here we report the chromosome-level reference genome assemblies for N.benthamiana and N.tabacum with an estimated 99.5%and 99.8%completeness,respec-tively.Sensitive transcription start and termination site sequencing methods were developed and used for accurate gene annotation in N.tabacum.Comparative analyses revealed evidence for the parental origins and chromosome structural changes,leading to hybrid genome formation of each species.Interestingly,theantiviral silencinggenesRDR1,RDR6,DCL2,DCL3,andAGO2were lost from one or both subgenomes in N.benthamiana,while both homeologs were kept in N.tabacum.Furthermore,the N.benthamiana genome encodes fewer immune receptors and signaling components than that of N.tabacum.These find-ings uncover possible reasons underlying the hypersusceptible nature of N.benthamiana.We developed the user-friendly Nicomics(http:/lifenglab.hzau.edu.cn/Nicomics/)web server to facilitate better use of Nicotiana genomic resources as well as gene structure and expression analyses.展开更多
基金supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32272491,32061143022,32202250)Work in Barbara Baker's laboratory is supported by USDA ARS CRIS 2030-22000-009-00D and 2030-22000-034-00Dby an Innovative Genomics Institute(2017)Aaward.
文摘Nicotiana tabacum and Nicotiana benthamiana are widely used models in plant biology research.However,genomic studies of these species have lagged.Here we report the chromosome-level reference genome assemblies for N.benthamiana and N.tabacum with an estimated 99.5%and 99.8%completeness,respec-tively.Sensitive transcription start and termination site sequencing methods were developed and used for accurate gene annotation in N.tabacum.Comparative analyses revealed evidence for the parental origins and chromosome structural changes,leading to hybrid genome formation of each species.Interestingly,theantiviral silencinggenesRDR1,RDR6,DCL2,DCL3,andAGO2were lost from one or both subgenomes in N.benthamiana,while both homeologs were kept in N.tabacum.Furthermore,the N.benthamiana genome encodes fewer immune receptors and signaling components than that of N.tabacum.These find-ings uncover possible reasons underlying the hypersusceptible nature of N.benthamiana.We developed the user-friendly Nicomics(http:/lifenglab.hzau.edu.cn/Nicomics/)web server to facilitate better use of Nicotiana genomic resources as well as gene structure and expression analyses.
