Salvia bowleyanais a traditional Chinese medic-inal plant that is a source of nutritional supple-ments rich in salvianolic acid B and a potentialexperimental system for the exploration ofsalvianolic acid B biosynthesi...Salvia bowleyanais a traditional Chinese medic-inal plant that is a source of nutritional supple-ments rich in salvianolic acid B and a potentialexperimental system for the exploration ofsalvianolic acid B biosynthesis in the Labiatae.Here,we report a high‐quality chromosome‐scalegenome assembly of S.bowleyana covering 462.44 Mb,with a scaffold N50 value of 57.96 Mband 44,044 annotated protein‐coding genes.Evolutionary analysis revealed an estimateddivergence time betweenS.bowleyanaand its close relativeS.miltiorrhiza of~3.94 millionyears.We also observed evidence of a whole‐genome duplication in theS.bowleyanagenome.Transcriptome analysis showed that SbPAL1(PHENYLALANINE AMMONIA‐LYASE1)ishighlyexpressed in roots relative to stem and leaves,paralleling the location of salvianolic acid Baccumulation.The laccase gene family in S.bowley anaoutnumbered their counterparts inbothS.miltiorrhiza and Arabidopsis thaliana,suggesting that the gene family has undergoneexpansion inS.bowleyana.Several laccasegenes were also highly expressed in roots,wheretheir encoded proteins may catalyze the oxida-tive reaction from rosmarinic acid to salvianolicacid B.Thesefindings provide an invaluable ge-nomic resource for understanding salvianolicacid B biosynthesis and its regulation,and will beuseful for exploring the evolution of the Labiatae.展开更多
[Objective] This study aimed to compare and analyse the morphological characteristics of the seed-like fruits between Salvia shandongensis J. X. Li et F. Q. Zhou and its relatives. [Method] The morphological character...[Objective] This study aimed to compare and analyse the morphological characteristics of the seed-like fruits between Salvia shandongensis J. X. Li et F. Q. Zhou and its relatives. [Method] The morphological characteristics of the mature seed-like fruits of Salvia shandongensis and its three congeners, S. miltiorrhiza, S. miltiorrhiza f. alba and S. bowleyana, were comparatively observed using both optical microscope and scanning electron microscope. [Result] The results showed that there were distinct differences in the shape, size and exine sculpture of the seed-like fruits of the four Danshen congeners: the seed-like fruits of S. shandongensis that were elliptical and had areolate sculpture with subquadrangular convex meshes as well as densely filamentous transverse lines were easy to be distinguished from those of S. miltiorrhiza Bge., which were broadly elliptical and had reticulate sculpture with subquadrate concave meshes. The seed-like fruits of S. bowleyana were fusiform and their ektexine had reticulate sculpture with polygonal meshes, which were slightly convex at the center, which are obviously different from those of S. shandongensis. [Conclusion] This study first accumulates data of the seed-like fruits of S. shandongensis, which provides important bases for establishing its taxonomical status and studying its germplasm. The morphological characteristics and reticulate sculpture on ektexine of the seed-like fruits S. miltiorrhiza Bge. are consistent with the previous report. The results in this study not only provide references for uncovering the genetic relationships between S. shandongensis and S. miltiorrhiza Bge., as well as the interspecific classification and identification. In addition, this study also provides new scientific proofs for the identification of Danshen species and their introduction and cultivation, genetics and breeding.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(42006087)the Sugar Crop Research System(CARS‐170501)。
文摘Salvia bowleyanais a traditional Chinese medic-inal plant that is a source of nutritional supple-ments rich in salvianolic acid B and a potentialexperimental system for the exploration ofsalvianolic acid B biosynthesis in the Labiatae.Here,we report a high‐quality chromosome‐scalegenome assembly of S.bowleyana covering 462.44 Mb,with a scaffold N50 value of 57.96 Mband 44,044 annotated protein‐coding genes.Evolutionary analysis revealed an estimateddivergence time betweenS.bowleyanaand its close relativeS.miltiorrhiza of~3.94 millionyears.We also observed evidence of a whole‐genome duplication in theS.bowleyanagenome.Transcriptome analysis showed that SbPAL1(PHENYLALANINE AMMONIA‐LYASE1)ishighlyexpressed in roots relative to stem and leaves,paralleling the location of salvianolic acid Baccumulation.The laccase gene family in S.bowley anaoutnumbered their counterparts inbothS.miltiorrhiza and Arabidopsis thaliana,suggesting that the gene family has undergoneexpansion inS.bowleyana.Several laccasegenes were also highly expressed in roots,wheretheir encoded proteins may catalyze the oxida-tive reaction from rosmarinic acid to salvianolicacid B.Thesefindings provide an invaluable ge-nomic resource for understanding salvianolicacid B biosynthesis and its regulation,and will beuseful for exploring the evolution of the Labiatae.
基金Supported by the Scientific and Technological Development Project of Shandong Province(2008GG2NS02022)the Special Fund for Agricultural Fine Seed Project in Shandong Province(2009LZ01-03)~~
文摘[Objective] This study aimed to compare and analyse the morphological characteristics of the seed-like fruits between Salvia shandongensis J. X. Li et F. Q. Zhou and its relatives. [Method] The morphological characteristics of the mature seed-like fruits of Salvia shandongensis and its three congeners, S. miltiorrhiza, S. miltiorrhiza f. alba and S. bowleyana, were comparatively observed using both optical microscope and scanning electron microscope. [Result] The results showed that there were distinct differences in the shape, size and exine sculpture of the seed-like fruits of the four Danshen congeners: the seed-like fruits of S. shandongensis that were elliptical and had areolate sculpture with subquadrangular convex meshes as well as densely filamentous transverse lines were easy to be distinguished from those of S. miltiorrhiza Bge., which were broadly elliptical and had reticulate sculpture with subquadrate concave meshes. The seed-like fruits of S. bowleyana were fusiform and their ektexine had reticulate sculpture with polygonal meshes, which were slightly convex at the center, which are obviously different from those of S. shandongensis. [Conclusion] This study first accumulates data of the seed-like fruits of S. shandongensis, which provides important bases for establishing its taxonomical status and studying its germplasm. The morphological characteristics and reticulate sculpture on ektexine of the seed-like fruits S. miltiorrhiza Bge. are consistent with the previous report. The results in this study not only provide references for uncovering the genetic relationships between S. shandongensis and S. miltiorrhiza Bge., as well as the interspecific classification and identification. In addition, this study also provides new scientific proofs for the identification of Danshen species and their introduction and cultivation, genetics and breeding.