BMKGENE Adds Another Successful Genome Assembly Case in 2024!
Prunella vulgaris is one of the widely used traditional Chinese herbs. According to the Chinese Pharmacopoeia, it is a good medicine for cleansing and protecting the liver and has been a major component of many herbal teas for hundreds of years. It is also a traditional folk medicine in Europe and other Asian countries. Pentacyclic triterpenoids are an important class of biologically active compounds produced by this herb, and their biosynthetic mechanism is still to be elucidated.
On January 16th, The Plant Journal published a research paper on the genome of P. vulgaris, reporting the chromosome-level genome assembly and laying the foundation for further elucidating the biosynthetic mechanism of pentacyclic triterpenoids.
In this study, a combination of Illumina, ONT, and Hi-C technologies was used to obtain a chromosome-level reference genome.
Its size is 671.95Mb, scaffold N50 is 49.10Mb, and the complete BUSCO reached 98.45%.
Approximately 98.31% of the sequences were anchored to 14 pseudo-chromosomes.
Comparative genomic analysis revealed the most recent whole genome duplication (WGD) event in Prunella vulgaris.
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Post time: Apr-03-2024