China Eucalypt Research Centre (CERC), Zhanjiang, 524022, Guangdong, China.
Sci Rep. 2020 Nov 24;10(1):20467. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-77177-w.
Sacha inchi (Plukenetia volubilis L.) is a shrub native to Amazon rainforests that's of commercial interest as its seeds contain 35-60% edible oil (dry weight). This oil is one of the healthiest vegetable oils due to its high polyunsaturated fatty acid content and favourable ratio of omega-6 to omega-3 fatty acids. De novo transcriptome assembly and comparative analyses were performed on sacha inchi seeds from five stages of seed development in order to identifying genes associated with oil accumulation and fatty acid production. Of 30,189 unigenes that could be annotated in public databases, 20,446 were differentially expressed unigenes. A total of 14 KEGG pathways related to lipid metabolism were found, and 86 unigenes encoding enzymes involved in α-linolenic acid (ALA) biosynthesis were obtained including five unigenes encoding FATA (Unigene0008403), SAD (Unigene0012943), DHLAT (Unigene0014324), α-CT (Unigene0022151) and KAS II (Unigene0024371) that were significantly up-regulated in the final stage of seed development. A total of 66 unigenes encoding key enzymes involved in the synthesis of triacylglycerols (TAGs) were found, along with seven unigenes encoding PDCT (Unigene0000909), LPCAT (Unigene0007846), Oleosin3 (Unigene0010027), PDAT1 (Unigene0016056), GPDH (Unigene0022660), FAD2 (Unigene0037808) and FAD3 (Unigene0044238); these also proved to be up-regulated in the final stage of seed development.
沙棘(Plukenetia volubilis L.)是一种原产于亚马逊雨林的灌木,因其种子含有 35-60%可食用油(干重)而具有商业价值。这种油是最健康的植物油之一,因为它含有高比例的多不饱和脂肪酸和 ω-6 与 ω-3 脂肪酸的理想比例。为了鉴定与油脂积累和脂肪酸生成相关的基因,我们对来自五个种子发育阶段的沙棘种子进行了从头转录组组装和比较分析。在可以注释到公共数据库的 30189 个 unigenes 中,有 20446 个是差异表达的 unigenes。共发现与脂质代谢相关的 14 条 KEGG 途径,获得了 86 个编码参与 α-亚麻酸(ALA)生物合成的酶的 unigenes,包括 5 个编码 FATA(Unigene0008403)、SAD(Unigene0012943)、DHLAT(Unigene0014324)、α-CT(Unigene0022151)和 KAS II(Unigene0024371)的 unigenes,它们在种子发育的最后阶段显著上调。还发现了 66 个编码参与三酰基甘油(TAG)合成的关键酶的 unigenes,以及 7 个编码 PDCT(Unigene0000909)、LPCAT(Unigene0007846)、油体蛋白 3(Unigene0010027)、PDAT1(Unigene0016056)、GPDH(Unigene0022660)、FAD2(Unigene0037808)和 FAD3(Unigene0044238)的 unigenes;这些基因在种子发育的最后阶段也被证明上调。