A near-complete genome assembly of Catharanthus roseus and insights into its vinblastine biosynthesis and high susceptibility to the Huanglongbing pathogen

作者：Zhongping Xu, Guanying Wang, Qiongqiong Wang, Xiaoting Li, Guangyu Zhang, Ali Qurban, Can Zhang, Yi Zhou, Huan Si, Lisong Hu, Fuqiu Wang, Ying Wang, Zhitao Tian, Wei Chen, Shuangxia Jin, Fang Ding · 发表于：Plant Communications · 年份：2023 · DOI：10.1016/j.xplc.2023.100661 · 被引用次数：17 · 研究领域：Phytoplasmas and Hemiptera pathogens、Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies、Plant Virus Research Studies

This study reports the assembly of a near-complete genome of Catharanthus roseus, consisting of 561.7 Mb scaffolded into 8 pseudochromosomes with a contig N50 of 24.7 Mb and a scaffold N50 of 71.1 Mb. The assembly enables the construction of a gene regulatory network of the vinblastine biosynthetic pathway and provides insights into the high susceptibility of C. roseus to the Huanglongbing pathogen.