The Gastrodia elata genome provides insights into plant adaptation to heterotrophy

• Published in: Nature communications Vol. 9; no. 1; pp. 1615 - 11
• Main Authors: Yuan, Yuan, Jin, Xiaohua, Liu, Juan, Zhao, Xing, Zhou, Junhui, Wang, Xin, Wang, Deyi, Lai, Changjiangsheng, Xu, Wei, Huang, Jingwen, Zha, Liangping, Liu, Dahui, Ma, Xiao, Wang, Li, Zhou, Menyan, Jiang, Zhi, Meng, Hubiao, Peng, Huasheng, Liang, Yuting, Li, Ruiqiang, Jiang, Chao, Zhao, Yuyang, Nan, Tiegui, Jin, Yan, Zhan, Zhilai, Yang, Jian, Jiang, Wenkai, Huang, Luqi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 24.04.2018; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 45/22; 45/23; 45/29; 45/77; 45/88; 45/90; 45/91; 631/1647/2217; 631/208/726; 631/449/2676; Acclimatization; Adaptation; Adaptation, Physiological; Energy metabolism; Flowers & plants; Gastrodia - classification; Gastrodia - genetics; Gastrodia - physiology; Gene families; Genes; Genome, Plant; Genomes; Glycoside hydrolase; Heterotrophic Processes; Heterotrophy; Humanities and Social Sciences; Hyphae; Metabolism; Mitochondria; multidisciplinary; Photosynthesis; Phylogeny; Plant Proteins - genetics; Plant Proteins - metabolism; Plant species; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Urease

We present the 1.06 Gb sequenced genome of Gastrodia elata , an obligate mycoheterotrophic plant, which contains 18,969 protein-coding genes. Many genes conserved in other plant species have been deleted from the G . elata genome, including most of those for photosynthesis. Additional evidence of th...