Combined analysis of Polygonum cuspidatum transcriptome and metabolome revealed that PcMYB62, a transcription factor, responds to methyl jasmonate and inhibits resveratrol biosynthesis.

A comparative transcriptomic and metabolomic analysis of Polygonum cuspidatum leaves treated with MeJA was carried out to investigate the regulatory mechanisms of its active compounds. A total of 692 metabolites and 77,198 unigenes were obtained, including 200 differentially accumulated metabolites and 6819 differentially expressed genes. We screened potential regulatory transcription factors involved in resveratrol and flavonoids biosynthesis, and successfully identified an MYB transcription factor, PcMYB62, which could significantly decrease the resveratrol content in P.

De novo assembly and comparative analysis of the mitochondrial genome of .

Houtt. is an important medical plant with a long history of thousands of years in China, however, its mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) has not been reported yet. In this work, we reported and analyzed the mitogenome.

A Comparative Phylogenetic Analysis on the Chloroplast Genome in Different Populations.

Houtt., a traditional medicine herb of the Polygonaceae family, has been used since ancient times in China due to its various pharmacological effects. Chloroplast genomes are conservative and play an essential role in population diversity analysis.

PcWRKY11, an II-d WRKY Transcription Factor from , Enhances Salt Tolerance in Transgenic .

Being an invasive plant, is highly resilient and can survive in unfavorable environments for long periods; however, its molecular mechanisms associated with such environmental resistance are largely unknown. In this study, a WRKY transcription factor (TF) gene, , was identified from by analyzing methyl jasmonate (MeJA)-treated transcriptome data. It showed a high degree of homology with WRKY11 from , containing a WRKY domain and a zinc finger structure and II-d WRKY characteristic domains of HARF, a calmodulin-binding domain (C-motif), and a putative nuclear localization signal (NLS) through sequence alignment and functional element mining.

Tissue-specific transcriptome analyses reveal candidate genes for stilbene, flavonoid and anthraquinone biosynthesis in the medicinal plant Polygonum cuspidatum.

Background: Polygonum cuspidatum Sieb. et Zucc. is a well-known medicinal plant whose pharmacological effects derive mainly from its stilbenes, anthraquinones, and flavonoids.

Heterologous expression and purification of BtCspB, a novel cold-shock protein-like bacteriocin from Bacillus thuringiensis BRC-ZYR2.

A novel Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) bacteriocin BtCspB, active against a food-borne pathogen Bacillus cereus, was identified and purified by a traditional four-step chromatographic process with low yield (44.5 µg/L) in our lab previously. The aim of this study was to dramatically increase its yield by heterologous expression of BtCspB.