RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Slicing the genome of star-fruit (Averrhoa carambola L.)
JF bioRxiv
FD Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
SP 851790
DO 10.1101/851790
A1 Yannan Fan
A1 Sunil Kumar Sahu
A1 Ting Yang
A1 Weixue Mu
A1 Jinpu Wei
A1 Le Cheng
A1 Jinlong Yang
A1 Xun Xu
A1 Xin Liu
A1 Ranchang Mu
A1 Jie Liu
A1 Jianming Zhao
A1 Yuxian Zhao
A1 Huan Liu
YR 2020
UL http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2020/01/28/851790.abstract
AB The Averrhoa carambola is commonly known as star fruit because of its peculiar shape and its fruit is a rich source of minerals and vitamins. It is also used in traditional medicines in countries like India, China, the Philippines, and Brazil for treating various ailments such as fever, diarrhea, vomiting, and skin disease. Here we present the first draft genome of the Oxalidaceae family with an assembled genome size of 470.51 Mb. In total, 24,726 protein-coding genes were identified and 16,490 genes were annotated using various well-known databases. The phylogenomic analysis confirmed the evolutionary position of the Oxalidaceae family. Based on the gene functional annotations, we also discovered the enzymes possibly involved in the important nutritional pathways in star fruit genome. Overall, being the first sequenced genome in the Oxalidaceae family, the data provides an essential resource for the nutritional, medicinal, and cultivational studies for this economically important star-fruit plant.