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Abutilon theophrasti Medic is a traditional Chinese medicine, which can be seen nearly everywhere in China. In order to study its complete chloroplast genome, we collected leaves and obtained chloroplast genome information through next-generation sequencing. It showed that the genome whole length is 160,331 bp, resulted from 24,578,194 raw reads with 3,669,530,829 bases in total, and the GC contents ratio is 36.90%. Besides, the large single-copy region (LSC) is 89,006 bp, the small single-copy region (SSC) 20,149 bp, and inverted repeat (IR) 25,588 bp. The chloroplast genome encodes 76 genes, which contains 38 protein genes, five rRNA genes, and 33 tRNA. By conducting phylogenetic analysis for A.theophrasti, plants from genus Gossypium demonstrated close relationship with it.
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Viola philippica, as a traditional Chinese medicine, has great value in treating various diseases. Here, we report the chloroplast genome of V. philippica and its phylogenetic feature. The complete chloroplast genome is 156,744 bp in length, assembled from 22,346,570 reads, and its GC contents ratio is 36.26%. Its long single-copy (LSC) region is 85,892 bp. The small single-copy (SSC) region covers 18,006 bp and inverted repeat (IR) is 26,423 bp. It encodes 77 genes, including 43 protein genes, 4 rRNA genes, and 30 tRNA genes. Moreover, according to the phylogenetic analysis for a total of 12 chloroplast sequences, V. philippica demonstrated close relationship within genus Viola.
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Dendrobium huoshanense has been used for centuries in China and its polysaccharides are the main active components in treating loss of body fluids resulting from fever and asthenic symptoms. However, the biosynthetic pathway of polysaccharides in D. huoshanense remains to be elucidated. In this study, we obtained a guanosine diphosphate (GDP)-mannose pyrophosphorylase (DhGMPP) from D. huoshanense and characterized its function to catalyze the conversion of α-D-mannose-phosphate to GDP-D-mannose involved in the production of polysaccharides. DhGMPP, with the open reading frame of 1,245 bp, was isolated from RNA-Seq data of D. huoshanense. Phylogenetic analysis as well as sequence characterization suggested its involvement in the biosynthesis of GDP-D-mannose. In vitro enzyme assay demonstrated that GMPP encoded a pyrophosphorylase that converted α-D-mannose-phosphate and GTP into GDP-D-mannose. Identification of DhGMPP could provide more insights into the mechanism concerning polysaccharide biosynthesis in D. huoshanense and be utilized for enhancing polysaccharide accumulation through metabolic engineering.