Yunyun Niu

TL;DR: The sequence analysis reveals an impressive array of genes encoding cytochrome P450s (CYPs), transporters and regulatory proteins that cooperate in secondary metabolism, making this organism a potential model system for the study of secondary metabolic pathways and their regulation in medicinal fungi.

TL;DR: This study is the first to present a large-scale EST dataset for P. notoginseng root acquired by next-generation sequencing (NGS) technology and establishes an important foundation for the study with the purpose of ensuring adequate drug resources for this species.

TL;DR: Identification of identical ITS2 variants across intra-generic or inter-generic species revealed complex species evolutionary history, possibly, horizontal gene transfer and ancestral hybridization.

TL;DR: Nine genes involved in the biosynthesis of ginsenoside skeletons and many candidate genes putatively responsible for modification of the skeletons, including 133 cytochrome P450s and 235 glycosyltransferases, were identified and six transcripts encoding UDP-glycosyl transferases that were most likely to be involved in ginsosynthesis were selected.

TL;DR: Novel putative transcripts involved in CPT biosynthesis and transport were discovered in C. acuminata according to EST annotation, catalytic features prediction, and expression analysis.