Chromosome-scale genome of Dioscorea nipponica and functional diversification of the DnUGT73 subfamily in steroidal saponin glycosylation
Xiaotong Wang1†, Ziyan Xie1†, Jing Wang1, Li Xu1, Wei Song1, Maolun Gao1, Shanshan Chen2, Mofan Zhang1, Xiaowei Du3, Yan Liu4, Chunbo Teng1, Chengwei Liu1*, Shilin Chen4* and Zhichao Xu1*
1. Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration on Chinese Herbal Medicine, College of Life Science, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China
2. China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, Beijing 100700, China
3. College of Pharmacy, Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine, Harbin 150040, China
4. Institute of Herbgenomics, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu 611137, China
†These authors contributed equally. *Correspondences: Shilin Chen (slchen@cdutcm.edu.cn); Chengwei Liu (liuchw@nefu.edu.cn); Zhichao Xu (zcxu@nefu.edu.cn, Dr. Xu is fully responsible for the distribution of all materials associated with this article)
This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (U22A20369), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (2572025JT08), and the Innovation Team and Talents Cultivation Program of the National Administration of the Traditional Chinese Medicine (ZYYCXTD‐D‐202408).
