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Comparison of uridine diphosphate-glycosyltransferase UGT76G1 genes from some varieties of Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni.

ABSTRACT: Stevia leaves contain various components, such as flavonoids, labdanes, chlorophylls, sterols, triterpenoids, mono-disaccharides, organic acids and inorganic salts. Stevia is known to accumulate diterpenoid steviol glycosides, which are approximately 300 times sweeter than regular sugar. Stevioside and rebaudioside A are the main diterpenic glycosides in stevia. Steviol glycosides are the secondary metabolites responsible for the sweetness of stevia. The main objectives of the present study were to determine the concentrations of diterpenic glycosides (stevioside and rebaudioside A) in three stevia varieties (Stevia rebaudiana) via the HPLC-UV technique and to amplify the UGT76G1 gene by PCR using gene-specific primers. The expression levels of the UGT76G1 gene were determined in the three stevia varieties. The PCR products were sequenced and analyzed, and the nucleotide sequences of the UGT76G1 gene were submitted to GenBank and assigned to the following three varieties: Egy1 (MH087463), China1 (MH087464) and Sponti (MH087465). Cluster analysis was used to separate the three varieties into two major clusters based on their phylogenetic relationship. In addition, chemical analysis was carried out to evaluate stevioside and rebaudioside A. The present study concluded that Egy1 and Sponti are closely related varieties as they fall in the same cluster, while China1 forms a separate cluster. Bioprospecting studies could be useful for selection of superior ecotypes of Stevia rebaudiana.

SUBMITTER: Abdelsalam NR

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6562098 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Comparison of uridine diphosphate-glycosyltransferase UGT76G1 genes from some varieties of Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni.

Abdelsalam Nader R NR Botros William A WA Khaled Ahmed E AE Ghonema Mohamed A MA Hussein Shimaa G SG Ali Hayssam M HM Elshikh Mohamed S MS

Scientific reports 20190612 1

Stevia leaves contain various components, such as flavonoids, labdanes, chlorophylls, sterols, triterpenoids, mono-disaccharides, organic acids and inorganic salts. Stevia is known to accumulate diterpenoid steviol glycosides, which are approximately 300 times sweeter than regular sugar. Stevioside and rebaudioside A are the main diterpenic glycosides in stevia. Steviol glycosides are the secondary metabolites responsible for the sweetness of stevia. The main objectives of the present study were ...[more]

PMID: 31189962

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Project description:BACKGROUND: MicroRNAs (miRNAs) constitute a family of small RNA (sRNA) population that regulates the gene expression and plays an important role in plant development, metabolism, signal transduction and stress response. Extensive studies on miRNAs have been performed in different plants such as Arabidopsis thaliana, Oryza sativa etc. and volume of the miRNA database, mirBASE, has been increasing on day to day basis. Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni is an important perennial herb which accumulates high concentrations of diterpene steviol glycosides which contributes to its high indexed sweetening property with no calorific value. Several studies have been carried out for understanding molecular mechanism involved in biosynthesis of these glycosides, however, information about miRNAs has been lacking in S. rebaudiana. Deep sequencing of small RNAs combined with transcriptomic data is a powerful tool for identifying conserved and novel miRNAs irrespective of availability of genome sequence data. RESULTS: To identify miRNAs in S. rebaudiana, sRNA library was constructed and sequenced using Illumina genome analyzer II. A total of 30,472,534 reads representing 2,509,190 distinct sequences were obtained from sRNA library. Based on sequence similarity, we identified 100 miRNAs belonging to 34 highly conserved families. Also, we identified 12 novel miRNAs whose precursors were potentially generated from stevia EST and nucleotide sequences. All novel sequences have not been earlier described in other plant species. Putative target genes were predicted for most conserved and novel miRNAs. The predicted targets are mainly mRNA encoding enzymes regulating essential plant metabolic and signaling pathways. CONCLUSIONS: This study led to the identification of 34 highly conserved miRNA families and 12 novel potential miRNAs indicating that specific miRNAs exist in stevia species. Our results provided information on stevia miRNAs and their targets building a foundation for future studies to understand their roles in key stevia traits.

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Comparison of uridine diphosphate-glycosyltransferase UGT76G1 genes from some varieties of Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni.

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Comparison of uridine diphosphate-glycosyltransferase UGT76G1 genes from some varieties of Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni.

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