Project description:Purpose: The goal of this study is to provided a comprehensive genomic information for functional genomic studies in Q. mongolica. Methods:The Quercus mongolica leaves were generated by deep sequencing, using Illumina Hiseq 4000. The high-quality reads were obtained by removing the reads that contained adaptor contamination, low quality bases and undetermined bases.The transcriptome were de novo assembly. Results:A total of 52934562 raw reads were obtained from Illumina sequencing platform. After filtering out the low quality reads, we obtained 52076914 clean reads, which assembled into 39130 transcripts with a mean length of 742 bp and GC content of 42.12%, and 24196 unigenes with a mean length of 732 bp and GC content of 42.34%, based on Trinity assembly platform. Conclusions:RNA-Seq was applied to polyadenylate-enriched mRNAs from leaves of Q. mongolica to obtain the transcriptome. De novo assembly was then applied followed by gene annotation and functional classification. The SSRs and SNPs were also obtained using assembled transcripts as reference sequences. The results of this study lay the foundation for further research on genetic diversity of Quercus.
Project description:Applying a gel-based proteomic approach, the dynamic changes in root proteins of drought treated Quercus ilex subsp. Ballota [Desf.] Samp. seedlings were followed. Water stress was applied on 20 day-old holm oak plantlets by water limitation for a period of 10 and 20 days, each followed by 10 days of recovery. Root proteins were extracted using trichloroacetate/acetone/phenol protocol and subjected to two-dimensional electrophoresis. Coomassie colloidal stained gel images were analysed and spot intensity data subjected to multivariate statistical analysis. Selected consistent spots in the three biological replicas, presenting significant changes under stress, were subjected to MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry (peptide mass fingerprinting and MS/MS). For protein identification, combined search was performed with MASCOT search engine over NCBInr Viridiplantae and Uniprot databases. Taxonomy Holm oak (Quercus ilex subsp. Ballota [Desf.] Samp.). Dentro de Q. ilex hay dos subespecies, ilex ilex e ilex Ballota.
Project description:Holm oak (Quercus ilex) is the most important and representative specie of the Mediterranean forest and of the Spanish agrosilvo-pastoral ecosystem “Dehesa”. Despite its environmental and economic interest, Holm oak is still an orphan species whose biology is very little known, especially at the molecular level. In this research, we have performed a shotgun proteomic approach (nLC-MSMS, Orbitrap) to analyze the Holm oak proteome, using, as starting material, a pool generated by mixing equal amounts of homogenized tissue, including embryo, cotyledons (from mature acorns), and leaves and roots (from 6-month old plantlets grown in a greenhouse under environmental conditions). The proteome generated will be the bases of further studies on population variability, growth, development and responses to stresses in this species.