Draft genome sequence of <i>Camellia sinensis</i> var. <i>sinensis</i> provides insights into the evolution of the tea genome and tea quality

  • Chaoling Wei
    State Key Laboratory of Tea Plant Biology and Utilization, Anhui Agricultural University, 230036 Hefei, China;
  • Hua Yang
    State Key Laboratory of Tea Plant Biology and Utilization, Anhui Agricultural University, 230036 Hefei, China;
  • Songbo Wang
    BGI Genomics, BGI–Shenzhen, 518083 Shenzhen, China;
  • Jian Zhao
    State Key Laboratory of Tea Plant Biology and Utilization, Anhui Agricultural University, 230036 Hefei, China;
  • Chun Liu
    BGI Genomics, BGI–Shenzhen, 518083 Shenzhen, China;
  • Liping Gao
    State Key Laboratory of Tea Plant Biology and Utilization, Anhui Agricultural University, 230036 Hefei, China;
  • Enhua Xia
    State Key Laboratory of Tea Plant Biology and Utilization, Anhui Agricultural University, 230036 Hefei, China;
  • Ying Lu
    College of Fisheries and Life Science, Shanghai Ocean University, 201306 Shanghai, China;
  • Yuling Tai
    State Key Laboratory of Tea Plant Biology and Utilization, Anhui Agricultural University, 230036 Hefei, China;
  • Guangbiao She
    State Key Laboratory of Tea Plant Biology and Utilization, Anhui Agricultural University, 230036 Hefei, China;
  • Jun Sun
    State Key Laboratory of Tea Plant Biology and Utilization, Anhui Agricultural University, 230036 Hefei, China;
  • Haisheng Cao
    State Key Laboratory of Tea Plant Biology and Utilization, Anhui Agricultural University, 230036 Hefei, China;
  • Wei Tong
    State Key Laboratory of Tea Plant Biology and Utilization, Anhui Agricultural University, 230036 Hefei, China;
  • Qiang Gao
    BGI Genomics, BGI–Shenzhen, 518083 Shenzhen, China;
  • Yeyun Li
    State Key Laboratory of Tea Plant Biology and Utilization, Anhui Agricultural University, 230036 Hefei, China;
  • Weiwei Deng
    State Key Laboratory of Tea Plant Biology and Utilization, Anhui Agricultural University, 230036 Hefei, China;
  • Xiaolan Jiang
    State Key Laboratory of Tea Plant Biology and Utilization, Anhui Agricultural University, 230036 Hefei, China;
  • Wenzhao Wang
    State Key Laboratory of Tea Plant Biology and Utilization, Anhui Agricultural University, 230036 Hefei, China;
  • Qi Chen
    State Key Laboratory of Tea Plant Biology and Utilization, Anhui Agricultural University, 230036 Hefei, China;
  • Shihua Zhang
    State Key Laboratory of Tea Plant Biology and Utilization, Anhui Agricultural University, 230036 Hefei, China;
  • Haijing Li
    State Key Laboratory of Tea Plant Biology and Utilization, Anhui Agricultural University, 230036 Hefei, China;
  • Junlan Wu
    State Key Laboratory of Tea Plant Biology and Utilization, Anhui Agricultural University, 230036 Hefei, China;
  • Ping Wang
    State Key Laboratory of Tea Plant Biology and Utilization, Anhui Agricultural University, 230036 Hefei, China;
  • Penghui Li
    State Key Laboratory of Tea Plant Biology and Utilization, Anhui Agricultural University, 230036 Hefei, China;
  • Chengying Shi
    State Key Laboratory of Tea Plant Biology and Utilization, Anhui Agricultural University, 230036 Hefei, China;
  • Fengya Zheng
    BGI Genomics, BGI–Shenzhen, 518083 Shenzhen, China;
  • Jianbo Jian
    BGI Genomics, BGI–Shenzhen, 518083 Shenzhen, China;
  • Bei Huang
    State Key Laboratory of Tea Plant Biology and Utilization, Anhui Agricultural University, 230036 Hefei, China;
  • Dai Shan
    BGI Genomics, BGI–Shenzhen, 518083 Shenzhen, China;
  • Mingming Shi
    BGI Genomics, BGI–Shenzhen, 518083 Shenzhen, China;
  • Congbing Fang
    State Key Laboratory of Tea Plant Biology and Utilization, Anhui Agricultural University, 230036 Hefei, China;
  • Yi Yue
    State Key Laboratory of Tea Plant Biology and Utilization, Anhui Agricultural University, 230036 Hefei, China;
  • Fangdong Li
    State Key Laboratory of Tea Plant Biology and Utilization, Anhui Agricultural University, 230036 Hefei, China;
  • Daxiang Li
    State Key Laboratory of Tea Plant Biology and Utilization, Anhui Agricultural University, 230036 Hefei, China;
  • Shu Wei
    State Key Laboratory of Tea Plant Biology and Utilization, Anhui Agricultural University, 230036 Hefei, China;
  • Bin Han
    National Center for Gene Research, Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 200032 Shanghai, China;
  • Changjun Jiang
    State Key Laboratory of Tea Plant Biology and Utilization, Anhui Agricultural University, 230036 Hefei, China;
  • Ye Yin
    BGI Genomics, BGI–Shenzhen, 518083 Shenzhen, China;
  • Tao Xia
    State Key Laboratory of Tea Plant Biology and Utilization, Anhui Agricultural University, 230036 Hefei, China;
  • Zhengzhu Zhang
    State Key Laboratory of Tea Plant Biology and Utilization, Anhui Agricultural University, 230036 Hefei, China;
  • Jeffrey L. Bennetzen
    State Key Laboratory of Tea Plant Biology and Utilization, Anhui Agricultural University, 230036 Hefei, China;
  • Shancen Zhao
    BGI Genomics, BGI–Shenzhen, 518083 Shenzhen, China;
  • Xiaochun Wan
    State Key Laboratory of Tea Plant Biology and Utilization, Anhui Agricultural University, 230036 Hefei, China;

説明

<jats:title>Significance</jats:title> <jats:p> A high-quality genome assembly of <jats:italic>Camellia sinensis</jats:italic> var. <jats:italic>sinensis</jats:italic> facilitates genomic, transcriptomic, and metabolomic analyses of the quality traits that make tea one of the world’s most-consumed beverages. The specific gene family members critical for biosynthesis of key tea metabolites, monomeric galloylated catechins and theanine, are indicated and found to have evolved specifically for these functions in the tea plant lineage. Two whole-genome duplications, critical to gene family evolution for these two metabolites, are identified and dated, but are shown to account for less amplification than subsequent paralogous duplications. These studies lay the foundation for future research to understand and utilize the genes that determine tea quality and its diversity within tea germplasm. </jats:p>

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