A near-complete genome assembly of Catharanthus roseus and insights into its vinblastine biosynthesis and high susceptibility to the Huanglongbing pathogen

• DOI: 10.1016/j.xplc.2023.100661
• Publication Date: 2023-07-18T00:59:23Z
• Authors: Zhongping Xu; Guanying Wang; Qiongqiong Wang; Xiaoting Li; Guangyu Zhang; Ali Qurban; Can Zhang; Yi Zhou; Huan Si; Lisong Hu; Fuqiu Wang; Ying Wang; Zhitao Tian; Wei Chen; Shuangxia Jin; Fang Ding
• Keywords: Catharanthus roseus; Sequence assembly

This study reports the assembly of a near-complete genome Catharanthus roseus, consisting 561.7 Mb scaffolded into 8 pseudochromosomes with contig N50 24.7 and scaffold 71.1 Mb. The enables construction gene regulatory network vinblastine biosynthetic pathway provides insights high susceptibility C. roseus to Huanglongbing pathogen.