Identification of genes involved in flowering in Stevia rebaudiana using expressed sequence tags (ESTs)

Razali, Amin and Samsulrizal, Nurul Hidayah and Zainuddin, Zarina (2020) Identification of genes involved in flowering in Stevia rebaudiana using expressed sequence tags (ESTs). Asian Pacific Journal of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, 28 (2). pp. 105-112. ISSN 0128-7451 E-ISSN 2672-7277

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Abstract

tevia rebaudiana, or stevia, is a perennial herb native to the northern region of South America. It is commercially important due to the high level of non-caloric sweetening compound, which has been consumed worldwide as food and medicine. Stevioside is considered as the most important compound of steviol glycosides that functions as the main sweetener. Exposure of the stevia plant to long-day conditions (increased exposure to light) will delay the flowering process, which led to an increase in glycoside accumulation. The bioinformatics analysis of 5548 expressed sequence tags (ESTs) obtained from dbEST (NCBI) using the Blast2GO software and manual curation identified 7 ESTs that contain domains involved in the flowering process. The domains were the heat shock protein (Hsp) domain, squamosa promoter-binding protein (SBP) domain, CONSTANS, CO-like, and TOC1 (CCT) domains; K homology (KH) domain; and ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme domain (UBC).

Item Type:	Article (Journal)
Additional Information:	8022/82114
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Blast2GO, ESTs, flowering, Stevia rebaudiana
Subjects:	Q Science > QK Botany
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Science > Department of Plant Science Kulliyyah of Science
Depositing User:	Dr Zarina Zainuddin
Date Deposited:	11 Aug 2020 15:51
Last Modified:	11 Oct 2020 20:48
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/82114

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