TY - JOUR
T1 - Genome of the pitcher plant Cephalotus reveals genetic changes associated with carnivory
AU - Fukushima, Kenji
AU - Fang, Xiaodong
AU - Alvarez-Ponce, David
AU - Cai, Huimin
AU - Carretero-Paulet, Lorenzo
AU - Chen, Cui
AU - Chang, Tien-Hao
AU - Farr, Kimberly M.
AU - Fujita, Tomomichi
AU - Hiwatashi, Yuji
AU - Hoshi, Yoshikazu
AU - Imai, Takamasa
AU - Kasahara, Masahiro
AU - Librado, Pablo
AU - Mao, Likai
AU - Mori, Hitoshi
AU - Nishiyama, Tomoaki
AU - Nozawa, Masafumi
AU - Pálfalvi, Gergo
AU - Pollard, Stephen T.
AU - Rozas, Julio
AU - Sánchez-Gracia, Alejandro
AU - Sankoff, David
AU - Shibata, Tomoko F.
AU - Shigenobu, Shuji
AU - Sumikawa, Naomi
AU - Uzawa, Taketoshi
AU - Xie, Meiying
AU - Zheng, Chunfang
AU - Pollock, David D.
AU - Albert, Victor A.
AU - Li, Shuaicheng
AU - Hasebe, Mitsuyasu
PY - 2017/2/6
Y1 - 2017/2/6
N2 - Carnivorous plants exploit animals as a nutritional source and have inspired long-standing questions about the origin and evolution of carnivory-related traits. To investigate the molecular bases of carnivory, we sequenced the genome of the heterophyllous pitcher plant Cephalotus follicularis, in which we succeeded in regulating the developmental switch between carnivorous and non-carnivorous leaves. Transcriptome comparison of the two leaf types and gene repertoire analysis identified genetic changes associated with prey attraction, capture, digestion and nutrient absorption. Analysis of digestive fluid proteins from C. follicularis and three other carnivorous plants with independent carnivorous origins revealed repeated co-options of stress-responsive protein lineages coupled with convergent amino acid substitutions to acquire digestive physiology. These results imply constraints on the available routes to evolve plant carnivory.
AB - Carnivorous plants exploit animals as a nutritional source and have inspired long-standing questions about the origin and evolution of carnivory-related traits. To investigate the molecular bases of carnivory, we sequenced the genome of the heterophyllous pitcher plant Cephalotus follicularis, in which we succeeded in regulating the developmental switch between carnivorous and non-carnivorous leaves. Transcriptome comparison of the two leaf types and gene repertoire analysis identified genetic changes associated with prey attraction, capture, digestion and nutrient absorption. Analysis of digestive fluid proteins from C. follicularis and three other carnivorous plants with independent carnivorous origins revealed repeated co-options of stress-responsive protein lineages coupled with convergent amino acid substitutions to acquire digestive physiology. These results imply constraints on the available routes to evolve plant carnivory.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85022052445
UR - https://www.scopus.com/record/pubmetrics.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85022052445&origin=recordpage
U2 - 10.1038/s41559-016-0059
DO - 10.1038/s41559-016-0059
M3 - RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal
SN - 2397-334X
VL - 1
JO - Nature Ecology and Evolution
JF - Nature Ecology and Evolution
IS - 3
M1 - 0059
ER -