Complete genome sequence of Sporisorium scitamineum and biotrophic interaction transcriptome with sugarcane

Sporisorium scitamineum is a biotrophic fungus responsible for the sugarcane smut, a worldwide spread disease. This study provides the complete sequence of individual chromosomes of S. scitamineum from telomere to telomere achieved by a combination of PacBio long reads and Illumina short reads seque...

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Main Authors: Taniguti, L., Schaker, P., Benevenuto, J., Peters, L., Carvalho, G., Palhares, A., Quecine, M., Nunes, F., Kmit, M., Wai, A., Hausner, G., Aitken, K., Berkman, P., Fraser, J., Moolhuijzen, Paula, Coutinho, L., Creste, S., Vieira, M., Kitajima, J., Monteiro-Vitorello, C.
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Published: Public Library of Science 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/13469
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author Taniguti, L.
Schaker, P.
Benevenuto, J.
Peters, L.
Carvalho, G.
Palhares, A.
Quecine, M.
Nunes, F.
Kmit, M.
Wai, A.
Hausner, G.
Aitken, K.
Berkman, P.
Fraser, J.
Moolhuijzen, Paula
Coutinho, L.
Creste, S.
Vieira, M.
Kitajima, J.
Monteiro-Vitorello, C.
author_facet Taniguti, L.
Schaker, P.
Benevenuto, J.
Peters, L.
Carvalho, G.
Palhares, A.
Quecine, M.
Nunes, F.
Kmit, M.
Wai, A.
Hausner, G.
Aitken, K.
Berkman, P.
Fraser, J.
Moolhuijzen, Paula
Coutinho, L.
Creste, S.
Vieira, M.
Kitajima, J.
Monteiro-Vitorello, C.
author_sort Taniguti, L.
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description Sporisorium scitamineum is a biotrophic fungus responsible for the sugarcane smut, a worldwide spread disease. This study provides the complete sequence of individual chromosomes of S. scitamineum from telomere to telomere achieved by a combination of PacBio long reads and Illumina short reads sequence data, as well as a draft sequence of a second fungal strain. Comparative analysis to previous available sequences of another strain detected few polymorphisms among the three genomes. The novel complete sequence described herein allowed us to identify and annotate extended subtelomeric regions, repetitive elements and the mitochondrial DNA sequence. The genome comprises 19,979,571 bases, 6,677 genes encoding proteins, 111 tRNAs and 3 assembled copies of rDNA, out of our estimated number of copies as 130. Chromosomal reorganizations were detected when comparing to sequences of S. reilianum, the closest smut relative, potentially influenced by repeats of transposable elements. Repetitive elements may have also directed the linkage of the two mating-type loci. The fungal transcriptome profiling from in vitro and from interaction with sugarcane at two time points (early infection and whip emergence) revealed that 13.5% of the genes were differentially expressed in planta and particular to each developmental stage.Among them are plant cell wall degrading enzymes, proteases, lipases, chitin modification and lignin degradation enzymes, sugar transporters and transcriptional factors. The fungus also modulates transcription of genes related to surviving against reactive oxygen species and other toxic metabolites produced by the plant. Previously described effectors in smut/plant interactions were detected but some new candidates are proposed. Ten genomic islands harboring some of the candidate genes unique to S. scitamineum were expressed only in planta. RNAseq data was also used to reassure gene predictions.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-134692017-09-13T15:02:14Z Complete genome sequence of Sporisorium scitamineum and biotrophic interaction transcriptome with sugarcane Taniguti, L. Schaker, P. Benevenuto, J. Peters, L. Carvalho, G. Palhares, A. Quecine, M. Nunes, F. Kmit, M. Wai, A. Hausner, G. Aitken, K. Berkman, P. Fraser, J. Moolhuijzen, Paula Coutinho, L. Creste, S. Vieira, M. Kitajima, J. Monteiro-Vitorello, C. Sporisorium scitamineum is a biotrophic fungus responsible for the sugarcane smut, a worldwide spread disease. This study provides the complete sequence of individual chromosomes of S. scitamineum from telomere to telomere achieved by a combination of PacBio long reads and Illumina short reads sequence data, as well as a draft sequence of a second fungal strain. Comparative analysis to previous available sequences of another strain detected few polymorphisms among the three genomes. The novel complete sequence described herein allowed us to identify and annotate extended subtelomeric regions, repetitive elements and the mitochondrial DNA sequence. The genome comprises 19,979,571 bases, 6,677 genes encoding proteins, 111 tRNAs and 3 assembled copies of rDNA, out of our estimated number of copies as 130. Chromosomal reorganizations were detected when comparing to sequences of S. reilianum, the closest smut relative, potentially influenced by repeats of transposable elements. Repetitive elements may have also directed the linkage of the two mating-type loci. The fungal transcriptome profiling from in vitro and from interaction with sugarcane at two time points (early infection and whip emergence) revealed that 13.5% of the genes were differentially expressed in planta and particular to each developmental stage.Among them are plant cell wall degrading enzymes, proteases, lipases, chitin modification and lignin degradation enzymes, sugar transporters and transcriptional factors. The fungus also modulates transcription of genes related to surviving against reactive oxygen species and other toxic metabolites produced by the plant. Previously described effectors in smut/plant interactions were detected but some new candidates are proposed. Ten genomic islands harboring some of the candidate genes unique to S. scitamineum were expressed only in planta. RNAseq data was also used to reassure gene predictions. 2015 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/13469 10.1371/journal.pone.0129318 Public Library of Science unknown
spellingShingle Taniguti, L.
Schaker, P.
Benevenuto, J.
Peters, L.
Carvalho, G.
Palhares, A.
Quecine, M.
Nunes, F.
Kmit, M.
Wai, A.
Hausner, G.
Aitken, K.
Berkman, P.
Fraser, J.
Moolhuijzen, Paula
Coutinho, L.
Creste, S.
Vieira, M.
Kitajima, J.
Monteiro-Vitorello, C.
Complete genome sequence of Sporisorium scitamineum and biotrophic interaction transcriptome with sugarcane
title Complete genome sequence of Sporisorium scitamineum and biotrophic interaction transcriptome with sugarcane
title_full Complete genome sequence of Sporisorium scitamineum and biotrophic interaction transcriptome with sugarcane
title_fullStr Complete genome sequence of Sporisorium scitamineum and biotrophic interaction transcriptome with sugarcane
title_full_unstemmed Complete genome sequence of Sporisorium scitamineum and biotrophic interaction transcriptome with sugarcane
title_short Complete genome sequence of Sporisorium scitamineum and biotrophic interaction transcriptome with sugarcane
title_sort complete genome sequence of sporisorium scitamineum and biotrophic interaction transcriptome with sugarcane
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/13469