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Genome Sequence of Bitter Gourd and Its Comparative Study with Other Cucurbitaceae Genomes

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The Bitter Gourd Genome

Part of the book series: Compendium of Plant Genomes ((CPG))

Abstract

Bitter gourd (Momordica charantia) is a diploid Cucurbitaceae species. It is grown in Asia, Africa and the Caribbean. Its genome information is expected to be quite important in elucidating its uniqueness and usefulness as a vegetable and medicinal plant. The first draft genome sequence of bitter gourd was determined as the reference genome and an improved version of its annotation is publicly available. Since it was presumed that divergence in bitter gourd varieties was relatively low, it might not be easy to identify molecular makers closely linked to a trait. By comparing genome and its annotation with those in other Cucurbitaceae species, bitter gourd was found to be phylogenetically distant from other known cucurbit crops and there are unique properties in encoding genes. Particularly, ribosome-inactivating protein (RIP) in bitter gourd was found to have antitumor or antiviral activities. Twice the number of RIP encoding genes was present in bitter gourd genome by comparing to other Cucurbitaceae genomes. These multiplicated and diverged RIP genes might characterize bitter gourd as the medicinal plant, while their biological functions were unknown.

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  1. Gene Research Center, Shinshu University, Ueda, Nagano, Japan

    Hideo Matsumura

  2. Okinawa Agricultural Research Center, Itoman, Okinawa, Japan

    Naoya Urasaki

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  1. Raja Ramanna Fellow, Government of India, ICAR-National Research Center on Plant, Pusa, New Delhi, India

    Chittaranjan Kole

  2. Gene Research Center, Shinshu University, Ueda, Japan

    Hideo Matsumura

  3. Division of Vegetable Science, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India

    Tusar Kanti Behera

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Matsumura, H., Urasaki, N. (2020). Genome Sequence of Bitter Gourd and Its Comparative Study with Other Cucurbitaceae Genomes. In: Kole, C., Matsumura, H., Behera, T. (eds) The Bitter Gourd Genome. Compendium of Plant Genomes. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-15062-4_10

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