The genome of jojoba (Simmondsia chinensis): A taxonomically isolated species that directs wax ester accumulation in its seeds

Drew Sturtevant; Shaoping Lu; Zhi Wei Zhou; Yin Shen; Shuo Wang; Jia Ming Song; Jinshun Zhong; David J. Burks; Zhi Quan Yang; Qing Yong Yang; Ashley E. Cannon; Cornelia Herrfurth; Ivo Feussner; Ljudmilla Borisjuk; Eberhard Munz; Guido F. Verbeck; Xuexia Wang; Rajeev K. Azad; Brenda Singleton; John M. Dyer; Ling Ling Chen; Kent D. Chapman; Liang Guo

doi:10.1126/sciadv.aay3240

The genome of jojoba (Simmondsia chinensis): A taxonomically isolated species that directs wax ester accumulation in its seeds

Drew Sturtevant, Shaoping Lu, Zhi Wei Zhou, Yin Shen, Shuo Wang, Jia Ming Song, Jinshun Zhong, David J. Burks, Zhi Quan Yang, Qing Yong Yang, Ashley E. Cannon, Cornelia Herrfurth, Ivo Feussner, Ljudmilla Borisjuk, Eberhard Munz, Guido F. Verbeck, Xuexia Wang, Rajeev K. Azad, Brenda Singleton, John M. DyerLing Ling Chen, Kent D. Chapman, Liang Guo

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Seeds of the desert shrub, jojoba (Simmondsia chinensis), are an abundant, renewable source of liquid wax esters, which are valued additives in cosmetic products and industrial lubricants. Jojoba is relegated to its own taxonomic family, and there is little genetic information available to elucidate its phylogeny. Here, we report the high-quality, 887-Mb genome of jojoba assembled into 26 chromosomes with 23,490 protein-coding genes. The jojoba genome has only the whole-genome triplication (γ) shared among eudicots and no recent duplications. These genomic resources coupled with extensive transcriptome, proteome, and lipidome data helped to define heterogeneous pathways and machinery for lipid synthesis and storage, provided missing evolutionary history information for this taxonomically segregated dioecious plant species, and will support efforts to improve the agronomic properties of jojoba.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	eaay3240
Journal	Science Advances
Volume	6
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aay3240
State	Published - 2020
Externally published	Yes

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Sturtevant, D., Lu, S., Zhou, Z. W., Shen, Y., Wang, S., Song, J. M., Zhong, J., Burks, D. J., Yang, Z. Q., Yang, Q. Y., Cannon, A. E., Herrfurth, C., Feussner, I., Borisjuk, L., Munz, E., Verbeck, G. F., Wang, X., Azad, R. K., Singleton, B., ... Guo, L. (2020). The genome of jojoba (Simmondsia chinensis): A taxonomically isolated species that directs wax ester accumulation in its seeds. Science Advances, 6(11), Article eaay3240. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aay3240

Sturtevant, D, Lu, S, Zhou, ZW, Shen, Y, Wang, S, Song, JM, Zhong, J, Burks, DJ, Yang, ZQ, Yang, QY, Cannon, AE, Herrfurth, C, Feussner, I, Borisjuk, L, Munz, E, Verbeck, GF, Wang, X, Azad, RK, Singleton, B, Dyer, JM, Chen, LL, Chapman, KD & Guo, L 2020, 'The genome of jojoba (Simmondsia chinensis): A taxonomically isolated species that directs wax ester accumulation in its seeds', Science Advances, vol. 6, no. 11, eaay3240. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aay3240

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