Small RNA sequencing for secondary metabolite analysis in Persicaria minor

• Main Authors: Abdul Fatah A. Samad, Nazaruddin Nazaruddin, Muhammad Sajad, Jaeyres Jani, Abdul Munir Abdul Murad, Zamri Zainal, Ismanizan Ismail
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2017-09-01
• Series: Genomics Data
• Subjects: Small RNA sequencing; Persicaria minor; Fusarium oxysporum; Secondary metabolite
• Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221359601730079X

Persicaria minor (kesum) is an important medicinal plant and commonly found in southeast countries; Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, and Vietnam. This plant is enriched with a variety of secondary metabolites (SMs), and among these SMs, terpenoids are in high abundance. Terpenoids are comprised of many valuable biomolecules which have well-established role in agriculture and pharmaceutical industry. In P. minor, for the first time, we have generated small RNAs data sets, which can be used as tool in deciphering their roles in terpenoid biosynthesis pathways. Fungal pathogen, Fusarium oxysporum was used as elicitor to trigger SMs biosynthesis in P. minor. Raw reads and small RNA analysis data have already been deposited at GenBank under the accessions; SRX2645684 (Fusarium-treated), SRX2645685 (Fusarium-treated), SRX2645686 (mock-infected), and SRX2645687 (mock-infected).