Castor Plant Phenolamide Biosynthesis Genes from Integrated Omics Analysis

An integrated metabolomic and transcriptomic study investigates phenolamide biosynthesis in Ricinus communis L. across root, stem, and leaf tissues at three diurnal time points. The research identified and characterized two novel BAHD hydroxycinnamoyl transferases, RcHCT1 and RcHCT2, with differing substrate specificities. The dataset, authored by Hua Li and last updated in May 2026, is shared under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Identify candidate genes for phenolamide biosynthesis based on co-expression with metabolite profiles.
• Compare enzyme substrate specificity based on the catalytic activities of RcHCT1 and RcHCT2.
• Analyze tissue-specific and diurnal expression patterns of biosynthetic genes.
• Model protein-substrate interactions based on molecular docking data for RcHCT1 and RcHCT2.

Strengths

• Integrated multi-omics data from metabolomics and transcriptomics.
• Analysis covers three tissue types (root, stem, leaf) and three time points (06:00, 12:00, 18:00).
• Includes results from in vitro enzymatic assays validating gene function.

Limitations

• Dataset scale is limited to 888.4 KB; row count and column-level documentation are unknown.
• Data is provided as a DOCX document, which may require parsing to extract structured data.

Provenance

Source

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Collection Method

Integrated metabolomic and transcriptomic analysis followed by in vitro enzymatic assays.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-25 06:03:32