Haplotype-resolved chromosome-level genome of hexaploid Jerusalem artichoke provides insights into its origin, evolution, and inulin metabolism.

Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus) is a global multifunctional crop. It has wide applications in the food, health, feed, and biofuel industries and in ecological protection; it also serves as a germplasm pool for breeding of the global oil crop common sunflower (Helianthus annuus). However, biological studies of Jerusalem artichoke have been hindered by a lack of genome sequences, and its high polyploidy and large genome size have posed challenges to genome assembly. Here, we report a 21-Gb chromosome-level assembly of the hexaploid Jerusalem artichoke genome, which comprises 17 homologous groups, each with 6 pseudochromosomes. We found multiple large-scale chromosome rearrangements between Jerusalem artichoke and common sunflower, and our results show that the hexaploid genome of Jerusalem artichoke was formed by a hybridization event between a tetraploid and a diploid Helianthus species, followed by chromosome doubling of the hybrid, which occurred approximately 2 million years ago. Moreover, we identified more copies of actively expressed genes involved in inulin metabolism and showed that these genes may still be undergoing loss of function or sub- or neofunctionalization. These genomic resources will promote further biological studies, breeding improvement, and industrial utilization of Helianthus crops. Copyright © 2023 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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Sen Wang, Anqi Wang, Rong Chen, Dong Xu, Hengchao Wang, Fan Jiang, Hangwei Liu, Wanqiang Qian, Wei Fan. Haplotype-resolved chromosome-level genome of hexaploid Jerusalem artichoke provides insights into its origin, evolution, and inulin metabolism. Plant communications. 2024 Mar 11;5(3):100767

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