Genome

Sesamum indicum (sesame) Sesamum indicum strain:Zhongzhi 11 Organism overview Lineage: Eukaryota[11633]; Viridiplantae[1269]; Streptophyta[1171]; Embryophyta[1162]; Tracheophyta[1148]; Spermatophyta[1132]; Magnoliopsida[1107]; eudicotyledons[882]; Gunneridae[882]; Pentapetalae[882]; asterids[271]; lamiids[175]; Lamiales[84]; Pedaliaceae[2]; Sesamum[2]; Sesamum indicum[1]

Sesamum indicum is an important oil seed crop with excellent properties. The seed is highly nutritious with high protein content with good amino acid balance. Sesame oil extracted from the seed is high in unsaturated fats and resistant to oxidative deterioration.

Summary Sequence data:  genome assemblies: 6; sequence reads: 5  (See  Genome Assembly and Annotation report) Statistics:  median total length (Mb): 287.695  median protein count: 35410  median GC%: 35.162 NCBI Annotation Release:  101 Publications (limited to 20 most recent records) Improved assembly and annotation of the sesame genome. Wang M, et al. DNA Res 2022 Dec 1 Updated sesame genome assembly and fine mapping of plant height and seed coat color QTLs using a new high-density genetic map. Wang L, et al. BMC Genomics 2016 Jan 5 Genome sequencing of the high oil crop sesame provides insight into oil biosynthesis. Wang L, et al. Genome Biol 2014 Feb 27 Complete chloroplast genome sequences of important oilseed crop Sesamum indicum L. Yi DK, et al. PLoS One 2012 Development and validation of genic-SSR markers in sesame by RNA-seq. Zhang H, et al. BMC Genomics 2012 Jul 16 Characterization of the sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) global transcriptome using Illumina paired-end sequencing and development of EST-SSR markers. Wei W, et al. BMC Genomics 2011 Sep 19 More...  Representative (genome information for reference and representative genomes) Reference genome:   Sesamum indicum S_indicum_v1.0 Submitter: Oil Crops Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences Loc Type Name RefSeq INSDC Size (Mb) GC% Protein rRNA tRNA Other RNA Gene Pseudogene group LG1 NC_026145.1 CM002349.1 18.58 35.1 2,821 - 64 195 2,086 35 group LG2 NC_026146.1 CM002357.1 18.5 34.5 2,588 - 44 229 1,924 31 group LG3 NC_026147.1 CM002358.1 24.93 34.6 3,570 - 68 284 2,657 42 group LG4 NC_026148.1 CM002359.1 17.36 35.2 2,117 - 36 221 1,632 32 group LG5 NC_026149.1 CM002360.1 18.9 35.1 2,070 - 32 184 1,542 43 group LG6 NC_026150.1 CM002361.1 25.29 34.9 3,770 - 80 301 2,721 54 group LG7 NC_026151.1 CM002362.1 11.73 35.0 1,678 - 38 174 1,269 25 group LG8 NC_026152.1 CM002363.1 21.52 35.1 3,546 - 75 266 2,553 40 group LG9 NC_026153.1 CM002364.1 12.41 34.9 1,829 - 40 157 1,299 22 group LG10 NC_026154.1 CM002350.1 17.25 34.7 2,171 - 49 169 1,674 42 group LG11 NC_026155.1 CM002351.1 15.45 35.1 2,190 - 53 196 1,613 30 group LG12 NC_026156.1 CM002352.1 6.37 36.5 1,602 - 27 93 1,124 27 group LG13 NC_026157.1 CM002353.1 5.05 34.2 680 - 24 58 533 11 group LG14 NC_026158.1 CM002354.1 4.88 34.1 726 - 23 57 546 12 group LG15 NC_026159.1 CM002355.1 10.05 35.0 1,747 - 58 141 1,297 19 group LG16 NC_026160.1 CM002356.1 4.96 34.6 385 - 10 54 303 8 Pltd NC_016433.2 - 0.15 38.2 87 8 37 - 134 2 Un - . - 41.68 36.9 1,833 - 66 519 1,760 119 Chromosomes Click on chromosome name to open Genome Data Viewer