| 1 | The chromosome-level Hemerocallis citrina Borani genome provides new insights into the rutin biosynthesis and the lack of colchicine显示文摘Hemerocallis citrina Borani(huang hua cai in Chinese)is an important horticultural crop whose flower buds are widely consumed as a delicious vegetable in Asia.Here we assembled a high-quality reference genome of H.citrina using single-molecule sequencing and Hi-C technologies.The genome assembly was 3.77 Gb and consisted of 3183 contigs with a contig N50 of 2.09 Mb,which were further clustered into 11 pseudochromosomes.A larger portion(3.25 Gb or 86.20%)was annotated as a repetitive content and 54,295 protein-coding genes were annotated in the genome.Genome evolution analysis showed that H.citrina experienced a recent whole-genome duplication(WGD)event at~15.73 million years ago(Mya),which was the main factor leading to many multiple copies of orthologous genes.We used this reference genome to predict 20 genes involved in the rutin biosynthesis pathway.Moreover,our metabolomics data revealed neither colchicine nor its precursors in H.citrina,challenging the long-standing belief that this alkaloid causes poisoning by the plant.The results of our disruptive research are further substantiated by our genomic finding that H.citrina does not contain any genes involved in colchicine biosynthesis.The high-quality genome lays a solid foundation for genetic research and molecular breeding of H.citrina. | Zhixing Qing Jinghong Liu Xinxin Yi Xiubin Liu Guoan Hu Jia Lao Wei He Zihui Yang Xiaoyan Zou Mengshan Sun Peng Huang Jianguo Zeng | 2021 | Horticulture Research2021，8，1： | 6 |
| 2 | Ni–Co bimetallic coordination effect for long lifetime rechargeable Zn–air battery显示文摘The development of bifunctional oxygen electrocatalysts with high efficiency, high stability, and low cost is of great significance to the industrialization of rechargeable Zn–air batteries. A widely accepted view is that the oxygen reduction reaction(ORR) and the oxygen evolution reaction(OER) follow different catalytic mechanisms, and accordingly they need different active sites for catalysis. Transition metal elements have admirable electronic acceptance ability for coordinating with reactants, and this can weaken the bond energy between reactants, thus promoting the ORR or OER reactions. Herein, the ORR and OER activities of different transition metal supported nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes were systematically studied and compared. The optimal catalyst for synchronous ORR and OER was obtained by pyrolyzing melamine, cobalt nitrate, and nickel nitrate on carbon nanotubes, called cobalt–nickel supported nitrogenmixed carbon nanotubes(CoNi–NCNT), which were equipped with two types of high-performance active sites—the Co/Ni–N–C structure for the ORR and Co Ni alloy particles for the OER—simultaneously. Remarkably, the optimized Co Ni–NCNT exhibited a satisfactory bifunctional catalytic activity for both the ORR and OER. The value of the oxygen electrode activity parameter,△E, of CoNi–NCNT was 0.81 V, which surpasses that of catalysts Pt/C and Ir/C, and most of the non-precious metal-based bifunctional electrocatalysts reported in previous literatures. Furthermore, a specially assembled rechargeable Zn–air cell with Co Ni–NCNT loaded carbon paper as an air cathode was used to evaluate the practicability. As a result, a superior specific capacity of 744.3 mAh/gZn, a peak power density of 88 mW/cm2, and an excellent rechargeable cycling stability were observed, and these endow the Co Ni–NCNT with promising prospects for practical application. | Mengfei Qiao Ying Wang Thomas Wagberg Xamxikamar Mamat Xun Hu Guoan Zou Guangzhi Hu | 2020 | Journal of Energy Chemistry2020，29，8： | 1 |
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