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Record W4413314987 · doi:10.1093/plcell/koaf207

A chromosome-level <i>Mitragyna parvifolia</i> genome unveils spirooxindole alkaloid diversification and mitraphylline biosynthesis

2025· article· en· W4413314987 on OpenAlexafffund
Larissa C. Laforest, Tuan‐Anh Minh Nguyen, Gabriel O. Matsumoto, Pavithra Ramachandria, André S. Chanderbali, Raju S. Kanumuri, Abhisheak Sharma, Christopher R. McCurdy, Thu‐Thuy T. Dang, Satya Swathi Nadakuduti

Bibliographic record

VenueThe Plant Cell · 2025
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics
TopicAlkaloids: synthesis and pharmacology
Canadian institutionsOkanagan University CollegeUniversity of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus
FundersInternational Centre for Bamboo and RattanNatural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of CanadaNational Institute of Development AdministrationSantenNational Institute of Food and AgricultureMichael Smith Health Research BCNational Institute on Drug AbuseU.S. Department of Agriculture
KeywordsBiologySyntenyGenomeOxindoleTranscriptomeGeneBotanyGeneticsBiochemistry

Abstract

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Monoterpene indole alkaloids (MIAs) found in the Rubiaceae have varied pharmaceutical uses. Spirooxindole alkaloids are a structural subtype of MIAs with a unique spiro[pyrrolidine-3,3'-oxindole] ring system. Despite their intriguing structures and potent bioactivities, the evolution and diversification of spirooxindole alkaloids remain poorly understood. We report a high-quality chromosome-scale genome assembly of Mitragyna parvifolia, a tree species of the Rubiaceae family that predominantly produces the spirooxindole alkaloid mitraphylline. Comparative genomics, including comprehensive synteny and phylogeny analyses across the MIA-producing order Gentianales revealed a whole-genome duplication event underlying the divergence of the Cinchonoideae alliance from the Coffeeae alliance, leading to diversification of MIA biosynthesis. Transcriptome analyses of young and mature leaves, stems, stipules, and roots integrated with MIA profiling and genome analyses revealed several candidates in the MIA biosynthetic pathway. Functional characterization of selected candidates led to the elucidation of the biosynthesis of the antiproliferative spirooxindole mitraphylline in M. parvifolia. These genomic and transcriptomic resources are invaluable to identify the evolutionary origins and diversification of MIAs and spirooxindole alkaloids.

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Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. Learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and 10,348 direct Gemma labels. Candidate is the union of thresholded teacher heads; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels or direct frontier model labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.001
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.000
Version: codex-gemma-dda1882f352aValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesMeta-epidemiology (narrow), Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Bench or experimental · Consensus signal: none
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: Empirical
Teacher disagreement score0.566
Threshold uncertainty score1.000

Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0010.000
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0000.000
Bibliometrics0.0000.000
Science and technology studies0.0010.000
Scholarly communication0.0000.000
Open science0.0010.000
Research integrity0.0000.001
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0020.000

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.096
GPT teacher head0.339
Teacher spread0.243 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one teacher head, not a consensus.

Study designBench or experimental
Domainnot available
GenreEmpirical

How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".

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