Whole-Genome Sequence of Monascus purpureus GB-01, an Industrial Strain for Food Colorant Production

Toshitaka Kumagai; Masatoshi Tsukahara; Naoya Katayama; Katsuro Yaoi; Sachiyo Aburatani; Kohji Ohdan; Kazuhiro E Fujimori

doi:10.1128/MRA.00196-19

Whole-Genome Sequence of Monascus purpureus GB-01, an Industrial Strain for Food Colorant Production

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2019 Jun 13;8(24):e00196-19. doi: 10.1128/MRA.00196-19.

Authors

Toshitaka Kumagai¹, Masatoshi Tsukahara², Naoya Katayama³, Katsuro Yaoi⁴, Sachiyo Aburatani^{5

6}, Kohji Ohdan³, Kazuhiro E Fujimori⁷

Affiliations

¹ Fermlab, Inc., Tokyo, Japan.
² Biojet Company Ltd., Okinawa, Japan.
³ Biochemical Research Laboratory of Ezaki Glico Co. Ltd., Osaka, Japan.
⁴ Bioproduction Research Institute (BPRI), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Ibaraki, Japan.
⁵ Biotechnology Research Institute for Drug Discovery (BRD), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tokyo, Japan.
⁶ Computational Bio Big Data Open Innovation Lab (CBBD-OIL), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tokyo, Japan.
⁷ Bioproduction Research Institute (BPRI), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Ibaraki, Japan k-fujimori@aist.go.jp.

Abstract

We report the draft genome sequence of Monascus purpureus GB-01, an industrial strain used as a food colorant. De novo assembly of long reads resulted in 121 chromosomal contigs and 1 mitochondrial contig, and sequencing errors were corrected by paired-end short reads. This genome sequence will provide useful information for azaphilone pigments and mycotoxin citrinin biosynthesis.