Dataset of de novo transcriptome assembly of Rhizome in Curcuma aeruginosa Roxb

Devit Purwoko; Imam Civi Cartealy; Siti Zulaeha; Teuku Tajuddin; Gemilang Rahmadara; Nurul Fitri Hanifah; Endah Dwi Hartuti; Hayat Khairiyah; Amila Pramisandi; Yusuf Sigit Ahmad Fauzan; Suparjo; Rikania Reninta; Anna Safarrida; Sobir

doi:10.1016/j.dib.2023.109254

Dataset of de novo transcriptome assembly of Rhizome in Curcuma aeruginosa Roxb

Data Brief. 2023 May 23:48:109254. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2023.109254. eCollection 2023 Jun.

Affiliations

¹ Research Center for Genetic Engineering, Research Organization for Life Sciences and Environment, National Research and Innovation Agency. Sukarno's science and technology area Cibinong Bogor West Java 16911, Indonesia.
² Research Center for Computation, Research Organization for Electronics and Informatics, National Research and Innovation Agency. Sukarno's science and technology area Cibinong Bogor West Java 16911, Indonesia.
³ Research Center for Horticulture and Plantation, Research Organization for Life Sciences and Environment, National Research and Innovation Agency. Sukarno's science and technology area Cibinong Bogor West Java 16911, Indonesia.
⁴ Research Center for Applied Microbiology, Research Organization for Life Sciences and Environment, National Research and Innovation Agency. Sukarno's science and technology area Cibinong Bogor West Java 16911, Indonesia.
⁵ Research Center for Plant Conservation, Botanical Gardens and Forestry, Research Organization for Life Sciences and Environment, National Research and Innovation Agency. Sukarno's science and technology area Cibinong Bogor West Java 16911, Indonesia.
⁶ Research Center for Medicinal Raw Materials and Traditional Medicines, Research Organization for Life Sciences and Environment, National Research and Innovation Agency. Sukarno's science and technology area Cibinong Bogor West Java 16911, Indonesia.
⁷ Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, IPB University, Bogor, Indonesia.

Abstract

Curcuma aeruginosa Roxb. is an Indonesian traditional medicinal plant of the Zingiberaceae family. C. aeruginosa is known to have anticancer activity, especially in the rhizomes. Despite many studies on the phytochemical content of this plant with antioxidant and anticancer activity, transcriptomic studies are still limited in terms of genetic information. We ran transcriptome of Curcuma aeruginosa using a paired-end Illumina NextSeq 550 with PE150 mode and generating 12.8 GB of raw data. Raw reads have been filed with NCBI under project number PRJNA918644. This dataset allowed us to identify genes associated with biosynthetic pathways of anticancer drugs. Transcriptome data can also be used to develop new EST-SSR and SNP markers for use in plant breeding programs.

Keywords: Curcuma aeruginosa; Medicinal plant; Rhizome; Saponin; Transcriptomics.