Description

Brachypodium distachyon, commonly called purple false brome or stiff brome, is a grass species native to southern Europe, northern Africa and southwestern Asia east to India. It is related to the major cereal grain species wheat, barley, oats, maize, rice, rye, sorghum, and millet. It has many qualities that make it an excellent model organism for functional genomics research in temperate grasses, cereals, and dedicated biofuel crops such as switchgrass. These attributes include small genome (~270 Mbp) diploid accessions, a series of polyploid accessions, a small physical stature, self-fertility, a short lifecycle, simple growth requirements, and an efficient transformation system. The genome of Brachypodium distachyon (diploid inbred line Bd21) has been sequenced and published in Nature in 2010.

Whole Genomes

Whole Genome Sequences & Annotations for Brachypodium distachyon

• Brachypodium distachyon Bd21

S genes

Brachypodium distachyon Bd21 S genes

Query	Chromosome	Size(bp)	Coordinates	tBLASTn Hit	tBLASTn %ID	Domain
DUF247II-S	CM000881.3	59130575	35944957-35946609	LpSDUF247-II_chromosome1	76	DUF247
HPS10-S	CM000881.3	59130575	35943205-35943338, 35943417-35943540	Ainsularis_HPS10-S2	43	-
DUF247II-Z	CM000884.3	28630136	25885843-25886994	LpZDUF247-II_chromosome2	52	DUF247

Downloads

The Brachypodium distachyon S gene sequences are available in FASTA format.

CDS and Protein (FASTA file)

S-gene_Brachypodium_distachyon

Publications

International Brachypodium Initiative. Genome sequencing and analysis of the model grass Brachypodium distachyon. Nature. 2010 Feb 11;463(7282):763-8. doi: 10.1038/nature08747.

Chen C, Wu S, Sun Y, Zhou J, Chen Y, Zhang J, Birchler JA, Han F, Yang N, Su H. Three near-complete genome assemblies reveal substantial centromere dynamics from diploid to tetraploid in Brachypodium genus. Genome Biol. 2024 Mar 4;25(1):63. doi: 10.1186/s13059-024-03206-w.