Ricinus communis
castor bean
taxon 3988Also known as: Ricinus sanguineus
Indigenous / local names
- kasterolieboom (af) Wikidata ↗
- bloubottelboom (afr) GBIF ↗
- bosluisie (afr) GBIF ↗
- bosluisies (afr) GBIF ↗
- kasterolie (afr) GBIF ↗
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Sequence records
genome (fasta)
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First synced: 8/26/2026 · Last updated: 8/26/2026
Source: NCBI GCA_019578655.1 · View at source ↗
publiccc0AFDSI-SEQ-108GoaT: Chromosome assembly · 0.32 Gb · scaffold N50 32,118,886 · 10 chromosomes · View at source ↗
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transcriptome (fasta)
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First synced: 8/26/2026 · Last updated: 8/26/2026
Source: NCBI PZ403311.1 · View at source ↗
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genome (fasta)
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First synced: 9/1/2026 · Last updated: 9/1/2026
Source: NCBI GCF_019578655.1 · View at source ↗
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Sequencing: Oxford Nanopore · Canu v. 1.7; Smartdenovo v. Feb-2018 · 170x coverage
publiccc0AFDSI-SEQ-946GoaT: Chromosome assembly · 0.32 Gb · scaffold N50 32,118,886 · 10 chromosomes · View at source ↗
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AlphaFold DB proteome: UP000824732 ↗
Proteomics (external sources)
PRIDE — project-level reference (metadata only; no per-protein identifications are available via PRIDE's public API)
IgM hyposialylation drives podocyte injury in pediatric and young adult patients with podocytopathies (PXD070406) ↗AFDSI-PROJREF-289
Identification of Unknown Biological Toxin Protein Using Mass Spectrometry: A Case Study on De Novo Sequencing of Ricin (PXD061213) ↗AFDSI-PROJREF-290
Easy, robust, and reproducible online acid cleavage of proteins in mobile phase for fast quantitative LC-MS bottom-up proteomics – application for ricin detection (PXD041124) ↗AFDSI-PROJREF-291
Mapping the castor bean endosperm proteome revealed a metabolic interaction between plastid, mitochondria, and peroxisomes to optimize seedling growth (PXD040932) ↗AFDSI-PROJREF-292
Identification and functional characterization of proteins interacting with cohesin complex in yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. (PXD037034) ↗AFDSI-PROJREF-293
Glycoproteomics Landscape of Asymptomatic and Symptomatic Human Alzheimer's Disease Brain (PXD032219) ↗AFDSI-PROJREF-294
Identification and relative quantification of hFSH glycoforms in women sera by PRM MS based approach. (PXD025585) ↗AFDSI-PROJREF-296
Accurately Assigning Peptides to Spectra When Only a Subset of Peptides Are Relevant (PXD022778) ↗AFDSI-PROJREF-297
Tryp-N: A thermostable protease for the production of N-terminal argininyl and lysinyl peptides (PXD017048) ↗AFDSI-PROJREF-298
Chemical Profiles (external sources)
ChEMBL rows are compounds active against a protein target from this organism — not confirmed as compounds the species itself produces, unlike ANPDB's.
ANPDB: Ricinine (View at source ↗) — AlkaloidAFDSI-METABOLOMICS-99
ANPDB: 3-amino-5-methyl-1h-pyrazolo[4,3-c]pyridin-4(5h)-one (View at source ↗) — AlkaloidAFDSI-METABOLOMICS-100
ANPDB: 3-amino-5-methyl-1-(phenylsulfonyl)-1h-pyrazolo[4,3-c]pyridin-4(5h)-one (View at source ↗) — AlkaloidAFDSI-METABOLOMICS-101
ANPDB: Ricininic acid (View at source ↗) — AlkaloidAFDSI-METABOLOMICS-102
ANPDB: Acetyl ricininic acid derivative (View at source ↗) — AlkaloidAFDSI-METABOLOMICS-103
ANPDB: 5-bromoricinine (View at source ↗) — AlkaloidAFDSI-METABOLOMICS-104
ANPDB: 4-methoxy-1-methyl-2-oxo-1,2-dihydropyridine-3-carboxamide (View at source ↗) — AlkaloidAFDSI-METABOLOMICS-105
ChEMBL: 7-DEAZAGUANINE (View at source ↗) — Target organism (ChEMBL) — not confirmed as a compound this species produces; IC50 2800000.0 nMAFDSI-METABOLOMICS-468
ChEMBL: PTEROIC ACID (View at source ↗) — Target organism (ChEMBL) — not confirmed as a compound this species produces; IC50 600000.0 nMAFDSI-METABOLOMICS-469
ChEMBL: THIAZOLOPYRIMIDINE (View at source ↗) — Target organism (ChEMBL) — not confirmed as a compound this species produces; IC50 2000000.0 nMAFDSI-METABOLOMICS-470
ChEMBL: XANTHINE (View at source ↗) — Target organism (ChEMBL) — not confirmed as a compound this species produces; IC50 3600000.0 nMAFDSI-METABOLOMICS-471
ChEMBL: CHEMBL367746 (View at source ↗) — Target organism (ChEMBL) — not confirmed as a compound this species produces; IC50 1400000.0 nMAFDSI-METABOLOMICS-472
ChEMBL: CHEMBL367184 (View at source ↗) — Target organism (ChEMBL) — not confirmed as a compound this species produces; IC50 600000.0 nMAFDSI-METABOLOMICS-473
ChEMBL: CHEMBL175083 (View at source ↗) — Target organism (ChEMBL) — not confirmed as a compound this species produces; IC50 2200000.0 nMAFDSI-METABOLOMICS-474
ChEMBL: CHEMBL175367 (View at source ↗) — Target organism (ChEMBL) — not confirmed as a compound this species produces; IC50 400000.0 nMAFDSI-METABOLOMICS-475
ChEMBL: CHEMBL173527 (View at source ↗) — Target organism (ChEMBL) — not confirmed as a compound this species produces; IC50 700000.0 nMAFDSI-METABOLOMICS-476
ChEMBL: CHEMBL177420 (View at source ↗) — Target organism (ChEMBL) — not confirmed as a compound this species produces; IC50 2100000.0 nMAFDSI-METABOLOMICS-477
ChEMBL: CHEMBL2228802 (View at source ↗) — Target organism (ChEMBL) — not confirmed as a compound this species produces; Drug metabolismAFDSI-METABOLOMICS-478
ChEMBL: FIPRONIL (View at source ↗) — Target organism (ChEMBL) — not confirmed as a compound this species produces; Drug mobilityAFDSI-METABOLOMICS-479
Metabolic Profiles (external sources)
KEGG: KEGG genome-based metabolic profile (rcu) (View at source ↗) — Genome-based pathway inference (KEGG) — reflects which metabolic pathways this species' annotated genes place it in, not experimentally measured metabolite presenceAFDSI-METABPROF-126
Cellular & Molecular Imaging (external sources)
BioImage Archive: Volume electron microscopy reveals bacterial endosymbiosis within host mitochondria (View on source archive ↗)AFDSI-CELL-648
BioImage Archive: Comprehensive Dipteran Wing Image Repository for Advancing Research on Geometric Morphometric- and AI-Based Identification (View on source archive ↗)AFDSI-CELL-649
BioImage Archive: Darwin Tree of Life - NHM samples image catalogue (View on source archive ↗)AFDSI-CELL-650
BioImage Archive: The European Reference Genome Atlas - COPO submission (View on source archive ↗)AFDSI-CELL-651
Geographic range (Africa)
14,424 real GBIF-recorded occurrences across Africa — see this species on GBIF ↗.
This reflects real occurrence records submitted to GBIF, not a comprehensive range map — sampling effort varies significantly by country and region, so an absence here doesn't mean the species isn't present.