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Song SS, Ran WX, Gao LH, Wang YC, Lv WY, Tao Y, Chen L, Li CF. A functional study reveals CsNAC086 regulated the biosynthesis of flavonols in Camellia sinensis. Planta 2024; 259:147. [PMID: 38714547 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-024-04426-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2023] [Accepted: 04/26/2024] [Indexed: 05/10/2024]
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MAIN CONCLUSION CsNAC086 was found to promote the expression of CsFLS, thus promoting the accumulation of flavonols in Camellia sinensis. Flavonols, the main flavonoids in tea plants, play an important role in the taste and quality of tea. In this study, a NAC TF gene CsNAC086 was isolated from tea plants and confirmed its regulatory role in the expression of flavonol synthase which is a key gene involved in the biosynthesis of flavonols in tea plant. Yeast transcription-activity assays showed that CsNAC086 has self-activation activity. The transcriptional activator domain of CsNAC086 is located in the non-conserved C-terminal region (positions 171-550), while the conserved NAC domain (positions 1-170) does not have self-activation activity. Silencing the CsNAC086 gene using antisense oligonucleotides significantly decreased the expression of CsFLS. As a result, the concentration of flavonols decreased significantly. In overexpressing CsNAC086 tobacco leaves, the expression of NtFLS was significantly increased. Compared with wild-type tobacco, the flavonols concentration increased. Yeast one-hybrid assays showed CsNAC086 did not directly regulate the gene expression of CsFLS. These findings indicate that CsNAC086 plays a role in regulating flavonols biosynthesis in tea plants, which has important implications for selecting and breeding of high-flavonols-concentration containing tea-plant cultivars.
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- Sa-Sa Song
- College of Tea Science and Tea Culture, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou, 311300, China
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- College of Tea Science and Tea Culture, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou, 311300, China
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- College of Tea Science and Tea Culture, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou, 311300, China
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- College of Tea Science and Tea Culture, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou, 311300, China
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- College of Tea Science and Tea Culture, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou, 311300, China
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- College of Tea Science and Tea Culture, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou, 311300, China
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- Key Laboratory of Biology, Genetics and Breeding of Special Economic Animals and Plants, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Tea Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, 310008, China.
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- College of Tea Science and Tea Culture, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou, 311300, China.
- Key Laboratory of Biology, Genetics and Breeding of Special Economic Animals and Plants, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Tea Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, 310008, China.
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Zhang H, Tao H, Yang H, Zhang L, Feng G, An Y, Wang L. MdSCL8 as a Negative Regulator Participates in ALA-Induced FLS1 to Promote Flavonol Accumulation in Apples. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23042033. [PMID: 35216148 PMCID: PMC8875840 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23042033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2022] [Revised: 02/02/2022] [Accepted: 02/10/2022] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Apples (Malus domestica) are rich in flavonols, and 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA) plays an important role in the regulation of plant flavonoid metabolism. To date, the underlying mechanism of ALA promoting flavonol accumulation is unclear. Flavonol synthase (FLS) is a key enzyme in flavonol biosynthesis. In this study, we found that ALA could enhance the promoter activity of MdFLS1 in the ‘Fuji’ apple and improve its expression. With MdFLS1 as bait, we screened a novel transcription factor MdSCL8 by the Yeast One-Hybrid (Y1H) system from the apple cDNA library which we previously constructed. Using luciferase reporter assay and transient GUS activity assay, we verified that MdSCL8 inhibits the activity of MdFLS1 promoter and hinders MdFLS1 expression, thus reducing flavonol accumulation in apple. ALA significantly inhibited MdSCL8 expression. Therefore, ALA promoted the expression of MdFLS1 and the consequent flavonol accumulation probably by down-regulating MdSCL8. We also found that ALA significantly enhanced the gene expression of MdMYB22 and MdHY5, two positive regulators of MdFLS. We further demonstrated that MdMYB22 interacts with MdHY5, but neither of them interacts with MdSCL8. Taken together, our data suggest MdSCL8 as a novel regulator of MdFLS1 and provide important insights into mechanisms of ALA-induced flavonol accumulation in apples.
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Chen Z, Jiang J, Shu L, Li X, Huang J, Qian B, Wang X, Li X, Chen J, Xu H. Combined transcriptomic and metabolic analyses reveal potential mechanism for fruit development and quality control of Chinese raspberry (Rubus chingii Hu). Plant Cell Rep 2021; 40:1923-1946. [PMID: 34333679 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-021-02758-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2021] [Accepted: 07/15/2021] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Combined transcriptomic and metabolic analyses reveal that fruit of Rubus chingii Hu launches biosynthesis of phenolic acids and flavonols at beginning of fruit set and then coordinately accumulated or converted to their derivatives. Rubus chingii Hu (Chinese raspberry) is an important dual functional food with nutraceutical and pharmaceutical values. Comprehensively understanding the mechanisms of fruit development and bioactive components synthesis and regulation could accelerate genetic analysis and molecular breeding for the unique species. Combined transcriptomic and metabolic analyses of R. chingii fruits from different developmental stages, including big green, green-to-yellow, yellow-to-orange, and red stages, were conducted. A total of 89,188 unigenes were generated and 57,545 unigenes (64.52%) were annotated. Differential expression genes (DEGs) and differentially accumulated metabolites (DAMs) were mainly involved in the biosynthesis of secondary metabolites. The fruit launched the biosynthesis of phenolic acids and flavonols at the very beginning of fruit set and then coordinately accumulated or converted to their derivatives. This was tightly regulated by expressions of the related genes and MYB and bHLH transcription factors. The core genes products participated in the biosynthesis of ellagic acid (EA) and kaempferol-3-O-rutinoside (K-3-R), such as DAHPS, DQD/SDH, PAL, 4CL, CHS, CHI, F3H, F3'H, FLS, and UGT78D2, and their corresponding metabolites were elaborately characterized. Our research reveals the molecular and chemical mechanisms of the fruit development of R. chingii. The results provide a solid foundation for the genetic analysis, functional genes isolation, fruit quality improvement and modifiable breeding of R. chingii.
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- Zhen Chen
- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Evolutionary Ecology and Conservation, College of Life Sciences, Taizhou University, 1139 Civic Road, Taizhou, 318000, Zhejiang, People's Republic of China.
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- Institute of Horticulture, Taizhou Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Linhai, 317000, People's Republic of China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Evolutionary Ecology and Conservation, College of Life Sciences, Taizhou University, 1139 Civic Road, Taizhou, 318000, Zhejiang, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Horticulture, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, 310021, People's Republic of China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Evolutionary Ecology and Conservation, College of Life Sciences, Taizhou University, 1139 Civic Road, Taizhou, 318000, Zhejiang, People's Republic of China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Evolutionary Ecology and Conservation, College of Life Sciences, Taizhou University, 1139 Civic Road, Taizhou, 318000, Zhejiang, People's Republic of China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Evolutionary Ecology and Conservation, College of Life Sciences, Taizhou University, 1139 Civic Road, Taizhou, 318000, Zhejiang, People's Republic of China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Evolutionary Ecology and Conservation, College of Life Sciences, Taizhou University, 1139 Civic Road, Taizhou, 318000, Zhejiang, People's Republic of China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Evolutionary Ecology and Conservation, College of Life Sciences, Taizhou University, 1139 Civic Road, Taizhou, 318000, Zhejiang, People's Republic of China
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- School of Pharmaceutical, Chemical and Materials Engineering, Taizhou University, Taizhou, 318000, People's Republic of China
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Naik J, Rajput R, Pucker B, Stracke R, Pandey A. The R2R3-MYB transcription factor MtMYB134 orchestrates flavonol biosynthesis in Medicago truncatula. Plant Mol Biol 2021; 106:157-172. [PMID: 33704646 DOI: 10.1007/s11103-021-01135-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2020] [Accepted: 02/25/2021] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Our results provide insights into the flavonol biosynthesis regulation of M. truncatula. The R2R3-MYB transcription factor MtMYB134 emerged as tool to improve the flavonol biosynthesis. Flavonols are plant specialized metabolites with vital roles in plant development and defense and are known as diet compound beneficial to human health. In leguminous plants, the regulatory proteins involved in flavonol biosynthesis are not well characterized. Using a homology-based approach, three R2R3-MYB transcription factor encoding genes have been identified in the Medicago truncatula reference genome sequence. The gene encoding a protein with highest similarity to known flavonol regulators, MtMYB134, was chosen for further experiments and was characterized as a functional flavonol regulator from M. truncatula. MtMYB134 expression levels are correlated with the expression of MtFLS2, encoding a key enzyme of flavonol biosynthesis, and with flavonol metabolite content. MtMYB134 was shown to activate the promoters of the A. thaliana flavonol biosynthesis genes AtCHS and AtFLS1 in Arabidopsis protoplasts in a transactivation assay and to interact with the Medicago promoters of MtCHS2 and MtFLS2 in yeast 1-hybrid assays. To ascertain the functional aspect of the identified transcription factor, we developed a sextuple mutant, which is defective in anthocyanin and flavonol biosynthesis. Ectopic expression of MtMYB134 in a multiple myb A. thaliana mutant restored flavonol biosynthesis. Furthermore, overexpression of MtMYB134 in hairy roots of M. truncatula enhanced the biosynthesis of various flavonol derivatives. Taken together, our results provide insight into the understanding of flavonol biosynthesis regulation in M. truncatula and provides MtMYB134 as tool for genetic manipulation to improve flavonol synthesis.
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- Jogindra Naik
- National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, 110067, India
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- National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, 110067, India
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- Chair of Genetics and Genomics of Plants, Bielefeld University, 33615, Bielefeld, Germany
- Evolution and Diversity, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, CB2 3EA, Cambridge, UK
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- Chair of Genetics and Genomics of Plants, Bielefeld University, 33615, Bielefeld, Germany
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- National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, 110067, India.
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Wang Z, Luo Z, Liu Y, Li Z, Liu P, Bai G, Zhou Z, Xie H, Yang J. Molecular cloning and functional characterization of NtWRKY11b in promoting the biosynthesis of flavonols in Nicotiana tabacum. Plant Sci 2021; 304:110799. [PMID: 33568298 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2020.110799] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2020] [Revised: 12/07/2020] [Accepted: 12/11/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The biosynthesis of flavonols and anthocyanins is precisely regulated by different transcription factors in plants. WRKY11 promotes the biosynthesis of flavonoids in apple, but the molecular mechanism of WRKY11 regulating flavonols biosynthesis, and whether WRKY11 plays the same roles in other plants species remains to be further studied. Here, we cloned four NtWRKY11 genes from tobacco, which all contained the conserved WRKYGQK heptapeptide and a zinc-finger motif. The NtWRKY11b showed higher expression levels than the other NtWRKY11 genes in all the tobacco tissues examined, especially in tobacco leaves. Silencing of NtWRKY11b in tobacco leaves reduced the content of flavonols to 45.2 %-69.8 % of that in the WT plants, but overexpression of NtWRKY11b increased the flavonols content by 37.8 %-80.7 %. Transcriptome analysis revealed 8 flavonoids related differentially expressed genes (DEGs) between NtWRKY11b-OE and WT plants, among which the transcription of NtMYB12, NtFLS, NtGT5, and NtUFGT was significantly induced by posttranslational activation of NtWRKY11b with the presence of protein synthesis inhibitor, indicating a putative direct promotion of NtWRKY11b on the transcription of these flavonoids related genes. Chromatin immunoprecipitation assays further demonstrated that NtWRKY11b could bind to the promoter regions of NtMYB12, NtFLS, NtGT5, and NtUFGT to activate the transcription of these genes. Moreover, ectopic expression of NtWRKY11b also promoted the expression levels of NtCML38, NtCTL1, NtWRKY44, and NtCML37 genes, which have been shown to enhance plant resistance to various stresses. Our findings revealed the molecular mechanism of NtWRKY11b regulating flavonols biosynthesis, and provided a promising target for increasing flavonols content in tobacco.
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- Zhong Wang
- China Tobacco Gene Research Center, Zhengzhou Tobacco Research Institute of CNTC, Zhengzhou, 450001, China
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- China Tobacco Gene Research Center, Zhengzhou Tobacco Research Institute of CNTC, Zhengzhou, 450001, China
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- Hunan Tobacco Research Institute, Changsha, 410004, China
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- China Tobacco Gene Research Center, Zhengzhou Tobacco Research Institute of CNTC, Zhengzhou, 450001, China
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- China Tobacco Gene Research Center, Zhengzhou Tobacco Research Institute of CNTC, Zhengzhou, 450001, China
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- Tobacco Breeding and Biotechnology Research Center, Yunnan Academy of Tobacco Agricultural Sciences, Kunming, 650021, China
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- Hunan Tobacco Research Institute, Changsha, 410004, China
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- Tobacco Breeding and Biotechnology Research Center, Yunnan Academy of Tobacco Agricultural Sciences, Kunming, 650021, China.
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- China Tobacco Gene Research Center, Zhengzhou Tobacco Research Institute of CNTC, Zhengzhou, 450001, China.
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Liang Y, Li Z, Zhang Y, Meng F, Qiu D, Zeng H, Li G, Yang X. Nbnrp1 mediates Verticillium dahliae effector PevD1-triggered defense responses by regulating sesquiterpenoid phytoalexins biosynthesis pathway in Nicotiana benthamiana. Gene 2021; 768:145280. [PMID: 33186613 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2020.145280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2020] [Revised: 10/20/2020] [Accepted: 10/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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PevD1, a fungal effector secreted by Verticillium dahliae, could induce hypersensitive responses-like necrosis and systemic acquired resistance (SAR) in cotton and tobacco plants. PevD1 could drastically induce the expression of Nbnrp1, which is an asparagine-rich protein (NRP) of Nicotiana benthamiana. Our previous research indicated that Nbnrp1 positively regulated PevD1-induced cell necrosis and disease resistance. In this study, we further investigated PevD1-induced immune responses in both wild-type (WT) and Nbnrp1-RNAi lines through RNA-seq, in order to reveal the underlying mechanism of Nbnrp1-modulated PevD1-induced disease resistance in N. benthamiana. Results showed that Nbnrp1-RNAi lines exhibited reduced PevD1-induced immune responses, like inhibiting H2O2 accumulation and MAPK phosphorylation. To silence Nbnrp1 inhibited the expression of PevD1-induced differential expression genes (DEGs) involved in pathways associated with sesquiterpenoid and triterpenoid biosynthesis, flavone and flavonol biosynthesis, plant-pathogen interaction and phenylpropanoid biosynthesis, etc. It is worth noting that sesquiterpene phytoalexin capsidiol accumulation were obviously decreased in Nbnrp1-RNAi plants after PevD1 treatment, accompanied with the down-expression of EAS and EAH, which were two key genes related to capsidiol biosynthesis. These results suggested that Nbnrp1 mediates PevD1-induced defense responses by regulating sesquiterpenoid phytoalexins biosynthesis pathway.
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- Yingbo Liang
- The State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Disease and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, No. 2 Yuanmingyuan West Rode, Beijing 100093, China
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- The State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Disease and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, No. 2 Yuanmingyuan West Rode, Beijing 100093, China
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- The State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Disease and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, No. 2 Yuanmingyuan West Rode, Beijing 100093, China
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- Shandong Key Laboratory of Biophysics, Institute of Biophysics, Dezhou University, Dezhou 253023, China
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- The State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Disease and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, No. 2 Yuanmingyuan West Rode, Beijing 100093, China
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- The State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Disease and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, No. 2 Yuanmingyuan West Rode, Beijing 100093, China
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- The State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Disease and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, No. 2 Yuanmingyuan West Rode, Beijing 100093, China
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- The State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Disease and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, No. 2 Yuanmingyuan West Rode, Beijing 100093, China.
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Bhatia C, Gaddam SR, Pandey A, Trivedi PK. COP1 mediates light-dependent regulation of flavonol biosynthesis through HY5 in Arabidopsis. Plant Sci 2021; 303:110760. [PMID: 33487344 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2020.110760] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2020] [Revised: 11/05/2020] [Accepted: 11/13/2020] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Flavonols, a class of flavonoids, accumulate as protective agents in response to various stresses. Among various environmental stimuli, light is one of the factors regulating flavonol production. MYB12/11/111, members of the R2R3 MYBs family, regulates spatio-temporal flavonol accumulation in Arabidopsis. Although various studies indicate at the involvement of an E3 ubiquitin ligase CONSTITUTIVE PHOTOMORPHOGENIC 1 (COP1) and ELONGATED HYPOCOTYL 5 (HY5) in flavonoid biosynthesis in response to UV-B, the regulatory roles of these components under visible light are yet to be investigated. Here, we demonstrate that flavonol accumulation in Arabidopsis is light-regulated. Furthermore, our analysis suggests that MYB12 is a HY5-dependent light-inducible gene and plays a key role in the activation of the flavonol biosynthesis in response to light. Our results indicate the involvement of COP1 in the dark-dependent repression of MYB12 expression and flavonol accumulation. In addition, results also suggest that the effect of COP1 on MYB12 is indirect and is mediated through HY5, a direct transcriptional activator of the MYB12. Together these findings indicate that COP1 acts as a master negative regulator of flavonol biosynthesis in the dark.
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- Chitra Bhatia
- CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute (CSIR-NBRI), Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow, 226001, India; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, 201002, India
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- CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute (CSIR-NBRI), Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow, 226001, India
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- National Institute of Plant Genome Research (NIPGR), Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, 110067, India
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- CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute (CSIR-NBRI), Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow, 226001, India; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, 201002, India.
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Li DD, Ni R, Wang PP, Zhang XS, Wang PY, Zhu TT, Sun CJ, Liu CJ, Lou HX, Cheng AX. Molecular Basis for Chemical Evolution of Flavones to Flavonols and Anthocyanins in Land Plants. Plant Physiol 2020; 184:1731-1743. [PMID: 33023939 PMCID: PMC7723094 DOI: 10.1104/pp.20.01185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2020] [Accepted: 09/26/2020] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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During the course of evolution of land plants, different classes of flavonoids, including flavonols and anthocyanins, sequentially emerged, facilitating adaptation to the harsh terrestrial environment. Flavanone 3β-hydroxylase (F3H), an enzyme functioning in flavonol and anthocyanin biosynthesis and a member of the 2-oxoglutarate-dependent dioxygenase (2-ODD) family, catalyzes the hydroxylation of (2S)-flavanones to dihydroflavonols, but its origin and evolution remain elusive. Here, we demonstrate that functional flavone synthase Is (FNS Is) are widely distributed in the primitive land plants liverworts and evolutionarily connected to seed plant F3Hs. We identified and characterized a set of 2-ODD enzymes from several liverwort species and plants in various evolutionary clades of the plant kingdom. The bifunctional enzyme FNS I/F2H emerged in liverworts, and FNS I/F3H evolved in Physcomitrium (Physcomitrella) patens and Selaginella moellendorffii, suggesting that they represent the functional transition forms between canonical FNS Is and F3Hs. The functional transition from FNS Is to F3Hs provides a molecular basis for the chemical evolution of flavones to flavonols and anthocyanins, which contributes to the acquisition of a broader spectrum of flavonoids in seed plants and facilitates their adaptation to the terrestrial ecosystem.
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- Dan-Dan Li
- Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology of Natural Products, Ministry of Education, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan 250012, China
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- Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology of Natural Products, Ministry of Education, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan 250012, China
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- Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology of Natural Products, Ministry of Education, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan 250012, China
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- Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology of Natural Products, Ministry of Education, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan 250012, China
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- Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology of Natural Products, Ministry of Education, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan 250012, China
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- Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology of Natural Products, Ministry of Education, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan 250012, China
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- Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology of Natural Products, Ministry of Education, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan 250012, China
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- Biology Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
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- Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology of Natural Products, Ministry of Education, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan 250012, China
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- Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology of Natural Products, Ministry of Education, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan 250012, China
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Jiang X, Shi Y, Fu Z, Li WW, Lai S, Wu Y, Wang Y, Liu Y, Gao L, Xia T. Functional characterization of three flavonol synthase genes from Camellia sinensis: Roles in flavonol accumulation. Plant Sci 2020; 300:110632. [PMID: 33180711 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2020.110632] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2020] [Revised: 07/31/2020] [Accepted: 08/03/2020] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Flavonol derivatives are a group of flavonoids benefiting human health. Their abundant presence in tea is associated with astringent taste. To date, mechanism pertaining to the biosynthesis of flavonols in tea plants remains unknown. In this study, we used bioinformatic analysis mining the tea genome and obtained three cDNAs that were annotated to encode flavonol synthases (FLS). Three cDNAs, namely CsFLSa, b, and c, were heterogenously expressed in E. coli to induce recombinant proteins, which were further used to incubate with three substrates, dihydrokampferol (DHK), dihydroquercetin (DHQ), and dihydromyricetin (DHM). The resulting data showed that three rCsFLSs preferred to catalyze (DHK). Overexpression of each cDNA in tobacco led to the increase of kampferol and the reduction of anthocyanins in flowers. Further metabolic profiling of flavan-3-ols in young tea shoots characterized that kaempferol derivatives were the most abundant, followed by quercetin and then myricetin derivatives. Taken together, these data characterized the key step committed to the biosynthesis of flavonols in tea leaves. Moreover, these data enhance understanding the metabolic accumulation relevance between flavonols and other main flavonoids such as flavan-3-ols in tea leaves.
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- Xiaolan Jiang
- State Key Laboratory of Tea Plant Biology and Utilization, and International Joint Laboratory on Tea Chemistry and Health Effects of Ministry of Education, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, Anhui, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tea Plant Biology and Utilization, and International Joint Laboratory on Tea Chemistry and Health Effects of Ministry of Education, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, Anhui, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tea Plant Biology and Utilization, and International Joint Laboratory on Tea Chemistry and Health Effects of Ministry of Education, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, Anhui, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tea Plant Biology and Utilization, and International Joint Laboratory on Tea Chemistry and Health Effects of Ministry of Education, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, Anhui, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tea Plant Biology and Utilization, and International Joint Laboratory on Tea Chemistry and Health Effects of Ministry of Education, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, Anhui, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tea Plant Biology and Utilization, and International Joint Laboratory on Tea Chemistry and Health Effects of Ministry of Education, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, Anhui, China
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- School of Life Science, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, Anhui, China
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- School of Life Science, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, Anhui, China
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- School of Life Science, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, Anhui, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Tea Plant Biology and Utilization, and International Joint Laboratory on Tea Chemistry and Health Effects of Ministry of Education, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, Anhui, China.
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Zhang X, Yang H, Schaufelberger M, Li X, Cao Q, Xiao H, Ren Z. Role of Flavonol Synthesized by Nucleus FLS1 in Arabidopsis Resistance to Pb Stress. J Agric Food Chem 2020; 68:9646-9653. [PMID: 32786845 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.0c02848] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Lead (Pb) is an important pollutant of worldwide concern with respect to extensive pollution sources and highly toxic effect. Flavonol can improve plant resistance to abiotic stress and is also responsible for the alleviating effect under Pb stress. The relationship between Pb stress and flavonol and the knowledge about the mechanisms of flavonol function are very limited. Pb affected the energy metabolism process and, thus, inhibited plant growth and development. Flavonol accumulation controlled by FLS1 (flavonol synthase) could alleviate the toxic effect. Importantly, nes (mutant of NES that allows FLS1 to enter the nucleus expression) showed better growth status and lighter oxidative damage than NES (N-terminal nucleus exclusion signal peptide prevents FLS1 from entering the nucleus expression), which indicated that nucleus flavonol synthesized by nucleus FLS1 plays a key role in plant resistance to Pb stress. Although FLS1 signals were detected in the cell membrane, cytoplasm, and nucleus, membrane flavonol, cytoplasm flavonol, and nucleus flavonol were not exercising their function in the corresponding position. The expression of nucleus FLS1 intervened in the total content and composition of flavonol. The results also revealed that nucleus flavonol could regulate the ascorbate metabolism for alleviating the damage on the chloroplast, thus maintaining the photophosphorylation pathway. Our findings provided new insights for the molecular basis of Pb tolerance and response mechanism of the plant.
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- Xu Zhang
- School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Shandong Jianzhu University, Jinan, Shandong 250101, People's Republic of China
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- School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Qingdao, Shandong 266237, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Zurich, 8008 Zürich, Switzerland
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- College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14850, United States
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- School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Shandong Jianzhu University, Jinan, Shandong 250101, People's Republic of China
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- School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Shandong Jianzhu University, Jinan, Shandong 250101, People's Republic of China
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- School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Shandong Jianzhu University, Jinan, Shandong 250101, People's Republic of China
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Li X, Cao M, Ma W, Jia C, Li J, Zhang M, Liu C, Cao Z, Faruque MO, Hu X. Annotation of genes involved in high level of dihydromyricetin production in vine tea (Ampelopsis grossedentata) by transcriptome analysis. BMC Plant Biol 2020; 20:131. [PMID: 32228461 PMCID: PMC7106717 DOI: 10.1186/s12870-020-2324-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2019] [Accepted: 02/28/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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BACKGROUND Leaves of the medicinal plant Ampelopsis grossedentata, which is commonly known as vine tea, are used widely in the traditional Chinese beverage in southwest China. The leaves contain a large amount of dihydromyricetin, a compound with various biological activities. However, the transcript profiles involved in its biosynthetic pathway in this plant are unknown. RESULTS We conducted a transcriptome analysis of both young and old leaves of the vine tea plant using Illumina sequencing. Of the transcriptome datasets, a total of 52.47 million and 47.25 million clean reads were obtained from young and old leaves, respectively. Among 471,658 transcripts and 177,422 genes generated, 7768 differentially expressed genes were identified in leaves at these two stages of development. The phenylpropanoid biosynthetic pathway of vine tea was investigated according to the transcriptome profiling analysis. Most of the genes encoding phenylpropanoid biosynthesis enzymes were identified and found to be differentially expressed in different tissues and leaf stages of vine tea and also greatly contributed to the biosynthesis of dihydromyricetin in vine tea. CONCLUSIONS To the best of our knowledge, this is the first formal study to explore the transcriptome of A. grossedentata. The study provides an insight into the expression patterns and differential distribution of genes related to dihydromyricetin biosynthesis in vine tea. The information may pave the way to metabolically engineering plants with higher flavonoid content.
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- Xiaohua Li
- Laboratory of Natural Medicine and Molecular Engineering, Department of Medicinal Plant, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agriculture University, Wuhan, Hubei China
- Laboratory of Drug Discovery and Molecular Engineering, Department of Medicinal Plants, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070 China
- National-Regional Joint Engineering Research Center in Hubei for Medicinal Plant Breeding and Cultivation; Medicinal Plant Engineering Research Center of Hubei Province, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070 China
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Huazhong Agriculture University, Wuhan, Hubei China
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- Laboratory of Natural Medicine and Molecular Engineering, Department of Medicinal Plant, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agriculture University, Wuhan, Hubei China
- Laboratory of Drug Discovery and Molecular Engineering, Department of Medicinal Plants, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070 China
- National-Regional Joint Engineering Research Center in Hubei for Medicinal Plant Breeding and Cultivation; Medicinal Plant Engineering Research Center of Hubei Province, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070 China
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- Key Laboratory of Environment Correlative Dietology (Ministry of Education), College of Food Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei China
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- Laboratory of Natural Medicine and Molecular Engineering, Department of Medicinal Plant, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agriculture University, Wuhan, Hubei China
- Laboratory of Drug Discovery and Molecular Engineering, Department of Medicinal Plants, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070 China
- National-Regional Joint Engineering Research Center in Hubei for Medicinal Plant Breeding and Cultivation; Medicinal Plant Engineering Research Center of Hubei Province, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070 China
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- Laboratory of Natural Medicine and Molecular Engineering, Department of Medicinal Plant, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agriculture University, Wuhan, Hubei China
- Laboratory of Drug Discovery and Molecular Engineering, Department of Medicinal Plants, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070 China
- National-Regional Joint Engineering Research Center in Hubei for Medicinal Plant Breeding and Cultivation; Medicinal Plant Engineering Research Center of Hubei Province, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070 China
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- Laboratory of Natural Medicine and Molecular Engineering, Department of Medicinal Plant, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agriculture University, Wuhan, Hubei China
- Laboratory of Drug Discovery and Molecular Engineering, Department of Medicinal Plants, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070 China
- National-Regional Joint Engineering Research Center in Hubei for Medicinal Plant Breeding and Cultivation; Medicinal Plant Engineering Research Center of Hubei Province, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070 China
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- Key Laboratory of Environment Correlative Dietology (Ministry of Education), College of Food Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei China
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- Laboratory of Natural Medicine and Molecular Engineering, Department of Medicinal Plant, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agriculture University, Wuhan, Hubei China
- Laboratory of Drug Discovery and Molecular Engineering, Department of Medicinal Plants, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070 China
- National-Regional Joint Engineering Research Center in Hubei for Medicinal Plant Breeding and Cultivation; Medicinal Plant Engineering Research Center of Hubei Province, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070 China
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- Laboratory of Natural Medicine and Molecular Engineering, Department of Medicinal Plant, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agriculture University, Wuhan, Hubei China
- Laboratory of Drug Discovery and Molecular Engineering, Department of Medicinal Plants, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070 China
- National-Regional Joint Engineering Research Center in Hubei for Medicinal Plant Breeding and Cultivation; Medicinal Plant Engineering Research Center of Hubei Province, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070 China
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Xiao XO, Lin W, Li K, Feng X, Jin H, Zou H. Genome-Wide Analysis of Artificial Mutations Induced by Ethyl Methanesulfonate in the Eggplant ( Solanum melongena L.). Genes (Basel) 2019; 10:E595. [PMID: 31394801 PMCID: PMC6722539 DOI: 10.3390/genes10080595] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2019] [Revised: 07/19/2019] [Accepted: 08/01/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Whole-genome sequences of four EMS (ethyl methanesulfonate)-induced eggplant mutants were analyzed to identify genome-wide mutations. In total, 173.01 GB of paired-end reads were obtained for four EMS-induced mutants and (WT) wild type and 1,076,010 SNPs (single nucleotide polymorphisms) and 183,421 indels were identified. The most common mutation type was C/G to T/A transitions followed by A/T to G/C transitions. The mean densities were one SNP per 1.3 to 2.6 Mb. The effect of mutations on gene function was annotated and only 7.2% were determined to be deleterious. KEGG (Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes) pathway analysis showed 10 and 11 genes, which were nonsynonymous mutation or frameshift deletion in 48-5 and L6-5 involved in the anthocyanin biosynthesis or flavone and flavonol biosynthesis. QRT-PCR results showed that only the Sme2.5_06210.1_g00004.1, which was annotated as UFGT (Flavonoid galactosidase transferase), expression significantly decreased in the L6-5 mutant compared with the WT. Also, the Sme2.5_06210.1_g00004.1 expression was lower in the colorless eggplant compared with colorful eggplant in the natural eggplant cultivar. These results suggest that Sme2.5_06210.1_g00004.1 may play a key role in eggplant anthocyanin synthesis.
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- Xi-Ou Xiao
- South Subtropical Crop Research Institute Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Zhanjiang City 524091, China.
- Zhanjiang City Key Laboratory for Tropical Crops Genetic Improvement, Guangdong Province, Zhanjiang City 524091, China.
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- South Subtropical Crop Research Institute Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Zhanjiang City 524091, China
- Zhanjiang City Key Laboratory for Tropical Crops Genetic Improvement, Guangdong Province, Zhanjiang City 524091, China
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- South Subtropical Crop Research Institute Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Zhanjiang City 524091, China
- Zhanjiang City Key Laboratory for Tropical Crops Genetic Improvement, Guangdong Province, Zhanjiang City 524091, China
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- South Subtropical Crop Research Institute Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Zhanjiang City 524091, China
- Zhanjiang City Key Laboratory for Tropical Crops Genetic Improvement, Guangdong Province, Zhanjiang City 524091, China
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- South Subtropical Crop Research Institute Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Zhanjiang City 524091, China
- Zhanjiang City Key Laboratory for Tropical Crops Genetic Improvement, Guangdong Province, Zhanjiang City 524091, China
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- South Subtropical Crop Research Institute Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Zhanjiang City 524091, China
- Zhanjiang City Key Laboratory for Tropical Crops Genetic Improvement, Guangdong Province, Zhanjiang City 524091, China
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Park S, Kim DH, Park BR, Lee JY, Lim SH. Molecular and Functional Characterization of Oryza sativa Flavonol Synthase (OsFLS), a Bifunctional Dioxygenase. J Agric Food Chem 2019; 67:7399-7409. [PMID: 31244203 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.9b02142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Flavonol synthase (FLS) belongs to the 2-oxoglutarate-dependent dioxygenase (2-ODD) superfamily. We isolated OsFLS from the rice ( Oryza sativa) cultivar "Ilmi" OsFLS includes highly conserved 2-ODD-specific motifs and FLS-specific regions. Recombinant OsFLS exhibited both FLS and flavanone 3β-hydroxylase (F3H) activities, converting dihydroflavonols into flavonols and flavanones into dihydroflavonols, respectively, and more efficiently used dihydrokaempferol than dihydroquercetin as a substrate. OsFLS was expressed in both nonpigmented and pigmented rice seeds and was developmentally regulated during seed maturation. Transgenic tobacco ( Nicotiana tabacum) plants expressing OsFLS produced pale pink or white flowers with significantly increased levels of kaempferol-3- O-rutinoside and dramatically reduced levels of anthocyanin in their petals. Additionally, pod size and weight were reduced compared to the wild type. Several early and late biosynthetic genes of flavonoid were downregulated in the transgenic flowers. We demonstrated that OsFLS is a bifunctional 2-ODD enzyme and functions in flavonol production in planta.
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- Sangkyu Park
- National Institute of Agricultural Sciences , Rural Development Administration , JeonJu , 54874 , Republic of Korea
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- National Institute of Agricultural Sciences , Rural Development Administration , JeonJu , 54874 , Republic of Korea
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- National Institute of Agricultural Sciences , Rural Development Administration , JeonJu , 54874 , Republic of Korea
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- National Institute of Agricultural Sciences , Rural Development Administration , JeonJu , 54874 , Republic of Korea
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- National Institute of Agricultural Sciences , Rural Development Administration , JeonJu , 54874 , Republic of Korea
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Irmisch S, Ruebsam H, Jancsik S, Man Saint Yuen M, Madilao LL, Bohlmann J. Flavonol Biosynthesis Genes and Their Use in Engineering the Plant Antidiabetic Metabolite Montbretin A. Plant Physiol 2019; 180:1277-1290. [PMID: 31004005 PMCID: PMC6752896 DOI: 10.1104/pp.19.00254] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2019] [Accepted: 04/13/2019] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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The plant metabolite montbretin A (MbA) and its precursor mini-MbA are potential new drugs for treating type 2 diabetes. These complex acylated flavonol glycosides only occur in small amounts in the corms of the ornamental plant montbretia (Crocosmia × crocosmiiflora). Our goal is to metabolically engineer Nicotiana benthamiana using montbretia genes to achieve increased production of mini-MbA and MbA. Two montbretia UDP-dependent glycosyltransferases (UGTs), CcUGT1 and CcUGT2, catalyze the formation of the first two pathway-specific intermediates in MbA biosynthesis, myricetin 3-O-rhamnoside and myricetin 3-O-glucosyl rhamnoside. In previous work, expression of these UGTs in N. benthamiana resulted in small amounts of kaempferol glycosides but not myricetin glycosides, suggesting that myricetin was limiting. Here, we investigated montbretia genes and enzymes of flavonol biosynthesis to enhance myricetin formation in N. benthamiana We characterized two flavanone hydroxylases, a flavonol synthase, a flavonoid 3'-hydroxylase (F3'H), and a flavonoid 3'5'-hydroxylase (F3'5'H). Montbretia flavonol synthase converted dihydromyricetin into myricetin. Unexpectedly, montbretia F3'5'H shared higher sequence relatedness with F3'Hs in the CYP75B subfamily of cytochromes P450 than with those with known F3'5'H activity. Transient expression of combinations of montbretia flavonol biosynthesis genes and a montbretia MYB transcription factor in N. benthamiana resulted in availability of myricetin for MbA biosynthesis. Transient coexpression of montbretia flavonol biosynthesis genes combined with CcUGT1 and CcUGT2 in N. benthamiana resulted in 2 mg g-1 fresh weight of the MbA pathway-specific compound myricetin 3-O-glucosyl rhamnoside. Additional expression of the montbretia acyltransferase CcAT1 led to detectable levels of mini-MbA in N. benthamiana.
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- Sandra Irmisch
- Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z4, Canada
- Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z4, Canada
- Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z4, Canada
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Liu H, Su B, Zhang H, Gong J, Zhang B, Liu Y, Du L. Identification and Functional Analysis of a Flavonol Synthase Gene from Grape Hyacinth. Molecules 2019; 24:E1579. [PMID: 31013599 PMCID: PMC6514955 DOI: 10.3390/molecules24081579] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2019] [Revised: 04/17/2019] [Accepted: 04/19/2019] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Flavonols are important copigments that affect flower petal coloration. Flavonol synthase (FLS) catalyzes the conversion of dihydroflavonols to flavonols. In this study, we identified a FLS gene, MaFLS, expressed in petals of the ornamental monocot Muscari aucheri (grape hyacinth) and analyzed its spatial and temporal expression patterns. qRT-PCR analysis showed that MaFLS was predominantly expressed in the early stages of flower development. We next analyzed the in planta functions of MaFLS. Heterologous expression of MaFLS in Nicotiana tabacum (tobacco) resulted in a reduction in pigmentation in the petals, substantially inhibiting the expression of endogenous tobacco genes involved in anthocyanin biosynthesis (i.e., NtDFR, NtANS, and NtAN2) and upregulating the expression of NtFLS. The total anthocyanin content in the petals of the transformed tobacco plants was dramatically reduced, whereas the total flavonol content was increased. Our study suggests that MaFLS plays a key role in flavonol biosynthesis and flower coloration in grape hyacinth. Moreover, MaFLS may represent a new potential gene for molecular breeding of flower color modification and provide a basis for analyzing the effects of copigmentation on flower coloration in grape hyacinth.
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- Hongli Liu
- College of Landscape Architecture and Arts, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China.
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China.
- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural Crops (Northwest Region), Ministry of Agriculture, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China.
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- College of Landscape Architecture and Arts, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China.
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China.
- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural Crops (Northwest Region), Ministry of Agriculture, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China.
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- College of Landscape Architecture and Arts, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China.
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China.
- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural Crops (Northwest Region), Ministry of Agriculture, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China.
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- College of Landscape Architecture and Arts, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China.
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China.
- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural Crops (Northwest Region), Ministry of Agriculture, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China.
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- College of Landscape Architecture and Arts, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China.
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China.
- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural Crops (Northwest Region), Ministry of Agriculture, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China.
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- College of Landscape Architecture and Arts, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China.
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China.
- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural Crops (Northwest Region), Ministry of Agriculture, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China.
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- College of Landscape Architecture and Arts, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China.
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China.
- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Horticultural Crops (Northwest Region), Ministry of Agriculture, Yangling 712100, Shaanxi, China.
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Tan H, Man C, Xie Y, Yan J, Chu J, Huang J. A Crucial Role of GA-Regulated Flavonol Biosynthesis in Root Growth of Arabidopsis. Mol Plant 2019; 12:521-537. [PMID: 30630075 DOI: 10.1016/j.molp.2018.12.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2018] [Revised: 12/26/2018] [Accepted: 12/28/2018] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Flavonols have been demonstrated to play many important roles in plant growth, development, and communication with other organisms. Flavonol biosynthesis is spatiotemporally regulated by the subgroup 7 R2R3-MYB (SG7 MYB) transcription factors including MYB11/MYB12/MYB111. However, whether SG7-MYB activity is subject to post-translational regulation remains unclear. Here, we show that gibberellic acid (GA) inhibits flavonol biosynthesis via DELLA proteins in Arabidopsis. Protein-protein interaction analyses revealed that DELLAs (RGA and GAI) interacted with SG7 MYBs (MYB12 and MYB111) both in vitro and in vivo, leading to enhanced affinity of MYB binding to the promoter regions of key genes for flavonol biosynthesis and thus increasing their transcriptional levels. We observed that the level of auxin in the root tip was negatively correlated with root flavonol content. Furthermore, genetic assays showed that loss-of-function mutations in MYB12, which is predominantly expressed in roots, partially rescued the short-root phenotype of the GA-deficient mutant ga1-3 by increasing root meristem size and mature cell size. Consistent with these observations, exogenous application of the flavonol quercetin restored the root meristem size of myb12 ga1-3 to that of ga1-3. Taken together, our data elucidate a molecular mechanism by which GA promotes root growth by directly reducing flavonol biosynthesis.
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- Huijuan Tan
- National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, China; University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, China; University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, China; University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- National Center for Plant Gene Research (Beijing), Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- National Center for Plant Gene Research (Beijing), Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Sciences, College of Life Sciences, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai 200234, China.
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Cao Y, Xie L, Ma Y, Ren C, Xing M, Fu Z, Wu X, Yin X, Xu C, Li X. PpMYB15 and PpMYBF1 Transcription Factors Are Involved in Regulating Flavonol Biosynthesis in Peach Fruit. J Agric Food Chem 2019; 67:644-652. [PMID: 30525549 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.8b04810] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Flavonoids are major polyphenol compounds in plants and contribute substantially to the health-promoting benefits of fruit and vegetables. Peach is rich in polyphenols with flavonols as the main flavonoids. To investigate the regulation of flavonol biosynthesis in peach fruit, two R2R3-MYB transcription factor (TF) genes, PpMYB15 and PpMYBF1, were isolated and characterized. Sequence analysis revealed that the PpMYB15 and PpMYBF1 proteins are members of the flavonol clade of the R2R3-MYB family. Real-time quantitative PCR analysis showed that PpMYB15 and PpMYBF1 transcript levels correlated well with the flavonol content and the expression of flavonol synthase ( PpFLS1) in different fruit samples. Dual-luciferase assays indicated that both PpMYB15 and PpMYBF1 could trans-activate promoters of flavonoid biosynthesis genes, including chalcone synthase ( PpCHS1), chalcone isomerase ( PpCHI1), flavanone 3-hydroxylase ( PpF3H), and PpFLS1. Transient overexpression of 35S::PpMYB15 or 35S::PpMYBF1 both triggered flavonol biosynthesis but not anthocyanin and proanthocyanidin biosynthesis in tobacco leaves. In transgenic tobacco flowers, overexpression of 35S::PpMYB15 or 35S::PpMYBF1 caused a significant increase in flavonol levels and significantly reduced anthocyanin accumulation, resulting in pale-pink or pure white flowers. These results suggest that PpMYB15 and PpMYBF1 are functional flavonol-specific positive regulators in peach fruit and are important candidates for biotechnological engineering flavonol biosynthesis in plants.
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- Yunlin Cao
- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Integrative Biology , Zhejiang University , Hangzhou 310058 , China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Integrative Biology , Zhejiang University , Hangzhou 310058 , China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Integrative Biology , Zhejiang University , Hangzhou 310058 , China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Integrative Biology , Zhejiang University , Hangzhou 310058 , China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Integrative Biology , Zhejiang University , Hangzhou 310058 , China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Integrative Biology , Zhejiang University , Hangzhou 310058 , China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Integrative Biology , Zhejiang University , Hangzhou 310058 , China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Integrative Biology , Zhejiang University , Hangzhou 310058 , China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Integrative Biology , Zhejiang University , Hangzhou 310058 , China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Integrative Biology , Zhejiang University , Hangzhou 310058 , China
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Liu L, Gregan SM, Winefield C, Jordan B. Comparisons of controlled environment and vineyard experiments in Sauvignon blanc grapes reveal similar UV-B signal transduction pathways for flavonol biosynthesis. Plant Sci 2018; 276:44-53. [PMID: 30348327 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2018.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2018] [Revised: 08/01/2018] [Accepted: 08/03/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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UV-B radiation is an environmental challenge affecting a number of metabolic functions in plants. Plants protect themselves from this potentially damaging radiation through synthesising UV-absorbing compounds such as flavonoids. This study aims to investigate the effect of UV-B on flavonoid biosynthesis in Sauvignon blanc grapes. In particular, a comparison has been made between controlled environment (CE) and vineyard trials to better understand molecular mechanisms of low/high fluence UV-B responses and how the results relate to each other in the context of flavonoid biosynthesis. Following exposure to supplemental UV-B in the CE, both flavonols and gene expression exhibited UV-B induced response. Flavonols, particularly quercetin/kaempferol 3-O-glycosides were increased at distinct stages of berry development. All genes measured showed a significant developmental regulation. VvFLS4, VvCHS1, VvMYB12, VvHY5 and PR (VvTL1 and VvChi4A/4B) increased due to UV-B in the CE experiments. However, PR were not responsive to the natural UV-B fluence in vineyard but were significantly induced at later stages of development. Overall, despite very different conditions in the CE and vineyard the majority of UV-B induced responses are similar. Only PR activities in the CE cabinets reflect a higher fluence stress response that is not reflected in the natural lower UV-B fluence environment.
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- Linlin Liu
- Centre for Viticulture and Oenology, Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Lincoln University, Christchurch 7647, New Zealand.
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- Centre for Viticulture and Oenology, Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Lincoln University, Christchurch 7647, New Zealand.
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- Centre for Viticulture and Oenology, Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Lincoln University, Christchurch 7647, New Zealand.
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- Centre for Viticulture and Oenology, Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Lincoln University, Christchurch 7647, New Zealand.
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Mollavali M, Perner H, Rohn S, Riehle P, Hanschen FS, Schwarz D. Nitrogen form and mycorrhizal inoculation amount and timing affect flavonol biosynthesis in onion (Allium cepa L.). Mycorrhiza 2018; 28:59-70. [PMID: 28948352 PMCID: PMC5748431 DOI: 10.1007/s00572-017-0799-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2017] [Accepted: 08/31/2017] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Mycorrhizal symbiosis is known to be the most prevalent form of fungal symbiosis with plants. Although some studies focus on the importance of mycorrhizal symbiosis for enhanced flavonoids in the host plants, a comprehensive understanding of the relationship still is lacking. Therefore, we studied the effects of mycorrhizal inoculation of onions (Allium cepa L.) regarding flavonol concentration and the genes involved in flavonol biosynthesis when different forms of nitrogen were supplied. We hypothesized that mycorrhizal inoculation can act as a biotic stress and might lead to an increase in flavonols and expression of related genes. The three main quercetin compounds [quercetin-3,4'-di-O-β-D-glucoside (QDG), quercetin-4'-O-β-D-glucoside (QMG), and isorhamnetin-4'-O-β-D-glucoside (IMG)] of onion bulbs were identified and analyzed after inoculating with increasing amounts of mycorrhizal inocula at two time points and supplying either predominantly NO3- or NH4+ nitrogen. We also quantified plant dry mass, nutrient element uptake, chalcone synthase (CHS), flavonol synthase (FLS), and phenyl alanine lyase (PAL) gene expression as key enzymes for flavonol biosynthesis. Inoculation with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (highest amount) and colonization at late development stages (bulb growth) increased QDG and QMG concentrations if plants were additionally supplied with predominantly NH4+. No differences were observed in the IMG content. RNA accumulation of CHS, FLS, and PAL was affected by the stage of the mycorrhizal symbiosis and the nitrogen form. Accumulation of flavonols was not correlated, however, with either the percentage of myorrhization or the abundance of transcripts of flavonoid biosynthesis genes. We found that in plants at late developmental stages, RNA accumulation as a reflection of a current physiological situation does not necessarily correspond with the content of metabolites that accumulate over a long period. Our findings suggest that nitrogen form can be an important factor determining mycorrhizal development and that both nitrogen form and mycorrhizas interact to influence flavonol biosynthesis.
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- Mohanna Mollavali
- Vegetable Physiology Laboratory, Department of Horticulture, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran
- Leibniz Institute for Vegetable and Ornamental Crops, Theodor-Echtermeyer-Weg 1, 14979, Großbeeren, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Vegetable and Ornamental Crops, Theodor-Echtermeyer-Weg 1, 14979, Großbeeren, Germany
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- Institute of Food Chemistry, Hamburg School of Food Science, University Hamburg, Grindelallee 117, 20146, Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Food Chemistry, Hamburg School of Food Science, University Hamburg, Grindelallee 117, 20146, Hamburg, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Vegetable and Ornamental Crops, Theodor-Echtermeyer-Weg 1, 14979, Großbeeren, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute for Vegetable and Ornamental Crops, Theodor-Echtermeyer-Weg 1, 14979, Großbeeren, Germany.
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Yin Q, Shen G, Di S, Fan C, Chang Z, Pang Y. Genome-Wide Identification and Functional Characterization of UDP-Glucosyltransferase Genes Involved in Flavonoid Biosynthesis in Glycine max. Plant Cell Physiol 2017; 58:1558-1572. [PMID: 28633497 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcx081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2017] [Accepted: 05/26/2017] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Flavonoids, natural products abundant in the model legume Glycine max, confer benefits to plants and to animal health. Flavonoids are present in soybean mainly as glycoconjugates. However, the mechanisms of biosynthesis of flavonoid glycosides are largely unknown in G. max. In the present study, 212 putative UDP-glycosyltransferase (UGT) genes were identified in G. max by genome-wide searching. The GmUGT genes were distributed differentially among the 20 chromosomes, and they were expressed in various tissues with distinct expression profiles. We further analyzed the enzymatic activities of 11 GmUGTs that are potentially involved in flavonoid glycosylation, and found that six of them (UGT72X4, UGT72Z3, UGT73C20, UGT88A13, UGT88E19 and UGT92G4) exhibited activity toward flavonol, isoflavone, flavone and flavanol aglycones with different kinetic properties. Among them, UGT72X4, UGT72Z3 and UGT92G4 are flavonol-specific UGTs, and UGT73C20 and UGT88E19 exhibited activity toward both flavonol and isoflavone aglycones. In particular, UGT88A13 exhibited activity toward epicatechin, but not for the flavonol aglycones kaempferol and quercetin. Overexpression of these six GmUGT genes significantly increased the contents of isoflavone and flavonol glucosides in soybean hairy roots. In addition, overexpression of these six GmUGT genes also affected flavonol glycoside contents differently in seedlings and seeds of transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana. We provide valuable information on the identification of all UGT genes in soybean, and candidate GmUGT genes for potential metabolic engineering of flavonoid compounds in both Escherichia coli and plants.
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- Qinggang Yin
- The Key Laboratory of Plant Resources/Beijing Botanical Garden, Institute of Botany, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular and Physiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Plant Resources/Beijing Botanical Garden, Institute of Botany, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Plant Resources/Beijing Botanical Garden, Institute of Botany, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China
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- Department of Biophysics, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Plant Resources/Beijing Botanical Garden, Institute of Botany, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China
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Gómez-Plaza E, Bautista-Ortín AB, Ruiz-García Y, Fernández-Fernández JI, Gil-Muñoz R. Effect of elicitors on the evolution of grape phenolic compounds during the ripening period. J Sci Food Agric 2017; 97:977-983. [PMID: 27235201 DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.7823] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2016] [Revised: 05/13/2016] [Accepted: 05/23/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND The effect of the application of benzothiadiazole (BTH) and methyl jasmonate (MeJ) at veraison on the phenolic composition of grapes from three varieties (Monastrell, Syrah and Merlot) was studied during the ripening period, using HPLC techniques to measure flavonols, anthocyanins and tannins. RESULTS The effects of the treatments differed in the three varieties, and the maximum concentration of phenolic compounds was not always reached at the end of the ripening period but some days before harvest. At the end of ripening both treated Syrah grapes only differed from control grapes in the flavonol concentration, whereas MeJ-treated Merlot grapes presented higher anthocyanin and skin tannin contents than the control and BTH-treated grapes. Only the anthocyanin content was significantly higher in treated Monastrell grapes at the moment of harvest. CONCLUSION The results indicate that the moment of elicitor treatment should be more studied since differences between treated and control grapes were, in general greater several days before harvest in all three varieties. © 2016 Society of Chemical Industry.
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MESH Headings
- Acetates/pharmacology
- Aerosols
- Agrochemicals/pharmacology
- Anthocyanins/analysis
- Anthocyanins/biosynthesis
- Antioxidants/analysis
- Antioxidants/metabolism
- Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
- Crop Production
- Crops, Agricultural/chemistry
- Crops, Agricultural/drug effects
- Crops, Agricultural/growth & development
- Crops, Agricultural/metabolism
- Cyclopentanes/pharmacology
- Flavonols/analysis
- Flavonols/biosynthesis
- Fruit/chemistry
- Fruit/drug effects
- Fruit/growth & development
- Fruit/metabolism
- Humans
- Nutritive Value
- Oxylipins/pharmacology
- Phenols/analysis
- Phenols/metabolism
- Pigments, Biological/analysis
- Pigments, Biological/biosynthesis
- Plant Epidermis/chemistry
- Plant Epidermis/drug effects
- Plant Epidermis/growth & development
- Plant Epidermis/metabolism
- Spain
- Species Specificity
- Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization
- Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet
- Tannins/analysis
- Tannins/biosynthesis
- Thiadiazoles/pharmacology
- Vitis/chemistry
- Vitis/drug effects
- Vitis/growth & development
- Vitis/metabolism
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- Encarna Gómez-Plaza
- Food Science and Technology Department, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Murcia, Campus de Espinardo, 30071, Murcia, Spain
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- Food Science and Technology Department, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Murcia, Campus de Espinardo, 30071, Murcia, Spain
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- Food Science and Technology Department, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Murcia, Campus de Espinardo, 30071, Murcia, Spain
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- Instituto Murciano de Investigación y Desarrollo Agrario y Alimentario, Ctra. La Alberca s/n, 30150, Murcia, Spain
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- Instituto Murciano de Investigación y Desarrollo Agrario y Alimentario, Ctra. La Alberca s/n, 30150, Murcia, Spain
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Yin Q, Shen G, Chang Z, Tang Y, Gao H, Pang Y. Involvement of three putative glucosyltransferases from the UGT72 family in flavonol glucoside/rhamnoside biosynthesis in Lotus japonicus seeds. J Exp Bot 2017; 68:597-612. [PMID: 28204516 PMCID: PMC5444469 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erw420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Flavonols are one of the largest groups of flavonoids that confer benefits for the health of plants and animals. Flavonol glycosides are the predominant flavonoids present in the model legume Lotus japonicus. The molecular mechanisms underlying the biosynthesis of flavonol glycosides as yet remain unknown in L. japonicus. In the present study, we identified a total of 188 UDP-glycosyltransferases (UGTs) in L. japonicus by genome-wide searching. Notably, 12 UGTs from the UGT72 family were distributed widely among L. japonicus chromosomes, expressed in all tissues, and showed different docking scores in an in silico bioinformatics docking analysis. Further enzymatic assays showed that five recombinant UGTs (UGT72AD1, UGT72AF1, UGT72AH1, UGT72V3, and UGT72Z2) exhibit activity toward flavonol, flavone, and isoflavone aglycones. In particular, UGT72AD1, UGT72AH1, and UGT72Z2 are flavonol-specific UGTs with different kinetic properties. In addition, the overexpression of UGT72AD1 and UGT72Z2 led to increased accumulation of flavonol rhamnosides in L. japonicus and Arabidopsis thaliana. Moreover, the increase of kaempferol 3-O-rhamnoside-7-O-rhamnoside in transgenic A. thaliana inhibited root growth as compared with the wild-type control. These results highlight the significance of the UGT72 family in flavonol glycosylation and the role of flavonol rhamnosides in plant growth.
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- Qinggang Yin
- Key Laboratory of Plant Resources/Beijing Botanical Garden, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Resources/Beijing Botanical Garden, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Department of Biophysics, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Ardmore, OK, USA
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- Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Resources/Beijing Botanical Garden, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Flores G, Ruiz Del Castillo ML. Accumulation of anthocyanins and flavonols in black currants (Ribes nigrum L.) by pre-harvest methyl jasmonate treatments. J Sci Food Agric 2016; 96:4026-4031. [PMID: 26694740 DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.7595] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2015] [Revised: 11/25/2015] [Accepted: 12/13/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND Chemical elicitation is one of the most effective methods currently used to enrich plant foods in bioactive compounds. Methyl jasmonate (MJ) has been described as a very useful elicitor of some plant compounds, polyphenols among them. The objective of this study was to determine the effects of pre-harvest MJ application on the increase in the main flavonoids and the antioxidant properties of black currant (Ribes nigrum) cultivars. RESULTS Significant enhancement of individual and total anthocyanins was measured after elicitation with MJ, particularly when a concentration of 0.2 mmol L(-1) was used. Total anthocyanins increased from 28288.74 ± 253.65 to 43561.08 ± 145.87 mg kg(-1) in Ben Hope black currants after elicitation with 0.2 mmol L(-1) MJ. Similarly, an increase from 35986.04 ± 287.98 to 41320.22 ± 109.38 mg kg(-1) was estimated in Ben Alder cultivar. Black currant flavonols were not individually affected by the treatment; however, total flavonols increased from 3115.21 ± 12.11 to 3268.41 ± 8.91 mg kg(-1) in Ben Hope and from 3016.38 ± 10.07 to 3110.95 ± 8.57 mg kg(-1) in Ben Alder. Antioxidant properties of black currants as measured by DPPH and ABTS assays improved proportionally to the increase in flavonoid content after MJ elicitation. CONCLUSION Pre-harvest elicitation with MJ is proposed as a useful tool to enhance contents of anthocyanins and flavonols as well as free radical-scavenging activity of black currants. The functional black currants obtained here can be interesting for industry, for consumption as fresh fruits and for production of juice and jam. © 2015 Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Gema Flores
- Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de Alimentos y Nutrición, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (ICTAN-CSIC), c/ Juan de la Cierva 3, E-28006, Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de Alimentos y Nutrición, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (ICTAN-CSIC), c/ Juan de la Cierva 3, E-28006, Madrid, Spain
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Torre S, Tattini M, Brunetti C, Guidi L, Gori A, Marzano C, Landi M, Sebastiani F. De Novo Assembly and Comparative Transcriptome Analyses of Red and Green Morphs of Sweet Basil Grown in Full Sunlight. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0160370. [PMID: 27483170 PMCID: PMC4970699 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0160370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2016] [Accepted: 07/18/2016] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum), one of the most popular cultivated herbs worldwide, displays a number of varieties differing in several characteristics, such as the color of the leaves. The development of a reference transcriptome for sweet basil, and the analysis of differentially expressed genes in acyanic and cyanic cultivars exposed to natural sunlight irradiance, has interest from horticultural and biological point of views. There is still great uncertainty about the significance of anthocyanins in photoprotection, and how green and red morphs may perform when exposed to photo-inhibitory light, a condition plants face on daily and seasonal basis. We sequenced the leaf transcriptome of the green-leaved Tigullio (TIG) and the purple-leaved Red Rubin (RR) exposed to full sunlight over a four-week experimental period. We assembled and annotated 111,007 transcripts. A total of 5,468 and 5,969 potential SSRs were identified in TIG and RR, respectively, out of which 66 were polymorphic in silico. Comparative analysis of the two transcriptomes showed 2,372 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) clustered in 222 enriched Gene ontology terms. Green and red basil mostly differed for transcripts abundance of genes involved in secondary metabolism. While the biosynthesis of waxes was up-regulated in red basil, the biosynthesis of flavonols and carotenoids was up-regulated in green basil. Data from our study provides a comprehensive transcriptome survey, gene sequence resources and microsatellites that can be used for further investigations in sweet basil. The analysis of DEGs and their functional classification also offers new insights on the functional role of anthocyanins in photoprotection.
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- Sara Torre
- Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection, Department of Biology, Agriculture and Food Sciences, The National Research Council of Italy, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection, Department of Biology, Agriculture and Food Sciences, The National Research Council of Italy, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- Trees and Timber Institute, Department of Biology, Agriculture and Food Sciences, The National Research Council of Italy, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
- Department of Agri-Food Production and Environmental Sciences, University of Florence, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Agri-Food Production and Environmental Sciences, University of Florence, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- Department of Agri-Food Production and Environmental Sciences, University of Florence, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection, Department of Biology, Agriculture and Food Sciences, The National Research Council of Italy, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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Sugiyama M, Katsube T, Koyama A, Itamura H. Effect of solar radiation on the functional components of mulberry (Morus alba L.) leaves. J Sci Food Agric 2016; 96:3915-3921. [PMID: 26756109 DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.7614] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2015] [Revised: 12/15/2015] [Accepted: 01/05/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND The functional components of mulberry leaves have attracted the attention of the health food industry, and increasing their concentrations is an industry goal. This study investigated the effects of solar radiation, which may influence the production of flavonol and 1-deoxynojirimycin (DNJ) functional components in mulberry leaves, by comparing a greenhouse (poor solar radiation) and outdoor (rich solar radiation) setting. RESULTS The level of flavonol in leaves cultivated in the greenhouse was markedly decreased when compared with those cultivated outdoors. In contrast, the DNJ content in greenhouse-cultivated plants was increased only slightly when compared with those cultivated outdoors. Interestingly, the flavonol content was markedly increased in the upper leaves of mulberry trees that were transferred from a greenhouse to the outdoors compared with those cultivated only in the outdoors. CONCLUSION Solar radiation conditions influence the synthesis of flavonol and DNJ, the functional components of mulberry leaves. Under high solar radiation, the flavonol level becomes very high but the DNJ level becomes slightly lower, suggesting that the impact of solar radiation is great on flavonol but small on DNJ synthesis. © 2016 Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Mari Sugiyama
- Shimane Agricultural Technology Center, 2440 Ashiwata-cho, Izumo, Shimane, 693-0035, Japan
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- Shimane Institute for Industrial Technology, 1 Hokuryo-cho, Matsue, Shimane, 690-0816, Japan
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- National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, 2-1-2 Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0856, Japan
- Urasoe Silver Human Resources Center, 1-7-2 Inanse, Urasoe, Okinawa, 901-2128, Japan
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- Shimane University, 1060 Nishikawatsu-cho, Matsue, Shimane, 690-8504, Japan
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Malacarne G, Coller E, Czemmel S, Vrhovsek U, Engelen K, Goremykin V, Bogs J, Moser C. The grapevine VvibZIPC22 transcription factor is involved in the regulation of flavonoid biosynthesis. J Exp Bot 2016; 67:3509-22. [PMID: 27194742 PMCID: PMC4892739 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erw181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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In grapevine, flavonoids constitute one of the most abundant subgroups of secondary metabolites, influencing the quality, health value, and typicity of wines. Their synthesis in many plant species is mainly regulated at the transcriptional level by modulation of flavonoid pathway genes either by single regulators or by complexes of different regulators. In particular, bZIP and MYB factors interact synergistically in the recognition of light response units present in the promoter of some genes of the pathway, thus mediating light-dependent flavonoid biosynthesis. We recently identified VvibZIPC22, a member of clade C of the grapevine bZIP family, in a quantitative trait locus (QTL) specifically associated with kaemperol content in mature berries. Here, to validate the involvement of this candidate gene in the fine regulation of flavonol biosynthesis, we characterized its function by in vitro and in vivo experiments. A role for this gene in the control of flavonol biosynthesis was indeed confirmed by its highest expression at flowering and during UV light-mediated induction, paralleled by accumulation of the flavonol synthase 1 transcript and flavonol compounds. The overexpression of VvibZIPC22 in tobacco caused a significant increase in several flavonoids in the flower, via induction of general and specific genes of the pathway. In agreement with this evidence, VvibZIPC22 was able to activate the promoters of specific genes of the flavonoid pathway, alone or together with other factors, as revealed by transient reporter assays. These findings, supported by in silico indications, allowed us to propose VvibZIPC22 as a new regulator of flavonoid biosynthesis in grapevine.
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- Giulia Malacarne
- Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, Via E. Mach 1, 38010 S. Michele all'Adige, Trento, Italy
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- Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, Via E. Mach 1, 38010 S. Michele all'Adige, Trento, Italy
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- Centre for Organismal Studies Heidelberg, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 360, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, Via E. Mach 1, 38010 S. Michele all'Adige, Trento, Italy
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- Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, Via E. Mach 1, 38010 S. Michele all'Adige, Trento, Italy
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- Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, Via E. Mach 1, 38010 S. Michele all'Adige, Trento, Italy
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- Centre for Organismal Studies Heidelberg, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 360, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany Studiengang Weinbau und Oenologie, Dienstleistungszentrum Laendlicher Raum Rheinpfalz, Breitenweg 71, D-67435 Neustadt, Germany
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- Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, Via E. Mach 1, 38010 S. Michele all'Adige, Trento, Italy
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Li Y, Tang W, Chen J, Jia R, Ma L, Wang S, Wang J, Shen X, Chu Z, Zhu C, Ding X. Development of Marker-Free Transgenic Potato Tubers Enriched in Caffeoylquinic Acids and Flavonols. J Agric Food Chem 2016; 64:2932-40. [PMID: 27019017 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.6b00270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is a major crop worldwide that meets human economic and nutritional requirements. Potato has several advantages over other crops: easy to cultivate and store, cheap to consume, and rich in a variety of secondary metabolites. In this study, we generated three marker-free transgenic potato lines that expressed the Arabidopsis thaliana flavonol-specific transcriptional activator AtMYB12 driven by the tuber-specific promoter Patatin. Marker-free potato tubers displayed increased amounts of caffeoylquinic acids (CQAs) (3.35-fold increases on average) and flavonols (4.50-fold increase on average). Concentrations of these metabolites were associated with the enhanced expression of genes in the CQA and flavonol biosynthesis pathways. Accumulation of CQAs and flavonols resulted in 2-fold higher antioxidant capacity compared to wild-type potatoes. Tubers from these marker-free transgenic potatoes have therefore improved antioxidant properties.
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- Yang Li
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory for Biology of Vegetable Diseases and Insect Pests, Shandong Agricultural University , Taian 271018, Shandong, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Rare Disease of Shandong Province, Institute of Materia Medica, Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences , Jinan 250062, Shandong, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory for Biology of Vegetable Diseases and Insect Pests, Shandong Agricultural University , Taian 271018, Shandong, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory for Biology of Vegetable Diseases and Insect Pests, Shandong Agricultural University , Taian 271018, Shandong, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory for Biology of Vegetable Diseases and Insect Pests, Shandong Agricultural University , Taian 271018, Shandong, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory for Biology of Vegetable Diseases and Insect Pests, Shandong Agricultural University , Taian 271018, Shandong, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory for Biology of Vegetable Diseases and Insect Pests, Shandong Agricultural University , Taian 271018, Shandong, P. R. China
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- Biotechnology Research Center, China Three Gorges University , Yichang City 443002, Hubei, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory for Biology of Vegetable Diseases and Insect Pests, Shandong Agricultural University , Taian 271018, Shandong, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory for Biology of Vegetable Diseases and Insect Pests, Shandong Agricultural University , Taian 271018, Shandong, P. R. China
- Shandong YuTai Biotechnology Company , Taian 271018, Shandong, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory for Biology of Vegetable Diseases and Insect Pests, Shandong Agricultural University , Taian 271018, Shandong, P. R. China
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Vu TT, Jeong CY, Nguyen HN, Lee D, Lee SA, Kim JH, Hong SW, Lee H. Characterization of Brassica napus Flavonol Synthase Involved in Flavonol Biosynthesis in Brassica napus L. J Agric Food Chem 2015; 63:7819-29. [PMID: 26264830 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.5b02994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Recently, Brassica napus has become a very important crop for plant oil production. Flavonols, an uncolored flavonoid subclass, have a high antioxidative effect and are known to have antiproliferative, antiangiogenic, and neuropharmacological properties. In B. napus, some flavonoid structural genes have been identified, such as, BnF3H-1, BnCHS, and BnC4H-1. However, no studies on FLS genes in B. napus have been conducted. Thus, in this study, we cloned and characterized the function of BnFLS gene B. napus. By overexpression of the BnFLS gene, flavonol (kaempferol and quercetin) levels were recovered in the Arabidopsis atfls1-ko mutant. In addition, we found that the higher endogenous flavonol levels of BnFLS-ox in vitro shoots correlated with slightly higher ROS scavenging activities. Thus, our results indicate that the BnFLS gene encodes for a BnFLS enzyme that can be manipulated to specifically increase flavonol accumulation in oilseed plants and other species such as Arabidopsis.
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- Tien Thanh Vu
- Department of Biosystems and Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Korea University , Anam-dong 5-ga, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 136-713, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biosystems and Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Korea University , Anam-dong 5-ga, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 136-713, Republic of Korea
- Institute of Life Science and Natural Resources, Korea University , Seoul 136-713, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biosystems and Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Korea University , Anam-dong 5-ga, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 136-713, Republic of Korea
- Institute of Life Science and Natural Resources, Korea University , Seoul 136-713, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biosystems and Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Korea University , Anam-dong 5-ga, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 136-713, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biosystems and Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Korea University , Anam-dong 5-ga, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 136-713, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biosystems and Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Korea University , Anam-dong 5-ga, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 136-713, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Bioenergy Research Center, Chonnam National University , Gwangju, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biosystems and Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Korea University , Anam-dong 5-ga, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 136-713, Republic of Korea
- Institute of Life Science and Natural Resources, Korea University , Seoul 136-713, Republic of Korea
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Yan J, Wang B, Zhong Y, Yao L, Cheng L, Wu T. The soybean R2R3 MYB transcription factor GmMYB100 negatively regulates plant flavonoid biosynthesis. Plant Mol Biol 2015; 89:35-48. [PMID: 26231207 DOI: 10.1007/s11103-015-0349-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2014] [Accepted: 07/23/2015] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Soybean flavonoids, a group of important signaling molecules in plant-environment interaction, ubiquitously exist in soybean and are tightly regulated by many genes. Here we reported that GmMYB100, a gene encoding a R2R3 MYB transcription factor, is involved in soybean flavonoid biosynthesis. GmMYB100 is mainly expressed in flowers, leaves and immature embryo, and its level is decreased after pod ripening. Subcellular localization assay indicates that GmMYB100 is a nuclear protein. GmMYB100 has transactivation ability revealed by a yeast functional assay; whereas bioinformatic analysis suggests that GmMYB100 has a negative function in flavonoid biosynthesis. GmMYB100-overexpression represses the transcript levels of flavonoid-related genes in transgenic soybean hairy roots and Arabidopsis, and inhibits isoflavonoid (soybean) and flavonol (Arabidopsis) production in transgenic plants. Furthermore, the transcript levels of six flavonoid-related genes and flavonoid (isoflavonoid and flavone aglycones) accumulation are elevated in the GmMYB100-RNAi transgenic hairy roots. We also demonstrate that GmMYB100 protein depresses the promoter activities of soybean chalcone synthase and chalcone isomerase. These findings indicate that GmMYB100 is a negative regulator in soybean flavonoid biosynthesis pathway.
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- Junhui Yan
- Key Laboratory of Urban Agriculture (South) Ministry of Agriculture, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, No. 800 Dongchuan Rd., Shanghai, 200240, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Urban Agriculture (South) Ministry of Agriculture, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, No. 800 Dongchuan Rd., Shanghai, 200240, People's Republic of China.
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- Key Laboratory of Urban Agriculture (South) Ministry of Agriculture, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, No. 800 Dongchuan Rd., Shanghai, 200240, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Urban Agriculture (South) Ministry of Agriculture, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, No. 800 Dongchuan Rd., Shanghai, 200240, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Urban Agriculture (South) Ministry of Agriculture, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, No. 800 Dongchuan Rd., Shanghai, 200240, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Urban Agriculture (South) Ministry of Agriculture, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, No. 800 Dongchuan Rd., Shanghai, 200240, People's Republic of China
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Appelhagen I, Thiedig K, Nordholt N, Schmidt N, Huep G, Sagasser M, Weisshaar B. Update on transparent testa mutants from Arabidopsis thaliana: characterisation of new alleles from an isogenic collection. Planta 2014; 240:955-70. [PMID: 24903359 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-014-2088-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2013] [Accepted: 04/23/2014] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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We present a comprehensive overview on flavonoid-related phenotypes of A. thaliana tt and tds mutants, provide tools for their characterisation, increase the number of available alleles and demonstrate that tds3 is allelic to tt12 and tds5 to aha10. Flavonoid biosynthesis is one of the best-studied secondary metabolite pathways in plants. In the model system Arabidopsis thaliana it leads to the synthesis of three phenolic compound classes: flavonol glycosides, anthocyanins and proanthocyanidins (PAs). PAs appear brown in their oxidised polymeric forms, and most A. thaliana mutants impaired in flavonoid accumulation were identified through screens for lack of this seed coat pigmentation. These mutants are referred to as transparent testa (tt) or tannin-deficient seed (tds). More than 20 mutants of these types have been published, probably representing most of the genes relevant for PA accumulation in A. thaliana. However, data about the genes involved in PA deposition or oxidation are still rather scarce. Also, for some of the known mutants it is unclear if they represent additional loci or if they are allelic to known genes. For the present study, we have performed a systematic phenotypic characterisation of almost all available tt and tds mutants and built a collection of mutants in the genetic background of the accession Columbia to minimise effects arising from ecotype variation. We have identified a novel tt6 allele from a forward genetic screen and demonstrated that tds3 is allelic to tt12 and tds5 to aha10.
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- Ingo Appelhagen
- Department of Biology, Bielefeld University, Universitaetsstrasse 27, 33615, Bielefeld, Germany,
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Maloney GS, DiNapoli KT, Muday GK. The anthocyanin reduced tomato mutant demonstrates the role of flavonols in tomato lateral root and root hair development. Plant Physiol 2014; 166:614-31. [PMID: 25006027 PMCID: PMC4213093 DOI: 10.1104/pp.114.240507] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2014] [Accepted: 07/03/2014] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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This study utilized tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) mutants with altered flavonoid biosynthesis to understand the impact of these metabolites on root development. The mutant anthocyanin reduced (are) has a mutation in the gene encoding FLAVONOID 3-HYDROXYLASE (F3H), the first step in flavonol synthesis, and accumulates higher concentrations of the F3H substrate, naringenin, and lower levels of the downstream products kaempferol, quercetin, myricetin, and anthocyanins, than the wild type. Complementation of are with the p35S:F3H transgene reduced naringenin and increased flavonols to wild-type levels. The initiation of lateral roots is reduced in are, and p35S:F3H complementation restores wild-type root formation. The flavonoid mutant anthocyanin without has a defect in the gene encoding DIHYDROFLAVONOL REDUCTASE, resulting in elevated flavonols and the absence of anthocyanins and displays increased lateral root formation. These results are consistent with a positive role of flavonols in lateral root formation. The are mutant has increased indole-3-acetic acid transport and greater sensitivity to the inhibitory effect of the auxin transport inhibitor naphthylphthalamic acid on lateral root formation. Expression of the auxin-induced reporter (DR5-β-glucuronidase) is reduced in initiating lateral roots and increased in primary root tips of are. Levels of reactive oxygen species are elevated in are root epidermal tissues and root hairs, and are forms more root hairs, consistent with a role of flavonols as antioxidants that modulate root hair formation. Together, these experiments identify positive roles of flavonols in the formation of lateral roots and negative roles in the formation of root hairs through the modulation of auxin transport and reactive oxygen species, respectively.
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- Gregory S Maloney
- Department of Biology and Center for Molecular Communication and Signaling, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27109
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- Department of Biology and Center for Molecular Communication and Signaling, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27109
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- Department of Biology and Center for Molecular Communication and Signaling, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27109
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Fujita A, Goto-Yamamoto N, Aramaki I, Hashizume K. Organ-Specific Transcription of Putative Flavonol Synthase Genes of Grapevine and Effects of Plant Hormones and Shading on Flavonol Biosynthesis in Grape Berry Skins. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2014; 70:632-8. [PMID: 16556978 DOI: 10.1271/bbb.70.632] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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In order to investigate the control mechanism of flavonol biosynthesis of grapevine, we obtained five genomic sequences (FLS1 to FLS5) of putative flavonol synthase genes from Vitis vinifera cv. Cabernet Sauvignon. The mRNA of five FLSs accumulated in flower buds and flowers, while the mRNA of FLS2, FLS4, and FLS5 accumulated in small berry skins and then decreased toward veraison. At the ripening stage, the mRNA of only FLS4 and FLS5 accumulated again. This change in mRNA accumulation did not contradict the flavonol accumulation in the berry skins. Shading of the berries completely inhibited the increase in flavonol content and mRNA accumulation of FLS4, but did not affect the mRNA accumulation of FLS5. The effects of light and plant hormones on flavonol accumulation were different from those on anthocyanin accumulation. Thus flavonol biosynthesis appears to be under a different control system from that of anthocyanin biosynthesis.
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- Akiko Fujita
- National Research Institute of Brewing, Hiroshima, Japan.
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Fornalé S, Lopez E, Salazar-Henao JE, Fernández-Nohales P, Rigau J, Caparros-Ruiz D. AtMYB7, a new player in the regulation of UV-sunscreens in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Cell Physiol 2014; 55:507-16. [PMID: 24319076 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pct187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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The phenylpropanoid metabolic pathway provides a wide variety of essential compounds for plants. Together with sinapate esters, in Brassicaceae species, flavonoids play an important role in protecting plants against UV irradiation. In this work we have characterized Arabidopsis thaliana AtMYB7, the closest homolog of AtMYB4 and AtMYB32, described as repressors of different branches of phenylpropanoid metabolism. The characterization of atmyb7 plants revealed an induction of several genes involved in flavonol biosynthesis and an increased amount of these compounds. In addition, AtMYB7 gene expression is repressed by AtMYB4. As a consequence, the atmyb4 mutant plants present a reduction of flavonol contents, indicating once more that AtMYB7 represses flavonol biosynthesis. Our results also show that AtMYB7 gene expression is induced by salt stress. Induction assays indicated that AtMYB7 represses several genes of the flavonoid pathway, DFR and UGT being early targets of this transcription factor. The results obtained indicate that AtMYB7 is a repressor of flavonol biosynthesis and also led us to propose AtMYB4 and AtMYB7 as part of the regulatory mechanism controlling the balance of the main A. thaliana UV-sunscreens.
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- Silvia Fornalé
- Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG), Consorci CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB Edifici CRAG Campus de Bellaterra de la UAB, 08193 Cerdanyola del Valles, Barcelona, Spain
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Kelebek H, Jourdes M, Selli S, Teissedre PL. Comparative evaluation of the phenolic content and antioxidant capacity of sun-dried raisins. J Sci Food Agric 2013; 93:2963-2972. [PMID: 23580476 DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.6125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2013] [Accepted: 04/11/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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BACKGROUND Raisins are one of the favorite dried fruit because of their high healthful and nutrimental values. Three white (Besni beyazi-BBR, Hatun parmagi-HPR and Sultaniye-SR) and two red (Antep karasi-AKR and Besni karasi-BKR) grape varieties were used in the present study. The aim of this study was to determine and compare the phenolic composition and antioxidant properties of Turkish raisins. RESULTS Four flavan-3-ols, six phenolic acids, four flavonols and 13 anthocyanins were identified and quantified in raisins. (+)-Catechin (range, 56.3-419 mg kg⁻¹) was the mosst abundant flavanol, trans-caftaric acid (range, 20.48-114 mg kg⁻¹) was the abundant dominannt phenol acid, quercetin-3-O-glucoside (range, 2.79-12.83 mg kg⁻¹) was the dominant flavonoll and malvidin-3-O-(6-O-p-coumaroyl)-glucoside (range, 16.75-22.59 mg kg⁻¹) wass the major anthocyanin in all raisins. Antioxidant capacity were 22.69-63.66, 5.07-40.47, 7.00-17.69 and 40.d 40.74-77.41 mmol Trolox kg⁻¹ as determined bby the ABTS, DPPH, FRAP and ORAC assays, respectively. CONCLUSIONS 27 phenolic compounds from four phenolic families (i.e. flavan-3-ols, phenolic acids, flavonols and anthocyanins) have been characterised in the raisins of three white and two red grapes. The total phenolic and anthocyanins content vary widely among different raisins. Strong correlations between antioxidative capacity and phenolic content and between antioxidative capacity and flavonol content were noticed.
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- Hasim Kelebek
- Adana Science and Technology University, Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Department of Food Engineering, Adana, Turkey.
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Nguyen HN, Kim JH, Hyun WY, Nguyen NT, Hong SW, Lee H. TTG1-mediated flavonols biosynthesis alleviates root growth inhibition in response to ABA. Plant Cell Rep 2013; 32:503-14. [PMID: 23306631 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-012-1382-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2012] [Revised: 12/04/2012] [Accepted: 12/12/2012] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Our results demonstrate that the flavonoids biosynthetic pathway can be effectively manipulated to confer enhanced plant root growth under water-stress conditions. Abscisic acid (ABA) is one of most important phytohormones. It functions in various processes during the plant lifecycle. Previous studies indicate that ABA has a negative effect on root growth and branching. Auxin is another key plant growth regulator that plays an essential role in plant growth and development. In contrast to ABA, auxin is a positive regulator of root growth and development at low concentrations. This study was performed to help understand whether flavonoids can suppress the effect of ABA on lateral root growth. The recessive TRANSPARENT TESTA GLABRA 1 (ttg1) mutant was characterized on ABA and sucrose treatments. It was determined that auxin mobilization could be altered by modifying flavonoids biosynthesis, which resulted in alterations of root architecture in response to ABA treatment. Moreover, transgenic TTG1-overexpression (TTG1-OX) seedlings exhibited enhanced root length and lateral root number compared to wild-type seedlings grown under normal or stress conditions. Genetic manipulation of the flavonoids biosynthetic pathway could therefore be employed successfully for the improvement of plant root systems by overcoming the inhibition of ABA and some abiotic stresses.
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- Hoai Nguyen Nguyen
- College of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Korea University, 1,5-Ka Anam-Dong, Seongbuk-Gu, Seoul, 136-713, Republic of Korea
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Kim BG, Kim HJ, Ahn JH. Production of bioactive flavonol rhamnosides by expression of plant genes in Escherichia coli. J Agric Food Chem 2012; 60:11143-11148. [PMID: 23072384 DOI: 10.1021/jf302123c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Biotransformation of flavonoids using Escherichia coli harboring specific glycosyltransferases is an excellent method for the regioselective synthesis of flavonoid glycosides. Flavonol rhamnosides have been shown to contain better antiviral and antibacterial activities compared to flavonol aglycones. To synthesize flavonoid rhamnoside, a strain of E. coli expressing UDP-rhamnose flavonol glycosyltransferase (AtUGT78D1) from Arabidopsis thaliana was used to produce quercetin 3-O-rhamnoside. The biotransformation of quercetin using this E. coli transformant resulted in the production of quercetin 3-O-rhamnoside as a major product. A strain of E. coli rfbD (encoding dTDP-4-dehydrorhamnose reductase) expressing AtUGT78D1, which is involved in the final step of thymidine diphosphate rhamnose (TDP-rhamnose) biosynthesis, did not produce quercetin 3-O-rhamnoside, meaning that AtUGT78D1 used endogenous TDP-rhamnose as a sugar donor to produce quercetin 3-O-rhamnoside. The production of quercetin 3-O-rhamnoside could be increased by up to 160% by co-expressing AtUGT78D1 and rhamnose synthase gene 2 (RHM2), which catalyzes the conversion of UDP-glucose into UDP-rhamnose. Using an E. coli strain harboring AtUGT78D1 and RHM2, 150 mg/L quercetin 3-O-rhamnoside and 200 mg/L kaempferol 3-O-rhamnoside were produced in 48 h.
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- Bong-Gyu Kim
- Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Bio/Molecular Informatics Center, Konkuk University, Seoul 143-701, Republic of Korea
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Yin R, Messner B, Faus-Kessler T, Hoffmann T, Schwab W, Hajirezaei MR, von Saint Paul V, Heller W, Schäffner AR. Feedback inhibition of the general phenylpropanoid and flavonol biosynthetic pathways upon a compromised flavonol-3-O-glycosylation. J Exp Bot 2012; 63:2465-78. [PMID: 22249996 PMCID: PMC3346215 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/err416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2011] [Revised: 11/17/2011] [Accepted: 11/23/2011] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Flavonols, phenylalanine-derived secondary metabolites, have protective and regulatory functions in plants. In Arabidopsis thaliana, they are consecutively glycosylated at their 3-OH and 7-OH groups. UGT78D1 and UGT78D2 are the major flavonol 3-O-glycosyltransferases in Arabidopsis leaves. The ugt78d1 ugt78d2 double mutant, which was strongly compromised in the initial 3-O-glycosylation, showed a severe and specific repression of flavonol biosynthesis, retaining only one-third of the wild-type level. This metabolic phenotype was associated with a repressed transcription of several flavonol biosynthetic genes including the committed step chalcone synthase [(CHS) or TRANSPARENT TESTA 4 (TT4)]. Furthermore, the committed step of the upstream, general phenylpropanoid pathway, phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL), was down-regulated in its enzyme activity and in the transcription of the flavonol-related PAL1 and PAL2. However, a complete blocking of flavonoid biosynthesis at CHS released PAL inhibition in a tt4 ugt78d1 ugt78d2 line. PAL activity was even enhanced in the flavonol synthase 1 mutant, which compromises the final formation of flavonol aglycones. The dependence of the PAL feedback inhibition on flavonols was confirmed by chemical complementation of tt4 ugt78d1 ugt78d2 using naringenin, a downstream flavonoid intermediate, which restored the PAL repression. Although aglycones were not analytically detectable, this study provides genetic evidence for a novel, flavonol-dependent feedback inhibition of the flavonol biosynthetic pathway and PAL. It was conditioned by the compromised flavonol-3-O-conjugation and a decrease in flavonol content, yet dependent on a residual, flavonol synthase 1 (FLS1)-related capacity to form flavonol aglycones. Thus, this regulation would not react to a reduced metabolic flux into flavonol biosynthesis, but it might prevent the accumulation of non-glycosylated, toxic flavonols.
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- Ruohe Yin
- Institute of Biochemical Plant Pathology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemical Plant Pathology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Institute of Developmental Genetics, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Technische Universität München, Biotechnologie der Naturstoffe, 85354 Freising, Germany
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- Technische Universität München, Biotechnologie der Naturstoffe, 85354 Freising, Germany
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- Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, Molecular Plant Nutrition, 06466 Gatersleben, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemical Plant Pathology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemical Plant Pathology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemical Plant Pathology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany
- To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail:
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Anthocyanins are synthesized in the cytosolic surface of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) but dominantly accumulate in the vacuole. Little is known about how anthocyanins are transported from the ER to the vacuole. Here, we provide evidence supporting that Transparent Testa 19 (TT19), a glutathione S-transferase (GST), functions as a carrier to transport cyanidin and/or anthocyanins to the tonoplast. We identified a novel tt19 mutant (tt19-7), which barely accumulates anthocyanins but produces a 36% higher level of flavonol than the wild-type (WT), from ethyl methanesulfonate mutagenized seeds. Expressing TT19-fused green fluorescence protein (GFP) in tt19-7 rescues the mutant phenotype in defective anthocyanin biosynthesis, indicating that TT19-GFP is functional. We further showed that TT19-GFP is localized not only in the cytoplasm and nuclei, but also on the tonoplast. The membrane localization of TT19-GFP was further ascertained by immunoblot analysis. In vitro assay showed that the purified recombinant TT19 increases water solubility of cyanidin (Cya) and cyanidin-3-O-glycoside (C3G). Compared with C3G, Cya can dramatically quench the intrinsic tryptophan fluorescence of TT19 to much lower levels, indicating a higher affinity of TT19 to Cya than to C3G. Isothermal titration calorimetry analysis also confirmed physical interaction between TT19 and C3G. Taken together, our data reveal molecular mechanism underlying TT19-mediated anthocyanin transportation.
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- Yi Sun
- National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 300 Feng Lin Road, Shanghai 200032, China
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Endo A, Tatematsu K, Hanada K, Duermeyer L, Okamoto M, Yonekura-Sakakibara K, Saito K, Toyoda T, Kawakami N, Kamiya Y, Seki M, Nambara E. Tissue-specific transcriptome analysis reveals cell wall metabolism, flavonol biosynthesis and defense responses are activated in the endosperm of germinating Arabidopsis thaliana seeds. Plant Cell Physiol 2012; 53:16-27. [PMID: 22147073 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcr171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Seed germination is a result of the competition of embryonic growth potential and mechanical constraint by surrounding tissues such as the endosperm. To understand the processes occurring in the endosperm during germination, we analyzed tiling array expression data on dissected endosperm and embryo from 6 and 24 h-imbibed Arabidopsis seeds. The genes preferentially expressed in the endosperm of both 6 and 24 h-imbibed seeds were enriched for those related to cell wall biosynthesis/modifications, flavonol biosynthesis, defense responses and cellular transport. Loss of function of AtXTH31/XTR8, an endosperm-specific gene for a putative xyloglucan endotransglycosylase/hydrolase, led to faster germination. This suggests that AtXTH31/XTR8 is involved in the reinforcement of the cell wall of the endosperm during germination. In vivo flavonol staining by diphenyl boric acid aminoethyl ester (DPBA) showed flavonols accumulated in the endosperm of both dormant and non-dormant seeds, suggesting that this event is independent of germination. Notably, DPBA fluorescence was also intense in the embryo, but the fluorescent region was diminished around the radicle and lower half of the hypocotyl during germination. DPBA fluorescence was localized in the vacuoles during germination. Vacuolation was not seen in imbibed dormant seeds, suggesting that vacuolation is associated with germination. A gene for δVPE (vacuolar processing enzyme), a caspase-1-like cysteine proteinase involved in cell death, is expressed specifically in endosperms of 24 h-imbibed seeds. The δvpe mutant showed retardation of vacuolation, but this mutation did not affect the kinetics of germination. This suggests that vacuolation is a consequence, and not a trigger, of germination.
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- Akira Endo
- Department of Cell & Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Bredebach M, Matern U, Martens S. Three 2-oxoglutarate-dependent dioxygenase activities of Equisetum arvense L. forming flavone and flavonol from (2S)-naringenin. Phytochemistry 2011; 72:557-563. [PMID: 21353683 DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2011.01.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2010] [Revised: 12/14/2010] [Accepted: 01/28/2011] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Equisetum arvense L. (Equisetaceae-horsetail) accumulates various flavones and flavonols in infertile shoot. Enzyme assays conducted with crude extracts of the green tissue revealed chalcone synthase activity and also three further activities assigned to flavonoid biosynthesis and identified as flavone synthase I, flavanone 3β-hydroxylase and flavonol synthase. The latter three activities were characterized as soluble, 2-oxoglutarate-dependent dioxygenases by their typical cofactor requirements and peculiar inhibition. Notably, this is the first report of flavone synthase I which had been considered to be restricted solely to species of the Apiaceae from a distant plant taxon.
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- Miriam Bredebach
- Philipps-Universität Marburg, Institut für Pharmazeutische Biologie, Deutschhausstr. 17A, D-35037 Marburg, Germany
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Martens S, Preuss A, Matern U. Multifunctional flavonoid dioxygenases: flavonol and anthocyanin biosynthesis in Arabidopsis thaliana L. Phytochemistry 2010; 71:1040-9. [PMID: 20457455 DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2010.04.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2010] [Revised: 04/14/2010] [Accepted: 04/14/2010] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Flavonols and conditionally also anthocyanins, aside from flavonols, are the predominant polyphenols accumulated in various tissues of the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana L. In vitro experiments suggested that the dioxygenases involved in their biosynthesis, flavonol synthase and anthocyanidin synthase, are "multifunctional" enzymes showing distinct side activities. The in vivo relevance of the additional activities attributed to these enzymes, however, has remained obscure. In this review we summarize the most recent results and present final proof of the complementing activities of these synthases for flavonol and anthocyanidin formation in the model plant A. thaliana. The impact of their modification on the biosynthetic pathway and the pattern of flavonoids in different plant tissues are discussed.
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- Stefan Martens
- Institut für Pharmazeutische Biologie, Philipps Universität Marburg, Deutschhausstr. 17A, D-35037 Marburg/Lahn, Germany.
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Wolf L, Rizzini L, Stracke R, Ulm R, Rensing SA. The molecular and physiological responses of Physcomitrella patens to ultraviolet-B radiation. Plant Physiol 2010; 153:1123-34. [PMID: 20427465 PMCID: PMC2899899 DOI: 10.1104/pp.110.154658] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2010] [Accepted: 04/26/2010] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Ultraviolet-B (UV-B) radiation present in sunlight is an important trigger of photomorphogenic acclimation and stress responses in sessile land plants. Although numerous moss species grow in unshaded habitats, our understanding of their UV-B responses is very limited. The genome of the model moss Physcomitrella patens, which grows in sun-exposed open areas, encodes signaling and metabolic components that are implicated in the UV-B response in flowering plants. In this study, we describe the response of P. patens to UV-B radiation at the morphological and molecular levels. We find that P. patens is more capable of surviving UV-B stress than Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) and describe the differential expression of approximately 400 moss genes in response to UV-B radiation. A comparative analysis of the UV-B response in P. patens and Arabidopsis reveals both distinct and conserved pathways.
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- Institute of Biology II (L.W., L.R., R.U., S.A.R.) and Freiburg Initiative for Systems Biology (L.W., S.A.R.), Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, D–79104 Freiburg, Germany; Genome Research, Faculty of Biology, Bielefeld University, D–33594 Bielefeld, Germany (R.S.)
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Czemmel S, Stracke R, Weisshaar B, Cordon N, Harris NN, Walker AR, Robinson SP, Bogs J. The grapevine R2R3-MYB transcription factor VvMYBF1 regulates flavonol synthesis in developing grape berries. Plant Physiol 2009; 151:1513-30. [PMID: 19741049 PMCID: PMC2773091 DOI: 10.1104/pp.109.142059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 286] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Flavonols are important ultraviolet light protectants in many plants and contribute substantially to the quality and health-promoting effects of fruits and derived plant products. To study the regulation of flavonol synthesis in fruit, we isolated and characterized the grapevine (Vitis vinifera 'Shiraz') R2R3-MYB transcription factor VvMYBF1. Transient reporter assays established VvMYBF1 to be a specific activator of flavonol synthase1 (VvFLS1) and several other promoters of grapevine and Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) genes involved in flavonol synthesis. Expression of VvMYBF1 in the Arabidopsis mutant myb12 resulted in complementation of its flavonol-deficient phenotype and confirmed the function of VvMYBF1 as a transcriptional regulator of flavonol synthesis. Transcript analysis of VvMYBF1 throughout grape berry development revealed its expression during flowering and in skins of ripening berries, which correlates with the accumulation of flavonols and expression of VvFLS1. In addition to its developmental regulation, VvMYBF1 expression was light inducible, implicating VvMYBF1 in the control of VvFLS1 transcription. Sequence analysis of VvMYBF1 and VvFLS1 indicated conserved putative light regulatory units in promoters of both genes from different cultivars. By analysis of the VvMYBF1 amino acid sequence, we identified the previously described SG7 domain and an additional sequence motif conserved in several plant MYB factors. The described motifs have been used to identify MYB transcription factors from other plant species putatively involved in the regulation of flavonol biosynthesis. To our knowledge, this is the first functional characterization of a light-inducible MYB transcription factor controlling flavonol synthesis in fruit.
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Xu M, Dong J, Wang H, Huang L. Complementary action of jasmonic acid on salicylic acid in mediating fungal elicitor-induced flavonol glycoside accumulation of Ginkgo biloba cells. Plant Cell Environ 2009; 32:960-7. [PMID: 19389054 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2009.01976.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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The antagonistic action between jasmonic acid (JA) and salicylic acid (SA) in plant defence responses has been well documented. However, their relationship in secondary metabolite production is largely unknown. Here, we report that PB90, a protein elicitor from Phytophthora boehmeriae, triggers JA generation, SA accumulation and flavonol glycoside production of Ginkgo biloba cells. JA inhibitors suppress not only PB90-triggered JA generation, but also the elicitor-induced flavonol glycoside production. However, the elicitor can still enhance flavonol glycoside production even though the JA generation is totally inhibited. Over-expression of SA hydrolase gene NahG not only abolishes SA accumulation, but also suppresses the elicitor-induced flavonol glycoside production when JA signalling is inhibited. Interestingly, expression of NahG does not inhibit the elicitor-induced flavonol glycoside accumulation in the absence of JA inhibitors. Moreover, JA levels are significantly enhanced when SA accumulation is impaired in the transgenic cells. Together, the data suggest that both JA and SA are involved in PB90-induced flavonol glycoside production. Furthermore, we demonstrate that JA signalling might be enhanced to substitute for SA to mediate the elicitor-induced flavonol glycoside accumulation when SA signalling is impaired, which reveals an unusual complementary relationship between JA and SA in mediating plant secondary metabolite production.
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- Maojun Xu
- College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou 310036, China.
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Matus JT, Loyola R, Vega A, Peña-Neira A, Bordeu E, Arce-Johnson P, Alcalde JA. Post-veraison sunlight exposure induces MYB-mediated transcriptional regulation of anthocyanin and flavonol synthesis in berry skins of Vitis vinifera. J Exp Bot 2009; 60:853-67. [PMID: 19129169 PMCID: PMC2652055 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ern336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2008] [Accepted: 11/26/2008] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Anthocyanins, flavan-3-ols, and flavonols are the three major classes of flavonoid compounds found in grape berry tissues. Several viticultural practices increase flavonoid content in the fruit, but the underlying genetic mechanisms responsible for these changes have not been completely deciphered. The impact of post-veraison sunlight exposure on anthocyanin and flavonol accumulation in grape berry skin and its relation to the expression of different transcriptional regulators known to be involved in flavonoid synthesis was studied. Treatments consisting of removing or moving aside the basal leaves which shade berry clusters were applied. Shading did not affect sugar accumulation or gene expression of HEXOSE TRANSPORTER 1, although in the leaf removal treatment, these events were retarded during the first weeks of ripening. Flavonols were the most drastically reduced flavonoids following shading and leaf removal treatments, related to the reduced expression of FLAVONOL SYNTHASE 4 and its putative transcriptional regulator MYB12. Anthocyanin accumulation and the expression of CHS2, LDOX, OMT, UFGT, MYBA1, and MYB5a genes were also affected. Other regulatory genes were less affected or not affected at all by these treatments. Non-transcriptional control mechanisms for flavonoid synthesis are also suggested, especially during the initial stages of ripening. Although berries from the leaf removal treatment received more light than shaded fruits, malvidin-3-glucoside and total flavonol content was reduced compared with the treatment without leaf removal. This work reveals that flavonol-related gene expression responds rapidly to field changes in light levels, as shown by the treatment in which shaded fruits were exposed to light in the late stages of ripening. Taken together, this study establishes MYB-specific responsiveness for the effect of sun exposure and sugar transport on flavonoid synthesis.
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- José Tomás Matus
- Departamento de Fruticultura y Enología, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Av. Vicuña Mackenna 4560, Santiago, Chile
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- Departamento de Genética Molecular y Microbiología, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Av. Alameda 340, PO Box 114-D, Santiago, Chile
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- Departamento de Genética Molecular y Microbiología, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Av. Alameda 340, PO Box 114-D, Santiago, Chile
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- Departamento de Agroindustria y Enología, Facultad de Ciencias Agronómicas, Universidad de Chile Santiago, Chile
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- Departamento de Fruticultura y Enología, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Av. Vicuña Mackenna 4560, Santiago, Chile
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- Departamento de Genética Molecular y Microbiología, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Av. Alameda 340, PO Box 114-D, Santiago, Chile
- To whom correspondence should be addressed: E-mail: or
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- Departamento de Fruticultura y Enología, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Av. Vicuña Mackenna 4560, Santiago, Chile
- To whom correspondence should be addressed: E-mail: or
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Zhang J, Subramanian S, Stacey G, Yu O. Flavones and flavonols play distinct critical roles during nodulation of Medicago truncatula by Sinorhizobium meliloti. Plant J 2009; 57:171-83. [PMID: 18786000 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2008.03676.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 121] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Flavonoids play critical roles in legume-rhizobium symbiosis. However, the role of individual flavonoid compounds in this process has not yet been clearly established. We silenced different flavonoid-biosynthesis enzymes to generate transgenic Medicago truncatula roots with different flavonoid profiles. Silencing of chalcone synthase, the key entry-point enzyme for flavonoid biosynthesis led to flavonoid-deficient roots. Silencing of isoflavone synthase and flavone synthase led to roots deficient for a subset of flavonoids, isoflavonoids (formononetin and biochanin A) and flavones (7,4'-dihydroxyflavone), respectively. When tested for nodulation by Sinorhizobium meliloti, flavonoid-deficient roots had a near complete loss of nodulation, whereas flavone-deficient roots had reduced nodulation. Isoflavone-deficient roots nodulated normally, suggesting that isoflavones might not play a critical role in M. truncatula nodulation, even though they are the most abundant root flavonoids. Supplementation of flavone-deficient roots with 7, 4'-dihydroxyflavone, a major inducer of S. meliloti nod genes, completely restored nodulation. However, the same treatment did not restore nodulation in flavonoid-deficient roots, suggesting that other non-nod gene-inducing flavonoid compounds are also critical to nodulation. Supplementation of roots with the flavonol kaempferol (an inhibitor of auxin transport), in combination with the use of flavone pre-treated S. meliloti cells, completely restored nodulation in flavonoid-deficient roots. In addition, S. meliloti cells constitutively producing Nod factors were able to nodulate flavone-deficient roots, but not flavonoid-deficient roots. These observations indicated that flavones might act as internal inducers of rhizobial nod genes, and that flavonols might act as auxin transport regulators during nodulation. Both these roles of flavonoids appear critical for symbiosis in M. truncatula.
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- Juan Zhang
- Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, 975 N. Warson Road, Saint Louis, MO 63132, USA
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Stracke R, De Vos RCH, Bartelniewoehner L, Ishihara H, Sagasser M, Martens S, Weisshaar B. Metabolomic and genetic analyses of flavonol synthesis in Arabidopsis thaliana support the in vivo involvement of leucoanthocyanidin dioxygenase. Planta 2009; 229:427-45. [PMID: 18998159 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-008-0841-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2008] [Accepted: 10/10/2008] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Flavonol synthase (FLS) (EC-number 1.14.11.23), the enzyme that catalyses the conversion of flavonols into dihydroflavonols, is part of the flavonoid biosynthesis pathway. In Arabidopsis thaliana, this activity is thought to be encoded by several loci. In addition to the FLAVONOL SYNTHASE1 (FLS1) locus that has been confirmed by enzyme activity assays, loci displaying similarity of the deduced amino acid sequences to FLS1 have been identified. We studied the putative A. thaliana FLS gene family using a combination of genetic and metabolite analysis approaches. Although several of the FLS gene family members are expressed, only FLS1 appeared to influence flavonoid biosynthesis. Seedlings of an A. thaliana fls1 null mutant (fls1-2) show enhanced anthocyanin levels, drastic reduction in flavonol glycoside content and concomitant accumulation of glycosylated forms of dihydroflavonols, the substrate of the FLS reaction. By using a leucoanthocyanidin dioxygenase (ldox) fls1-2 double mutant, we present evidence that the remaining flavonol glycosides found in the fls1-2 mutant are synthesized in planta by the FLS-like side activity of the LDOX enzyme.
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- Ralf Stracke
- Genome Research, Bielefeld University, 33594, Bielefeld, Germany.
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Luo J, Butelli E, Hill L, Parr A, Niggeweg R, Bailey P, Weisshaar B, Martin C. AtMYB12 regulates caffeoyl quinic acid and flavonol synthesis in tomato: expression in fruit results in very high levels of both types of polyphenol. Plant J 2008; 56:316-326. [PMID: 18643978 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2008.03597.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 198] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Plant polyphenolics exhibit a broad spectrum of health-promoting effects when consumed as part of the diet, and there is considerable interest in enhancing the levels of these bioactive molecules in plants used as foods. AtMYB12 was originally identified as a flavonol-specific transcriptional activator in Arabidopsis thaliana, and this has been confirmed by ectopic expression in tobacco. AtMYB12 is able to induce the expression of additional target genes in tobacco, leading to the accumulation of very high levels of flavonols. When expressed in a tissue-specific manner in tomato, AtMYB12 activates the caffeoyl quinic acid biosynthetic pathway, in addition to the flavonol biosynthetic pathway, an activity which probably mirrors that of the orthologous MYB12-like protein in tomato. As a result of its broad specificity for transcriptional activation in tomato, AtMYB12 can be used to produce fruit with extremely high levels of multiple polyphenolic anti-oxidants. Our data indicate that transcription factors may have different specificities for target genes in different plants, which is of significance when designing strategies to improve metabolite accumulation and the anti-oxidant capacity of foods.
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- Jie Luo
- John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Colney, Norwich, NR4 7UH, UK,China-UK HUST-RRes Genetic Engineering and Genomics Joint Laboratory, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430073, China,Institute of Food Research, Norwich Research Park, Cotney, Norwich, NR4 7UA, UK, andDepartment of Biology, Bielefeld University, Chair of Genome Research (Lehrstuhl für Genomforschung), D-33594 Bielefeld, Germany
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- John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Colney, Norwich, NR4 7UH, UK,China-UK HUST-RRes Genetic Engineering and Genomics Joint Laboratory, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430073, China,Institute of Food Research, Norwich Research Park, Cotney, Norwich, NR4 7UA, UK, andDepartment of Biology, Bielefeld University, Chair of Genome Research (Lehrstuhl für Genomforschung), D-33594 Bielefeld, Germany
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- John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Colney, Norwich, NR4 7UH, UK,China-UK HUST-RRes Genetic Engineering and Genomics Joint Laboratory, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430073, China,Institute of Food Research, Norwich Research Park, Cotney, Norwich, NR4 7UA, UK, andDepartment of Biology, Bielefeld University, Chair of Genome Research (Lehrstuhl für Genomforschung), D-33594 Bielefeld, Germany
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- John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Colney, Norwich, NR4 7UH, UK,China-UK HUST-RRes Genetic Engineering and Genomics Joint Laboratory, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430073, China,Institute of Food Research, Norwich Research Park, Cotney, Norwich, NR4 7UA, UK, andDepartment of Biology, Bielefeld University, Chair of Genome Research (Lehrstuhl für Genomforschung), D-33594 Bielefeld, Germany
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- John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Colney, Norwich, NR4 7UH, UK,China-UK HUST-RRes Genetic Engineering and Genomics Joint Laboratory, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430073, China,Institute of Food Research, Norwich Research Park, Cotney, Norwich, NR4 7UA, UK, andDepartment of Biology, Bielefeld University, Chair of Genome Research (Lehrstuhl für Genomforschung), D-33594 Bielefeld, Germany
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- John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Colney, Norwich, NR4 7UH, UK,China-UK HUST-RRes Genetic Engineering and Genomics Joint Laboratory, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430073, China,Institute of Food Research, Norwich Research Park, Cotney, Norwich, NR4 7UA, UK, andDepartment of Biology, Bielefeld University, Chair of Genome Research (Lehrstuhl für Genomforschung), D-33594 Bielefeld, Germany
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- John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Colney, Norwich, NR4 7UH, UK,China-UK HUST-RRes Genetic Engineering and Genomics Joint Laboratory, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430073, China,Institute of Food Research, Norwich Research Park, Cotney, Norwich, NR4 7UA, UK, andDepartment of Biology, Bielefeld University, Chair of Genome Research (Lehrstuhl für Genomforschung), D-33594 Bielefeld, Germany
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- John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Colney, Norwich, NR4 7UH, UK,China-UK HUST-RRes Genetic Engineering and Genomics Joint Laboratory, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430073, China,Institute of Food Research, Norwich Research Park, Cotney, Norwich, NR4 7UA, UK, andDepartment of Biology, Bielefeld University, Chair of Genome Research (Lehrstuhl für Genomforschung), D-33594 Bielefeld, Germany
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Owens DK, Alerding AB, Crosby KC, Bandara AB, Westwood JH, Winkel BSJ. Functional analysis of a predicted flavonol synthase gene family in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiol 2008; 147:1046-61. [PMID: 18467451 PMCID: PMC2442520 DOI: 10.1104/pp.108.117457] [Citation(s) in RCA: 161] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2008] [Accepted: 04/24/2008] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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The genome of Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) contains five sequences with high similarity to FLAVONOL SYNTHASE1 (AtFLS1), a previously characterized flavonol synthase gene that plays a central role in flavonoid metabolism. This apparent redundancy suggests the possibility that Arabidopsis uses multiple isoforms of FLS with different substrate specificities to mediate the production of the flavonols, quercetin and kaempferol, in a tissue-specific and inducible manner. However, biochemical and genetic analysis of the six AtFLS sequences indicates that, although several of the members are expressed, only AtFLS1 encodes a catalytically competent protein. AtFLS1 also appears to be the only member of this group that influences flavonoid levels and the root gravitropic response in seedlings under nonstressed conditions. This study showed that the other expressed AtFLS sequences have tissue- and cell type-specific promoter activities that overlap with those of AtFLS1 and encode proteins that interact with other flavonoid enzymes in yeast two-hybrid assays. Thus, it is possible that these "pseudogenes" have alternative, noncatalytic functions that have not yet been uncovered.
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- Daniel K Owens
- Departments of Biological Sciences , Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061-0390, USA
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Kim JH, Lee YJ, Kim BG, Lim Y, Ahn JH. Flavanone 3beta-hydroxylases from rice: key enzymes for favonol and anthocyanin biosynthesis. Mol Cells 2008; 25:312-6. [PMID: 18413994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023] Open
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Flavanone 3beta-hydroxylases (F3H) are key enzymes in the synthesis of flavonol and anthocyanin. In this study, three F3H cDNAs from Oryza sativa (OsF3H-1 approximately 3) were cloned by RT-PCR and expressed in E. coli as gluthatione S-transferase (GST) fusion proteins. The purified recombinant OsF3Hs used flavanone, naringenin and eriodictyol as substrates. The reaction products with naringen and eriodictyol were determined by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy to be dihydrokaempferol and taxifolin, respectively. OsF3H-1 had the highest enzymatic activity whereas the overall expression of OsF3H-2 was highest in all tissues except seeds. Flavanone 3beta-hydroxylase could be a useful target for flavonoid metabolic engineering in rice.
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- Jeong Ho Kim
- Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Bio/Molecular Informatics Center, Konkuk University, Seoul 143-701, Korea
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