Altering Flower Color in Transgenic Plants by RNAi-Mediated Engineering of Flavonoid Biosynthetic Pathway

2008 ◽  
pp. 245-257 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoshikazu Tanaka ◽  
Noriko Nakamura ◽  
Junichi Togami
Keyword(s):  
Transgenic Plants ◽  
Biosynthetic Pathway ◽  
Flower Color ◽  
Flavonoid Biosynthetic Pathway

scholarly journals Changes at a Critical Branchpoint in the Anthocyanin Biosynthetic Pathway Underlie the Blue to Orange Flower Color Transition in Lysimachia arvensis

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mercedes Sánchez-Cabrera ◽  
Francisco Javier Jiménez-López ◽  
Eduardo Narbona ◽  
Montserrat Arista ◽  
Pedro L. Ortiz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Differential Expression ◽  
Biosynthetic Pathway ◽  
Biochemical Analysis ◽  
Flower Color ◽  
Careful Examination ◽  
Structural Genes ◽  
Significant Differential Expression ◽  
Flavonoid Biosynthetic Pathway ◽  
Flower Color Polymorphism ◽  
Survival And Reproduction

Anthocyanins are the primary pigments contributing to the variety of flower colors among angiosperms and are considered essential for survival and reproduction. Anthocyanins are members of the flavonoids, a broader class of secondary metabolites, of which there are numerous structural genes and regulators thereof. In western European populations of Lysimachia arvensis, there are blue- and orange-petaled individuals. The proportion of blue-flowered plants increases with temperature and daylength yet decreases with precipitation. Here, we performed a transcriptome analysis to characterize the coding sequences of a large group of flavonoid biosynthetic genes, examine their expression and compare our results to flavonoid biochemical analysis for blue and orange petals. Among a set of 140 structural and regulatory genes broadly representing the flavonoid biosynthetic pathway, we found 39 genes with significant differential expression including some that have previously been reported to be involved in similar flower color transitions. In particular, F3′5′H and DFR, two genes at a critical branchpoint in the ABP for determining flower color, showed differential expression. The expression results were complemented by careful examination of the SNPs that differentiate the two color types for these two critical genes. The decreased expression of F3′5′H in orange petals and differential expression of two distinct copies of DFR, which also exhibit amino acid changes in the color-determining substrate specificity region, strongly correlate with the blue to orange transition. Our biochemical analysis was consistent with the transcriptome data indicating that the shift from blue to orange petals is caused by a change from primarily malvidin to largely pelargonidin forms of anthocyanins. Overall, we have identified several flavonoid biosynthetic pathway loci likely involved in the shift in flower color in L. arvensis and even more loci that may represent the complex network of genetic and physiological consequences of this flower color polymorphism.

scholarly journals Generation of Yellow Flowers of the Japanese Morning Glory by Engineering Its Flavonoid Biosynthetic Pathway toward Aurones

2019 ◽  
Vol 60 (8) ◽  
pp. 1871-1879 ◽  
Author(s):  
Atsushi Hoshino ◽  
Takayuki Mizuno ◽  
Keiichi Shimizu ◽  
Shoko Mori ◽  
Sachiko Fukada-Tanaka ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Transgenic Plants ◽  
Flower Color ◽  
Morning Glory ◽  
Japanese Morning Glory ◽  
Yellow Color ◽  
Flavonoid Biosynthetic Pathway ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Yellow Coloration ◽  
The 19Th Century ◽  
Morning Glories

Abstract Wild-type plants of the Japanese morning glory (Ipomoea nil) produce blue flowers that accumulate anthocyanin pigments, whereas its mutant cultivars show wide range flower color such as red, magenta and white. However, I. nil lacks yellow color varieties even though yellow flowers were curiously described in words and woodblocks printed in the 19th century. Such yellow flowers have been regarded as ‘phantom morning glories’, and their production has not been achieved despite efforts by breeders of I. nil. The chalcone isomerase (CHI) mutants (including line 54Y) bloom very pale yellow or cream-colored flowers conferred by the accumulation of 2′, 4′, 6′, 4-tetrahydoroxychalcone (THC) 2′-O-glucoside. To produce yellow phantom morning glories, we introduced two snapdragon (Antirrhinum majus) genes to the 54Y line by encoding aureusidin synthase (AmAS1) and chalcone 4′-O-glucosyltransferase (Am4′CGT), which are necessary for the accumulation of aureusidin 6-O-glucoside and yellow coloration in A. majus. The transgenic plants expressing both genes exhibit yellow flowers, a character sought for many years. The flower petals of the transgenic plants contained aureusidin 6-O-glucoside, as well as a reduced amount of THC 2′-O-glucoside. In addition, we identified a novel aurone compound, aureusidin 6-O-(6″-O-malonyl)-glucoside, in the yellow petals. A combination of the coexpression of AmAS1 and Am4′CGT and suppression of CHI is an effective strategy for generating yellow varieties in horticultural plants.

scholarly journals Transcriptome-Wide Analysis Reveals Key DEGs in Flower Color Regulation of Hosta plantaginea (Lam.) Aschers

Genes ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 31
Author(s):  
Jingying Zhang ◽  
Changhai Sui ◽  
Yanli Wang ◽  
Shuying Liu ◽  
Huimin Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Transgenic Tobacco ◽  
Biosynthetic Pathway ◽  
Flower Color ◽  
White Flower ◽  
Flowering Stage ◽  
Purple Flower ◽  
Late Flowering ◽  
Qrt Pcr ◽  
Flavonoid Biosynthetic Pathway ◽  
Color Regulation

Background: Hosta plantaginea (Lam.) Aschers (HPA), a species in the family Liliaceae, is an important landscaping plant and herbaceous ornamental flower. However, because the flower has only two colors, white and purple, color matching applications are extremely limited. To date, the mechanism underlying flower color regulation remains unclear. Methods: In this study, the transcriptomes of three cultivars—H. plantaginea (HP, white flower), H. Cathayana (HC, purple flower), and H. plantaginea ‘Summer Fragrance’ (HS, purple flower)—at three flowering stages (bud stage, initial stage, and late flowering stage) were sequenced with the Illumina HiSeq 2000 (San Diego, CA, USA). The RNA-Seq results were validated by qRT-PCR of eight differentially expressed genes (DEGs). Then, we further analyzed the relationship between anthocyanidin synthase (ANS), chalcone synthase (CHS), and P450 and the flower color regulation by Gene Ontology (GO), Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG), and Eukaryotic Orthologous Groups (KOG) network and pathway enrichment analyses. The overexpression of CHS and ANS in transgenic tobacco petals was verified using qRT-PCR, and the petal colors associated with the overexpression lines were confirmed using absorbance values. Results: Over 434,349 transcripts were isolated, and 302,832 unigenes were identified. Additionally, through transcriptome comparisons, 2098, 722, and 606 DEGs between the different stages were found for HP, HC, and HS, respectively. Furthermore, GO and KEGG pathway analyses showed that 84 color-related DEGs were enriched in 22 pathways. In particular, the flavonoid biosynthetic pathway, regulated by CHS, ANS, and the cytochrome P450-type monooxygenase gene, was upregulated in both purple flower varieties in the late flowering stage. In contrast, this gene was hardly expressed in the white flower variety, which was verified in the CHS and ANS overexpression transgenic tobacco petals. Conclusions: The results suggest that CHS, ANS, and the cytochrome P450s-regulated flavonoid biosynthetic pathway might play key roles in the regulation of flower color in HPA. These insights into the mechanism of flower color regulation could be used to guide artificial breeding of polychrome varieties of ornamental flowers.

Flower Color Modification by Engineering of the Flavonoid Biosynthetic Pathway: Practical Perspectives

2010 ◽  
Vol 74 (9) ◽  
pp. 1760-1769 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoshikazu TANAKA ◽  
Filippa BRUGLIERA ◽  
Gianna KALC ◽  
Mick SENIOR ◽  
Barry DYSON ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Biosynthetic Pathway ◽  
Flower Color ◽  
Flavonoid Biosynthetic Pathway ◽  
Color Modification

Molecular characterization of the flavonoid biosynthetic pathway and flower color modification of Nierembergia sp

2006 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yukiko Ueyama ◽  
Yukihisa Katsumoto ◽  
Yuko Fukui ◽  
Masako Fukuchi-Mizutani ◽  
Hideo Ohkawa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Characterization ◽  
Biosynthetic Pathway ◽  
Flower Color ◽  
Flavonoid Biosynthetic Pathway ◽  
Color Modification

scholarly journals Functional Annotation of a Full-Length Transcriptome and Identification of Genes Associated with Flower Development in Rhododendronsimsii (Ericaceae)

Plants ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 649
Author(s):  
Qunlu Liu ◽  
Fiza Liaquat ◽  
Yefeng He ◽  
Muhammad Farooq Hussain Munis ◽  
Chunying Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Biosynthetic Pathway ◽  
Developmental Stages ◽  
Gene Annotation ◽  
Flower Color ◽  
Full Length ◽  
Open Reading Frames ◽  
Color Formation ◽  
Flavonoid Biosynthetic Pathway ◽  
Deciduous Shrub ◽  
Potential Tool

Rhododendronsimsii is one of the top ten famous flowers in China. Due to its historical value and high aesthetic, it is widely popular among Chinese people. Various colors are important breeding objectives in Rhododendron L. The understanding of the molecular mechanism of flower color formation can provide a theoretical basis for the improvement of flower color in Rhododendron L. To generate the R. simsii transcriptome, PacBio sequencing technology has been used. A total of 833,137 full-length non-chimeric reads were obtained and 726,846 high-quality full-length transcripts were found. Moreover, 40,556 total open reading frames were obtained; of which 36,018 were complete. In gene annotation analyses, 39,411, 18,565, 16,102 and 17,450 transcriptions were allocated to GO, Nr, KEGG and COG databases, correspondingly. To identify long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs), we utilized four computational methods associated with Protein families (Pfam), Cooperative Data Classification (CPC), Coding Assessing Potential Tool (CPAT) and Coding Non Coding Index (CNCI) databases and observed 6170, 2265, 4084 and 1240 lncRNAs, respectively. Based on the results, most genes were enriched in the flavonoid biosynthetic pathway. The eight key genes on the anthocyanin biosynthetic pathway were further selected and analyzed by qRT-PCR. The F3′H and ANS showed an upward trend in the developmental stages of R. simsii. The highest expression of F3′5′H and FLS in the petal color formation of R. simsii was observed. This research provided a huge number of full-length transcripts, which will help to proceed genetic analyses of R. simsii. native, which is a semi-deciduous shrub.

Bioinfomatics Analysis of the Anthocyanidin synthase Gene in Tree Peony

2014 ◽  
Vol 1010-1012 ◽  
pp. 1181-1184
Author(s):  
Yan Zhao Zhang ◽  
Yan Wei Cheng ◽  
Hui Yuan Ya ◽  
Chao Yun ◽  
Jian Ming Han ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Plant Species ◽  
Structure Prediction ◽  
Biosynthetic Pathway ◽  
Resistance Breeding ◽  
Flower Color ◽  
Anthocyanin Synthesis ◽  
Tree Peony ◽  
Reading Frame ◽  
Transcriptome Database ◽  
Color Modification

Anthocyanin mainly responsible for flowers color in many plant species, it also accumulated in response to lots of environmental stress to reduce the damage to plant cell. Anthocyanin synthesis (ANS) protein is an important synthetase participated in anthocyanin biosynthetic pathway. In this study, we isolated the PsANS gene from transcriptome database built by our previous study. The PsANS gene contain an 1050bp open reading frame encoding 349 amino acid, phylogenetic analysis revealed that PsANS was segrated into a group with ANS from others plant species. Secondary and thri-dimension structure prediction also revealed that it may have similar function with ANS in others plant species. The identified PsANS gene would be helpful for further research in flower color modification and resistance breeding.

scholarly journals Expression Characterization of Flavonoid Biosynthetic Pathway Genes and Transcription Factors in Peanut Under Water Deficit Conditions

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ghulam Kubra ◽  
Maryam Khan ◽  
Faiza Munir ◽  
Alvina Gul ◽  
Tariq Shah ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Transcription Factors ◽  
Water Deficit ◽  
Biosynthetic Pathway ◽  
Correlational Analysis ◽  
Accumulation Pattern ◽  
Yield Production ◽  
Expression Of Genes ◽  
Flavonoid Biosynthetic Pathway ◽  
Wide Range

Drought is one of the hostile environmental stresses that limit the yield production of crop plants by modulating their growth and development. Peanut (Arachis hypogaea) has a wide range of adaptations to arid and semi-arid climates, but its yield is prone to loss due to drought. Other than beneficial fatty acids and micronutrients, peanut harbors various bioactive compounds including flavonoids that hold a prominent position as antioxidants in plants and protect them from oxidative stress. In this study, understanding of the biosynthesis of flavonoids in peanut under water deficit conditions was developed through expression analysis and correlational analysis and determining the accumulation pattern of phenols, flavonols, and anthocyanins. Six peanut varieties (BARD479, BARI2011, BARI2000, GOLDEN, PG1102, and PG1265) having variable responses against drought stress have been selected. Higher water retention and flavonoid accumulation have been observed in BARI2011 but downregulation has been observed in the expression of genes and transcription factors (TFs) which indicated the maintenance of normal homeostasis. ANOVA revealed that the expression of flavonoid genes and TFs is highly dependent upon the genotype of peanut in a spatiotemporal manner. Correlation analysis between expression of flavonoid biosynthetic genes and TFs indicated the role of AhMYB111 and AhMYB7 as an inhibitor for AhF3H and AhFLS, respectively, and AhMYB7, AhTTG1, and AhCSU2 as a positive regulator for the expression of Ah4CL, AhCHS, and AhF3H, respectively. However, AhbHLH and AhGL3 revealed nil-to-little relation with the expression of flavonoid biosynthetic pathway genes. Correlational analysis between the expression of TFs related to the biosynthesis of flavonoids and the accumulation of phenolics, flavonols, and anthocyanins indicated coregulation of flavonoid synthesis by TFs under water deficit conditions in peanut. This study would provide insight into the role of flavonoid biosynthetic pathway in drought response in peanut and would aid to develop drought-tolerant varieties of peanut.

scholarly journals The Flavonoid Biosynthesis Network in Plants

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (23) ◽  
pp. 12824
Author(s):  
Weixin Liu ◽  
Yi Feng ◽  
Suhang Yu ◽  
Zhengqi Fan ◽  
Xinlei Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Biosynthetic Pathway ◽  
Current Knowledge ◽  
Anthocyanin Biosynthesis ◽  
Basic Structure ◽  
Ring Structure ◽  
Flavonoid Biosynthesis ◽  
Comprehensive Overview ◽  
Flavonoid Biosynthetic Pathway ◽  
Intermediate Metabolites ◽  
Important Intermediate

Flavonoids are an important class of secondary metabolites widely found in plants, contributing to plant growth and development and having prominent applications in food and medicine. The biosynthesis of flavonoids has long been the focus of intense research in plant biology. Flavonoids are derived from the phenylpropanoid metabolic pathway, and have a basic structure that comprises a C15 benzene ring structure of C6-C3-C6. Over recent decades, a considerable number of studies have been directed at elucidating the mechanisms involved in flavonoid biosynthesis in plants. In this review, we systematically summarize the flavonoid biosynthetic pathway. We further assemble an exhaustive map of flavonoid biosynthesis in plants comprising eight branches (stilbene, aurone, flavone, isoflavone, flavonol, phlobaphene, proanthocyanidin, and anthocyanin biosynthesis) and four important intermediate metabolites (chalcone, flavanone, dihydroflavonol, and leucoanthocyanidin). This review affords a comprehensive overview of the current knowledge regarding flavonoid biosynthesis, and provides the theoretical basis for further elucidating the pathways involved in the biosynthesis of flavonoids, which will aid in better understanding their functions and potential uses.

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