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Orange- to red-colored flowers are difficult to produce by conventional breeding techniques in some floricultural plants.
This is due to the deficiency in the formation of pelargonidin, which confers orange to red colors, in their flowers. Previous
researchers have reported that brick-red colored flowers can be produced by introducing a foreign dihydroflavonol 4-reductase
(DFR) with different substrate specificity in Petunia hybrida, which does not accumulate pelargonidin pigments naturally. However, because these experiments used dihydrokaempferol (DHK)-accumulated
mutants as transformation hosts, this strategy cannot be applied directly to other floricultural plants. Thus in this study,
we attempted to produce red-flowered plants by suppressing two endogenous genes and expressing one foreign gene using tobacco
as a model plant. We used a chimeric RNAi construct for suppression of two genes (flavonol synthase [FLS] and flavonoid 3′-hydroxylase [F3′H]) and expression of the gerbera DFR gene in order to accumulate pelargonidin pigments in tobacco flowers. We successfully produced red-flowered tobacco plants
containing high amounts of additional pelargonidin as confirmed by HPLC analysis. The flavonol content was reduced in the
transgenic plants as expected, although complete inhibition was not achieved. Expression analysis also showed that reduction
of the two-targeted genes and expression of the foreign gene occurred simultaneously. These results demonstrate that flower
color modification can be achieved by multiple gene regulation without use of mutants if the vector constructs are designed
resourcefully.
Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. 相似文献
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Rosati Carlo Simoneau Philippe Treutter Dieter Poupard Pascal Cadot Yves Cadic Alain Duron Michel 《Molecular breeding : new strategies in plant improvement》2003,12(3):197-208
Flower color was modified in forsythia (Forsythia x intermedia cv Spring Glory) by inducing anthocyanin synthesis in petals through sequential Agrobacterium-mediated transformation with dihydroflavonol 4-reductase from Antirrhinum majus (AmDFR) and anthocyanidin synthase from Matthiola incana (MiANS) genes. This is the second report of flower color modification of an ornamental shrub after rose, and the first time an ANS gene is used for this purpose. Double transformants (AmDFR+MiANS) displayed a novel bronze-orange petal color, caused by the de novo accumulation of cyanidin-derived anthocyanins over the carotenoid yellow background of wild type (wt), and intense pigmentation of vegetative organs. Transformation with single genes (either AmDFR or MiANS) produced no change in flower color, showing a multistep control of late anthocyanin pathway in petals of forsythia. Analysis of relevant late flavonoid pathway genes – an endogenous flavonoid glycosyltransferase (FiFGT) and transformed DFR and ANS genes – showed appropriate expression in flower organs. Functional characterization of FiFGT expressed in E. coli revealed its ability to metabolize both flavonols and anthocyanidin substrates, a prerequisite for effective anthocyanin accumulation in petals of plants transformed with constructs leading to anthocyanidin synthesis. Biochemical analyses of flavonoid compounds in petals and leaves showed that, besides anthocyanin induction in petals of double transformants, the accumulation pattern of flavan-3-ols was quantitatively and qualitatively modified in petals and leaves of transformants, in agreement with the most recent model proposed for flavan-3-ol synthesis. On the other hand, phenylpropanoid, flavone and flavonol pools were not quantitatively affected, indicating a tight regulation of early flavonoid pathway. 相似文献
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The triacyl anthocyanins, Leschenaultia blue anthocyanins 1 and 2 (LBAs 1 and 2) were isolated from the blue flowers of Leschenaultia R. Br. cv. Violet Lena (Goodeniaceae), in which LBA 1 was present as a dominant pigment. The structure of LBA 1 was elucidated to be delphinidin 3-O-[6-O-(malonyl)-beta-D-glucopyranoside]-7-O-[6-O-(4-O-(6-O-(4-O-(beta-D-glucopyranosyl)-trans-caffeoyl)-beta-D-glucopyranosyl)-trans-caffeoyl)-beta-D-glucopyranoside] by application of chemical and spectroscopic methods. Since LAB 2 was isolated in small amount, its structure was tentatively assigned as either delphinidin 3-(malonylglucoside)-7-[(glucosyl-p-coumaroyl)-(glucosylcaffeoyl)-glucoside] or delphinidin 3-(malonyl-glucoside)-7-[(glucosyl-caffeoyl)(glucosyl-p-coumaroyl)-glucoside]. This is the first report of the occurrence of 7-polyacylated anthocyanins in the family of Goodeniaceae, although others have been found in the families of the Ranunculaceae, Campanulaceae, and Compositae. Moreover, delphinidin 3-glycoside-7-di-(glucosylcaffeoyl)-glucoside has been reported only in the flowers of Platycodon grandiflorum (Campanulaceae). From a chemotaxonomical viewpoint, the Goodeniaceae may be closely related to the Campanulaceae. 相似文献
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Benzylisoquinoline alkaloids are one of the most important secondary metabolite groups, and include the economically important analgesic morphine and the antimicrobial agent berberine. To improve the production of these alkaloids, we investigated the effect of the overexpression of putative rate-limiting step enzymes in benzylisoquinoline alkaloid biosynthesis. We introduced two O-methyltransferase [Coptis japonica norcoclaurine 6-O-methyltransferase (6OMT) and 3'-hydroxy-N-methylcoclaurine 4'-O-methyltransferase (4'OMT)] expression vectors into cultured California poppy cells to avoid the gene silencing effect of endogenous genes. We established 20 independent lines for 6OMT transformants and 15 independent lines for 4'OMT transformants. HPLC/liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) analysis revealed that the overexpression of C. japonica 6OMT was associated with an average alkaloid content 7.5 times greater than that in the wild type, whereas the overexpression of C. japonica 4'OMT had only a marginal effect. Further characterization of 6OMT in California poppy cells indicated that a 6OMT-specific gene is missing and 4OMT catalyzes the 6OMT reaction with low activity in California poppy, which supports the notion that the 6OMT reaction is important for alkaloid biosynthesis in this plant species. We discuss the importance of 6OMT in benzylisoquinoline alkaloid biosynthesis and the potential for using a rate-limiting step gene to improve alkaloid production. 相似文献
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Flower colour and cytochromes P450 总被引:8,自引:0,他引:8
Yoshikazu Tanaka 《Phytochemistry Reviews》2006,5(2-3):283-291
Flavonoids are major constituents of flower colour. Plants accumulate specific flavonoids and thus every species often exhibits a limited flower colour range. Three cytochromes P450 play critical roles in the flavonoid biosynthetic pathway. Flavonoid 3′-hydroxylase (F3′H, CYP75B) and flavonoid 3′,5′-hydroxylase (F3′5′H, CYP75A) catalyze the hydroxylation of the B-ring of flavonoids and are necessary to biosynthesize cyanidin-(red to magenta) and delphinidin-(violet to blue) based anthocyanins, respectively. Pelargonidin-based anthocyanins (orange to red) are synthesized in their absence. Some species such as roses, carnations and chrysanthemums do not have violet/blue flower colour due to deficiency of F3′5′H. Successful expression of heterologous F3′5′H genes in roses and carnations results in delphinidin production, causing a novel blue/violet flower colour. Down-regulation of F3′H and F3′5′H genes has yielded orange petunia and pink torenia colour that accumulate pelargonidin-based anthocyanins. Flavone synthase II (CYP93B) catalyzes the synthesis of flavones that contribute to the bluing of flower colour, and modulation of FNSII gene expression in petunia and tobacco changes their flower colour. Extensive engineering of the anthocyanin pathway is therefore now possible, and can be expected to enhance the range of flower colours. 相似文献
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Vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal (VAM) colonization can alter transpiration of host leaves, but scientists remain unclear
about the mechanisms involved. We tested whether intact root systems were required to observe effects of root colonization
by Glomus intraradices on leaf transpiration, or whether some VAM influence resided in leaves even after they were detached from root systems. We
measured the transpiration of detached leaves of VAM and nonmycorrhizal plants exposed to different levels of several substances
known to influence stomata locally or act in whole-plant regulation of transpiration: abscisic acid, calcium, phosphorus,
and hydrogen ions. In rose, some VAM influence on transpiration resided in leaves, even after they had been separated from
their root systems. However, removing leaves from their root systems eliminated the VAM influence on stomatal behavior of
cowpeas.
Accepted: 22 June 1998 相似文献
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Genetic evidence for the role of isopentenyl diphosphate isomerases in the mevalonate pathway and plant development in Arabidopsis 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Okada K Kasahara H Yamaguchi S Kawaide H Kamiya Y Nojiri H Yamane H 《Plant & cell physiology》2008,49(4):604-616
Isopentenyl/dimethylallyl diphosphate isomerase (IPI) catalyzes the interconversion of isopentenyl diphosphate (IPP) and dimethylallyl diphosphate (DMAPP), which are the universal C(5) units of isoprenoids. In plants, IPP and DMAPP are synthesized via the cytosolic mevalonate (MVA) and plastidic methylerythritol phosphate (MEP) pathways, respectively. However, the role of IPI in each pathway and in plant development is unknown due to a lack of genetic studies using IPI-defective mutants. Here, we show that the atipi1atipi2 double mutant, which is defective in two Arabidopsis IPI isozymes, exhibits dwarfism and male sterility under long-day conditions and decreased pigmentation under continuous light, whereas the atipi1 and atipi2 single mutants are phenotypically normal. We also show that the sterol and ubiquinone levels in the double mutant are <50% of those in wild-type plants, and that the male-sterile phenotype is chemically complemented by squalene, a sterol precursor. In vivo isotope labeling experiments using the atipi1atipi2 double mutant revealed a decrease in the incorporation of MVA (in its lactone form) into sterols, with no decrease in the incorporation of MEP pathway intermediates into tocopherol. These results demonstrate a critical role for IPI in isoprenoid biosynthesis via the MVA pathway, and they imply that IPI is essential for the maintenance of appropriate levels of IPP and DMAPP in different subcellular compartments in plants. 相似文献
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Parthenolide, the main bioactive compound of the medicinal plant feverfew (Tanacetum parthenium), is a promising anti-cancer drug. However, the biosynthetic pathway of parthenolide has not been elucidated yet. Here we report on the isolation and characterization of all the genes from feverfew that are required for the biosynthesis of parthenolide, using a combination of 454 sequencing of a feverfew glandular trichome cDNA library, co-expression analysis and metabolomics. When parthenolide biosynthesis was reconstituted by transient co-expression of all pathway genes in Nicotiana benthamiana, up to 1.4 μg g−1 parthenolide was produced, mostly present as cysteine and glutathione conjugates. These relatively polar conjugates were highly active against colon cancer cells, with only slightly lower activity than free parthenolide. In addition to these biosynthetic genes, another gene encoding a costunolide and parthenolide 3β-hydroxylase was identified opening up further options to improve the water solubility of parthenolide and therefore its potential as a drug. 相似文献
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Methionine gamma-lyase (MGL) catalyzes the degradation of L-methionine to alpha-ketobutyrate, methanethiol and ammonia. The Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) genome includes a single gene (At1g64660) encoding a protein (AtMGL) with approximately 35% identity to bacterial and protozoan MGLs. When overexpressed in Escherichia coli, AtMGL allowed growth on L-methionine as sole nitrogen source and conferred a high rate of methanethiol emission. The purified recombinant protein exhibited a spectrum typical of pyridoxal 5'-phosphate enzymes, and had high activity toward l-methionine, L-ethionine, L-homocysteine and seleno-L-methionine, but not L-cysteine. Quantitation of mRNA showed that the AtMGL gene is expressed in aerial organs and roots, and that its expression in leaves was increased 2.5-fold by growth on low sulfate medium. Emission of methanethiol from Arabidopsis plants supplied with 10 mM L-methionine was undetectable (<0.5 nmol min(-1) g(-1) FW), suggesting that AtMGL is not an important source of volatile methanethiol. Knocking out the AtMGL gene significantly increased leaf methionine content (9.2-fold) and leaf and root S-methylmethionine content (4.7- and 7-fold, respectively) under conditions of sulfate starvation, indicating that AtMGL carries a significant flux in vivo. In Arabidopsis plantlets fed L-[(35)S]methionine on a low sulfate medium, label was incorporated into protein-bound cysteine as well as methionine, but incorporation into cysteine was significantly (30%) less in the knockout mutant. These data indicate that plants possess an alternative to the reverse trans-sulfuration pathway (methionine-->homocysteine-->cystathionine-->cysteine) in which methanethiol is an intermediate. 相似文献
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Petal flavonoid compositions of 39 tree peony cultivars from Xibei (northwest China) were investigated in order to study the chemotaxonomic relationship among tree peony species. Six anthocyanins, the 3-O-glucosides and 3,5-di-O-glucosides of three anthocyanidins—pelargonidin (Pg), cyanidin (Cy), and peonidin (Pn)—exist in petals without a blotch at the base. The flowers are classified into three anthocyanidin phenotypes: Pn, Pg>Cy; Pn, Cy; and Pn, Cy>Pg. Furthermore, the yellow pigments are identified as three flavones and three flavonols: apigenin, luteolin, chrysoeriol, and kaempferol, quercetin, and isorhamnetin, respectively. Wards minimum-variance cluster analysis with principal component analysis produced a dendrogram using standardized scores of 20 pigment variables. Of 39 cultivars, 11 clustered with white flowered Paeonia rockii and 17 with pink flowered P. rockii. The other 11 cultivars matched either P. delavayi or P. potaninii. The result suggests that the Xibei tree peony originated mainly from P. rockii. 相似文献
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The activity of peroxidases in the proximal part of the flower peduncle of rose cv. Nubia was promoted by exogenous application of auxin but not by gibberellin or cytokinin. In cv. Mercedes the activity was promoted also by gibberellin and cytokinin. In the distal parts of the peduncles of both cultivars, peroxidase activity was not affected by any of the applied growth regulators. In young flowers of cv. Nubia the protein content of the penduncles was affected only by cytokinin, and in aged flowers only by auxin, while in Mercedes peduncles the content of protein was not affected by any of the applied growth regulators. The specific activity of peroxidases was promoted by auxin in peduncles of Nubia and by both auxin and cytokinin in peduncles of Mercedes flowers. 相似文献
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The domestication process of the Modern Rose: genetic structure and allelic composition of the rose complex 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
M. Martin F. Piola D. Chessel M. Jay P. Heizmann 《TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik》2001,102(2-3):398-404
Genetic variability among 100 old cultivated rose varieties from 13 horticultural groups was estimated by arbitrary primed
(AP) PCR. Using five long (20-mer) PCR primers, 58 polymorphic DNA fragments were produced, of which 55 were highly discriminant,
allowing differentiation of the quasi-totality of the 100 cultivars. A dendrogram was constructed displaying the relative
genetic similarities between cultivars estimated from the presence/absence of PCR fragments. It shows the relationships between
the Chinese and European founder roses, hybrid groups of the first (Bourbons, Noisettes, Portlands) and second (Hybrid Perpetuals
and Teas) generations, and the most modern Hybrid Teas, produced during the history of domestication. Principal components
analysis (PCA) of the same data demonstrates the occurrence of a continuous gradient of the European/Chinese allele ratio,
and a considerable reduction of genetic variability superimposed with the progress of domestication. The two complementary
analyses are in good agreement with the horticultural literature. They also give access to DNA fragments potentially linked
to genes involved in the control of the main morphogenetic characters of various groups.
Received: 10 January 2000 / Accepted: 30 April 2000 相似文献
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Five polyacylated anthocyanins were isolated from blue-violet flowers of Anemone coronaria 'St. Brigid'. They were identified as delphinidin 3-O-[2-O-(2-O-(trans-caffeoyl)-beta-D-glucopyranosyl)-6-O-(malonyl)-beta-D-galactopyranoside]-7-O-[6-O-(trans-caffeoyl)-beta-D-glucopyranoside]-3'-O-[beta-D-glucuronopyranoside], and its demalonylated form, delphinidin 3-O-[2-O-(2-O-(trans-caffeoyl)-beta-D-glucopyranosyl)-6-O-(2-O-tartaryl)malonyl)-beta-D-galactopyranoside]-7-O-[6-O-(trans-caffeoyl)-beta-D-glucopyranoside]-3'-O-[beta-D-glucuronopyranoside], and its cyanidin analog as well as delphinidin 3-O-[2-O-(2-O-(trans-caffeoyl)-beta-D-glucopyranosyl)-6-O-(2-O-(tartaryl)malonyl)-beta-D-galactopyranoside]-7-O-[6-O-(trans-caffeoyl)-beta-D-glucopyranoside]. 相似文献
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Dadbeh Rouhbakhsh Chi-Yung Lai Carol D. von Dohlen Marta A. Clark Linda Baumann Paul Baumann Nancy A. Moran David J. Voegtlin 《Journal of molecular evolution》1996,42(4):414-421
The bacterial endosymbionts (Buchnera) from the aphids Rhopalosiphum padi, R. maidis, Schizaphis graminum, and Acyrthosiphon pisum contain the genes for anthranilate synthase (trpEG) on plasmids made up of one or more 3.6-kb units. Anthranilate synthase is the first as well as the rate-limiting enzyme
in the tryptophan biosynthetic pathway. The amplification of trpEG on plasmids may result in an increase of enzyme protein and overproduction of this essential amino acid, which is required
by the aphid host. The nucleotide sequence of trpEG from endosymbionts of different species of aphids is highly conserved, as is an approximately 500-bp upstream DNA segment
which has the characteristics of an origin of replication. Phylogenetic analyses were performed using trpE and trpG from the endosymbionts of these four aphids as well as from the endosymbiont of Schlechtendalia chinensis, in which trpEG occurs on the chromosome. The resulting phylogeny was congruent with trees derived from sequences of two chromosome-located
bacterial genes (part of trpB and 16S ribosomal DNA). In turn, trees obtained from plasmid-borne and bacterial chromosome-borne sequences were congruent
with the tree resulting from phylogenetic analysis of three aphid mitochondrial regions (portions of the small and large ribosomal
DNA subunits, as well as cytochrome oxidase II). Congruence of trees based on genes from host mitochondria and from bacteria
adds to previous support for exclusively vertical transmission of the endosymbionts within aphid lineages. Congruence with
trees based on plasmid-borne genes supports the origin of the plasmid-borne trpEG from the chromosomal genes of the same lineage and the absence of subsequent plasmid exchange among endosymbionts of different
species of aphids.
Received: 22 August 1995 / Accepted: 6 September 1995 相似文献
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3-Hydroxy-γ-butyrolactone (3HBL) is an attractive building block owing to its broad applications in pharmaceutical industry. Currently, 3HBL is commercially produced by chemical routes using petro-derived carbohydrates, which involves hazardous materials and harsh processing conditions. Only one biosynthetic pathway has been reported for synthesis of 3HBL and its hydrolyzed form 3,4-dihydroxybutyric acid (3,4-DHBA) using glucose and glycolic acid as the substrates and coenzyme A as the activator, which involves multiple steps (>10 steps) and suffers from low productivity and yield. Here we established a novel five-step biosynthetic pathway for 3,4-DHBA generation from D-xylose based on the non-phosphorylative D-xylose metabolism, which led to efficient production of 3,4-DHBA in Escherichia coli. Pathway optimization by incorporation of efficient enzymes for each step and host strain engineering by knocking out competing pathways enabled 1.27 g/L 3,4-DHBA produced in shake flasks, which is the highest titer reported so far. The novel pathway established in engineered E. coli strain demonstrates a new route for 3,4-DHBA biosynthesis from xylose, and this engineered pathway has great potential for industrial biomanufacturing of 3,4-DHBA and 3HBL. 相似文献
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Elisabetta Caporali Alberto Spada Alessia Losa G. Marziani 《Sexual plant reproduction》2000,13(3):151-156
MADS box genes are implicated in different steps of plant development. Some of them are expressed in vegetative organs. Most
of them, however, are expressed in flower tissues and are involved in different phases of flower development. Here we describe
the isolation and characterization of an Asparagus officinalis MADS box gene, AOM1. The deduced AOM1 protein shows the highest degree of similarity with FBP2 of Petunia hybrida and AGL9 (SEP3), AGL2 (SEP1) and AGL4 (SEP2) of Arabidopsis thaliana. In situ hybridization analyses, however, show that the expression profile of AOM1 is different from that of these genes: AOM1 is expressed not only in flower organs but also in inflorescence and flower meristems. These data indicate a possible function
of AOM1 during flower development as well as in earlier stages of the flowering process. Asparagus officinalis is a dioecious species which bears male and female flowers on different individuals. AOM1, which is expressed very early during the process of flowering and has a similar expression profile in male and female flowers,
does not seems to be involved in asparagus sex differentiation.
Received: 3 July 2000 / Revision accepted: 4 August 2000 相似文献
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Flower color alteration in <Emphasis Type="Italic">Lotus japonicus</Emphasis> by modification of the carotenoid biosynthetic pathway 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Suzuki S Nishihara M Nakatsuka T Misawa N Ogiwara I Yamamura S 《Plant cell reports》2007,26(7):951-959
To establish a model system for alteration of flower color by carotenoid pigments, we modified the carotenoid biosynthesis
pathway of Lotus japonicus using overexpression of the crtW gene isolated from marine bacteria Agrobacterium aurantiacum and encoding β-carotene ketolase (4,4′-β-oxygenase) for the production of pink to red color ketocarotenoids. The crtW gene with the transit peptide sequence of the pea Rubisco small subunit under the regulation of the CaMV35S promoter was
introduced to L. japonicus. In most of the resulting transgenic plants, the color of flower petals changed from original light yellow to deep yellow
or orange while otherwise exhibiting normal phenotype. HPLC and TLC analyses revealed that leaves and flower petals of these
plants accumulated novel carotenoids, believed to be ketocarotenoids consisting of including astaxanthin, adonixanthin, canthaxanthin
and echinenone. Results indicated that modification of the carotenoid biosynthesis pathway is a means of altering flower color
in ornamental crops. 相似文献