- 著者
- Xiaofei Kang Riho Mikami Yusuke Akita
- 出版者
- Japanese Society for Plant Biotechnology
- 雑誌
- Plant Biotechnology (ISSN:13424580)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.38, no.2, pp.263-268, 2021-06-25 (Released:2021-06-25)
- 参考文献数
- 25
- 被引用文献数
- 8
Wild cyclamen (Cyclamen purpurascens) is considered as a precious breeding material for the development of new cultivars. Malvidin 3,5-diglucoside is the main anthocyanin in the petals of C. purpurascens, whereas the F1 progeny of the C. persicum × C. purpurascens cultivars cross contains 3,5-diglucoside-type anthocyanins as the main pigment. The anthocyanin 5-O-glucosyltransferase (A5GT) enzyme is responsible for the glycosylation of the A ring of anthocyanin at the 5-O-position, which implies that the expression of A5GT is dominant in the petals of C. purpurascens × C. persicum cultivars. Here, we isolated the complete open reading frame of the A5GT gene from C. purpurascens (Cpur5GT). Results of qRT-PCR revealed that Cpur5GT shows tissue-specific expression, with strong expression in fully opened petals and weak expression in young petals. In vitro enzyme assay showed that when uridine diphosphate glucose was used as the sugar donor, recombinant Cpur5GT could catalyze the glycosylation of 3-glucoside-type anthocyanidins at the 5-O-position, but when uridine diphosphate galactose was served as glycosyl donor, the reaction could not be performed. These results demonstrate that Cpur5GT exhibits valid anthocyanin glucosylation activity and could be used to analyze the mechanism of A5GT-mediated flower coloration in cyclamen in future studies.
- 著者
- Takayuki Mizuno Yusuke Akita Ayumi Uehara Tsukasa Iwashina
- 出版者
- National Museum of Nature and Sciece (National Science Museum, Tokyo)
- 雑誌
- 国立科学博物館研究報告B類(植物学) (ISSN:18819060)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.47, no.3, pp.143-151, 2021-08-20 (Released:2021-08-31)
- 参考文献数
- 21
Three anthocyanins, delphinidin 3-O-glucoside, petunidin 3,5-di-O-glucoside, and petunidin 3-O-glucoside, and rosmarinic acid were isolated and identified from the flowers of three lungwort (Pulmonaria) cultivars. Composition of these compounds were quantitatively compared during two developmental stages, i.e. violet color in early flowering stage and blue color in later flowering stage. In addition, pH values of petal juices and flower color value were measured in both stages. Qualitative differences among three cultivars were observed in anthocyanins. However, qualitative and quantitative changes during development was not observed. Increase of rosmarinic acid was observed in one cultivar during development of the flowers. Notable alkalization was not revealed in vacuoles. These results mean that the flower bluing in these lungwort cultivars is not mediated by intramolecular copigmentation and alkalization of vacuole. Furthermore, we performed in vitro examination using the isolated anthocyanin, delphinidin 3-O-glucoside or petunidin 3-O-glucoside, and rosmarinic acid. As the results, it was shown that the absorption curves of the mixture solutions and intact petal did not match. Thus, it was suggested that the petal bluing after flowering may be due to intermolecular interaction which was influenced by metal ions.