中国农业科学 ›› 2015, Vol. 48 ›› Issue (7): 1392-1404.doi: 10.3864/j.issn.0578-1752.2015.07.14

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月季花青素苷相关R2R3-MYB蛋白基因的克隆和表达分析

赵佳,刘荣,杨帆,李鑫,刘厚生,严倩,肖月华   

  1. 西南大学生物技术中心/重庆市转基因植物与安全控制实验室,重庆 400716
  • 收稿日期:2014-08-26 出版日期:2015-04-01 发布日期:2015-04-01
  • 通讯作者: 肖月华,Tel:023-68250042;E-mail:xiaoyuehua@swu.edu.cn
  • 作者简介:赵佳,E-mail:595498467@qq.com
  • 基金资助:
    国家自然科学基金(31271769)、转基因生物新品种培育科技重大专项(2014ZX08005-005)

Cloning and Expression Analyses of R2R3-MYB Genes Related to Anthocyanin Biosynthesis in Rose

ZHAO Jia, LIU Rong, YANG Fan, LI Xin, LIU Hou-sheng, YAN Qian, XIAO Yue-hua   

  1. Biotechnology Research Center, Southwest University/Chongqing Key Laboratory of Application and Safety Control of Genetically Modified Crops, Chongqing 400716
  • Received:2014-08-26 Online:2015-04-01 Published:2015-04-01

摘要: 【目的】花青素苷是月季花瓣呈红色或粉色的重要因素。R2R3-MYB蛋白是调控植物花青素苷合成的关键转录因子。从月季花瓣中克隆花青素苷调控相关的R2R3-MYB蛋白同源基因,并分析这些基因与月季花瓣颜色和花青素苷合成的关系,为花色基因工程改良奠定基础。【方法】根据植物花青素苷调控相关R2R3-MYB蛋白的保守序列设计简并引物,结合3'-RACE和Y-RACE方法从月季花瓣中扩增同源基因的全长编码序列。用植物第四(Sg4)和第六(Sg6)亚家族的R2R3-MYB蛋白、拟南芥次生代谢调控相关的R2R3-MYB序列和克隆基因的编码蛋白进行多序列比较和进化分析。通过比较不同颜色的月季花瓣中花青素苷含量和R2R3-MYB蛋白基因的表达水平,分析月季花瓣中R2R3-MYB蛋白基因与花青素苷调控的关系。【结果】从月季‘红胜利’的红色花瓣中克隆了2个R2R3-MYB蛋白基因(RhMYBs4-1RhMYBs6-1,GenBank登录号分别为KJ664810和KJ664811)。序列分析表明,RhMYBs4-1和RhMYBs6-1蛋白均含有保守的R2R3-MYB结构域,分别与植物Sg4和Sg6 R2R3-MYB蛋白同源。RhMYBs4-1具有Sg4 MYB蛋白典型的C1、C2抑制子和锌指结构。RhMYBs6-1具有Sg6 MYB蛋白特有的(A/S/G)NDV和KPRPR(T/S)基序。表达分析显示RhMYBs4-1RhMYBs6-1均在月季‘红胜利’的花瓣中高水平表达,在叶片和花药中表达水平很低。比较7种不同颜色月季花瓣中的花青素苷含量和RhMYBs4-1RhMYBs6-1的表达水平,发现红色花瓣中花青素苷含量远高于其他材料,相应地,RhMYBs4-1RhMYBs6-1均在红色花瓣中具有最高的表达水平。在粉红色月季花瓣中,花青素苷含量不到红色花瓣的10%,RhMYBs4-1的表达水平极低,而RhMYBs6-1的表达水平与红色花瓣相当。【结论】月季RhMYBs4-1RhMYBs6-1分别编码Sg4和Sg6亚家族的R2R3-MYB蛋白,均在红色月季花瓣中高水平表达,可能是月季花青素苷合成和花瓣颜色的重要调控基因。

关键词: 月季, 花瓣颜色, 花青素苷, R2R3-MYB蛋白, 基因表达

Abstract: 【Objective】Anthocyanin is a major factor conferring pink or red to rose flower. R2R3-MYB proteins are key transcription factors controlling anthocyanin biosynthesis. This work aimed to clone homologous genes of anthocyanin-related R2R3-MYB protein from rose flowers, and further to analyze their relatedness to anthocyanin biosynthesis and coloration in rose petals, which may lay a foundation for gene engineering improvement of flower.【Method】With a degenerate primer designed according to the conserved sequence of anthocyanin-related R2R3-MYB proteins from various plants, complete coding sequences of corresponding homologous genes were amplified and cloned by using 3′-RACE and Y-RACE methods. Multiple sequence alignment and phylogenetic analysis were performed using typical sequences from the 4th and 6th subfamily of plant R2R3-MYB proteins (Sg4 and Sg6) and Arabidopsis R2R3-MYB proteins related to secondary metabolism with deduced proteins of the cloned genes. To elucidate the relatedness of the cloned genes to anthocyanin biosynthesis and coloration in rose petals, anthocyanin contents and expression levels of the two cloned R2R3-MYB protein genes were determined in rose petals of different colors. 【Result】Two R2R3-MYB protein genes (RhMYBs4-1 and RhMYBs6-1, GenBank accession Nos, KJ664810 and KJ664811, respectively) were cloned from red petals of rose ‘Red Success’. Sequence analyses indicated that RhMYBs4-1 and RhMYBs6-1, both conserved in the R2R3-MYB domain, were homologous to Sg4 and Sg6 R2R3-MYB proteins, respectively. RhMYBs4-1 contained the C1, C2 repressors and zinc finger domains typical of Sg4 R2R3-MYB proteins, whereas RhMYBs6-1 had the signature motifs ((A/S/G)NDV and KPRPR(T/S)) of Sg6 R2R3-MYB subfamily. Expression analyses showed that both RhMYBs4-1 and RhMYBs6-1 were expressed at a high level in the red petals of rose ‘Red Success’, but at low levels in leaves and stamens. Among rose petals of different colors, red petals had the highest anthocyanin contents, and the highest expression levels of both RhMYBs4-1 and RhMYBs6-1 genes. In pink rose petals, the anthocyanin content was less than 10% of that in red petals and the RhMYBs4-1 expression level was very low, whereas the expression level of RhMYBs6-1 in pink petals was comparable to that in red petals. 【Conclusion】Results of this study indicated that the RhMYBs4-1 and RhMYBs6-1 genes encoded Sg4 and Sg6 R2R3-MYB proteins, respectively. Both RhMYBs4-1 and RhMYBs6-1 were highly expressed in red petals and might be important regulators of anthocyanin biosynthesis and coloration in rose petals.

Key words: Rosa hybrida, petal color, anthocyanin, R2R3-MYB protein, gene expression