Journal of Plant Biotechnology

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Molecular cloning, sequences analysis and in vitro expression of the dihydroflavonol 4-reductase gene from Gypsophila paniculata L.

안개초(Gypsophila paniculata L.)로부터 dihydroflavonol 4-reductase 유전자의 분리 및 분석

  • Min, Byung-Whan (Division of Ecological and Environment System, Kyungpook National University) ;
  • Cheong, Dong-Chun (Namwon Alpine Floricultural Experiment Station)
  • 민병환 (경북대학교 생태환경대학 생태환경시스템학부) ;
  • 정동춘 (전북농업기술원 남원고령지화훼시험장)
  • Received : 2010.03.09
  • Accepted : 2010.03.12
  • Published : 2010.03.31
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Abstract

Dihydroflavonol 4-reductase (DFR) is a key enzyme of the flavonoid biosynthesis pathway which catalyses the NADPH-dependent reduction of 2R,3R-trans-dihydroflavonols to leucoanthocyanidins. In this study we describe cloning and expression of the genes encoding the flavonoid-biosynthetic enzyme DFR in Gypsophila paniculata L. Inspection of the 1279 bp long sequence revealed an open reading frame 1063 bp, including a 36 bp 5' leader region and 181 bp 3' untranslated region. Comparison of the coding region of this DFR cDNA sequence including the sequences of Arabidopsis thaliana, Citrus sinensis, Dianthus caryophyllus, Ipomoea batatas, Matthiola incana, Nierembergia sp, Petunia hybrida, Solanum tuberosum, Vitis vinifera reveals an identity higher than 69% at the nucleotide level. The function of this nucleotide sequences was verified by comparison with amino acid sequences of the amino-terminus and tryptic peptides from purified plant enzyme, by northern blotting with mRNA from wild type and mutant plants, by in vitro expression yielding and enzymatically active reductase, as indicated by the small leucopelargonidin peak. Genomic southern blot analysis showed the presence of only one gene for DFR in Gypsophila paniculata.

Dihydroflavonol 4-reductase(DFR)는 flavonoid 생합성 경로의 가장 중심부에 작용하는 효소로 2R,3R-trans-dihydroflavonols로부터 leucoanthocyanidins 으로의 변환을 촉매한다. 본 연구에서는 색소유전자의 전이를 통하여 새로운 색소발현체계를 가진 품종을 육종하기 위한 기초연구로 안개초 (Gypsophila paniculata L.)의 꽃봉오리로부터 cDNAlibrary를 합성하였고 카네이션의 DFR 유전자를 probe로 사용하여 anthocyanin 합성경로의 중요 효소의 하나인 DFR 유전자를 분리하였다. 염기서열분석을 수행하여 분리유전자의 크기가 1279 bp이며 이 중 coding region은 1063 bp임을 확인하였다. 이미 밝혀진 다른 식물체의 DFR 유전자와 서로 염기서열의 일치성을 비교해 본 결과 Cheddar pink, 카네이션, 양배추, 개나리, 페튜니아, cup flower, 장미, 과꽃 및 거베라에서 각각 62% 이상을 나타내었다. 분리유전자의 발현을 확인하기 위하여 Northern blot 분석 및 인위적으로 기내에서의 transcription과 translation을 수행하였고, 분리한 유전자의 효소활성을 측정해 본 결과 leucopelargonidin의 작은 peak를 확인하였다. Southern blot 분석 결과 안개초의 DFR 유전자는 다른 대부분의 식물체와 유사하게 한 개가 존재함을 확인하였다.

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