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ArticlePlanta2011

Isolation and characterization of the fragrant cyclamen O-methyltransferase involved in flower coloration.

Yusuke Akita, Satoshi Kitamura, Yoshihiro Hase, Issay Narumi, Hiroshi Ishizaka, Emiko Kondo, Naoko Kameari, Masayoshi Nakayama, Natsu Tanikawa, Yasumasa Morita and 1 more

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Article in Planta, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers.

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27citing papers in PubMed
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27 citing papers in PubMed, 57 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Yusuke AkitaQuantum Beam Science Directorate, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 1233 Watanuki, Takasaki, Gunma, 370-1292, Japan. akita.yusuke@jaea.go.jp
Satoshi Kitamura
Yoshihiro Hase
Issay Narumi
Hiroshi Ishizaka
Emiko Kondo
Naoko Kameari
Masayoshi Nakayama
Natsu Tanikawa
Yasumasa Morita
Atsushi Tanaka
Japan Atomic Energy Agency · JPNational Agriculture and Food Research Organization · JPSaitama Prefecture · JP

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Anthocyanin O-methyltransferase (OMT) is one of the key enzymes for anthocyanin modification and flower pigmentation. We previously bred a novel red-purple-flowered fragrant cyclamen (KMrp) from the purple-flowered fragrant cyclamen 'Kaori-no-mai' (KM) by ion-beam irradiation. Since the major anthocyanins in KMrp and KM petals were delphinidin 3,5-diglucoside and malvidin 3,5-diglucoside, respectively, inactivation of a methylation step in the anthocyanin biosynthetic pathway was indicated in KMrp. We isolated and compared OMT genes expressed in KM and KMrp petals. RT-PCR analysis revealed that CkmOMT2 was expressed in the petals of KM but not in KMrp. Three additional CkmOMTs with identical sequences were expressed in petals of both KM and KMrp. Genomic PCR analysis revealed that CkmOMT2 was not amplified from the KMrp genome, indicating that ion-beam irradiation caused a loss of the entire CkmOMT2 region in KMrp. In vitro enzyme assay demonstrated that CkmOMT2 catalyzes the 3' or 3',5' O-methylation of the B-ring of anthocyanin substrates. These results suggest that CkmOMT2 is functional for anthocyanin methylation, and defective expression of CkmOMT2 is responsible for changes in anthocyanin composition and flower coloration in KMrp.

Indexed as

AnthocyaninsCyclamenDNA, PlantFlowersGene Expression Regulation, PlantGenome, PlantMethylationMethyltransferasesPhylogenyPigmentationPlant ProteinsPlants, Genetically ModifiedRNA, PlantSequence Analysis, DNAAnthocyaninsdelphinidinDNA, PlantmalvidinMethyltransferasesPlant ProteinsRNA, Plant

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