| Title | Tomato R2R3-MYB proteins SlANT1 and SlAN2: Same protein activity, different roles |
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| Publication Type | Articolo su Rivista peer-reviewed |
| Year of Publication | 2015 |
| Authors | Kiferle, C., Fantini E., Bassolino L., Povero G., Spelt C., Buti S., Giuliano Giovanni, Quattrocchio F., Koes R., Perata P., and Gonzali S. |
| Journal | PLoS ONE |
| Volume | 10 |
| ISSN | 19326203 |
| Keywords | Anthocyanin, Anthocyanins, article, cold, Cold Temperature, controlled study, development and aging, flower, fruit, gene expression regulation, gene function, gene identification, gene location, gene regulatory network, Genetic, Genetically Modified, genetics, genotype, growth, High temperature, light, low temperature, Lycopersicon esculentum, Messenger, messenger RNA, metabolism, nonhuman, Phenotype, Phylogeny, Plant, plant gene, plant leaf, plant protein, Plant Proteins, plant root, plant stem, plant stress, plant tissue, Plants, promoter region, Promoter Regions, protein analysis, protein function, real time polymerase chain reaction, Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction, Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction, RNA, SlAN2 gene, SlANT1 gene, Tomato, transcription factor, transcription factor SlAN2, transcription factor SlANT1, Transcription Factors, transcription initiation, transgenic plant, unclassified drug, upregulation |
| Abstract | Anthocyanins are water-soluble polyphenolic compounds with a high nutraceutical value. Despite the fact that cultivated tomato varieties do not accumulate anthocyanins in the fruit, the biosynthetic pathway can be activated in the vegetative organs by several environmental stimuli. Little is known about the molecular mechanisms regulating anthocyanin synthesis in tomato. Here, we carried out a molecular and functional characterization of two genes, SlAN2 and SlANT1, encoding two R2R3-MYB transcription factors. We show that both can induce ectopic anthocyanin synthesis in transgenic tomato lines, including the fruit. However, only SlAN2 acts as a positive regulator of anthocyanin synthesis in vegetative tissues under high light or low temperature conditions. Copyright © 2015 Kiferle et al. |
| Notes | cited By 96 |
| URL | https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84943390602&doi=10.1371%2fjournal.pone.0136365&partnerID=40&md5=10e0f02c122ecb886f1d1ada09213cef |
| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0136365 |
| Citation Key | Kiferle2015 |
