倍他林
生物
基因
遗传学
转录因子
同步
基因组
颜料
有机化学
化学
作者
Jiayi Chen,Fangfang Xie,Kamran Shah,Canbin Chen,Jianmei Zeng,Jiaxuan Chen,Zhike Zhang,Jiamin Zhao,Guibing Hu,Yonghua Qin
出处
期刊:Plant Science
[Elsevier]
日期:2023-03-01
卷期号:328: 111595-111595
被引量:5
标识
DOI:10.1016/j.plantsci.2023.111595
摘要
Basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) proteins are dimeric transcription factors (TFs) involved in various plant physiological and biological processes. Despite this, little is known about the molecular properties and roles of bHLH TFs in pitaya betalain biosynthesis. Here we report the identification of 165 HubHLH genes in H. undantus genome, their chromosomal distribution, physiochemical characteristics, conserved motifs, gene structure, phylogeny and synteny of HubHLH genes. Based on phylogenetic relationship analysis, the 165 HubHLHs were divided into 26 subfamilies and unequally distributed on the 11 chromosomes of pitaya. Based on the pitaya transcriptome data, a candidate gene HubHLH159 was obtained, and the real-time quantitative PCR analysis confirmed that HubHLH159 showed a high expression level in ‘Guanhuahong’ pitaya (red-pulp) at mature stage, indicating its role in betalain biosynthesis. HubHLH159 is a Group II protein and contains a bHLH domain. It is a nuclear protein with transcriptional activation activity. Dual luciferase reporter assays and virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) experiments showed that HubHLH159 promotes betalain biosynthesis by activating the expression of HuADH1, HuCYP76AD1–1, and HuDODA1. The results of the present study lay a new theoretical reference for the regulation of pitaya betalain biosynthesis and also provides as essential basis for the future analysis of the functions of HubHLH gene family.
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