Acta Agriculturae Boreali-Sinica ›› 2023, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (1): 84-93. doi: 10.7668/hbnxb.20193450

Special Issue: Biotechnology

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Cloning,Structure and Expression Profile Analysis of CtANR2 and CtANR3 Genes from Carthamus tinctorius L.

LU Dandan, TAN Zhengwei, YU Yongliang, LI Lei, XU Lanjie, YANG Hongqi, YANG Qing, DONG Wei, AN Sufang, LIANG Huizhen   

  1. Sesame Research Center,Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences,Zhengzhou 450002,China
  • Received:2022-06-14 Published:2023-02-28

Abstract:

As part of flavone compounds,proanthocyanidins (PAs)play important roles in defense against pests and diseases,and they are also a kind of nutritionally valuable component of human diet.Anthocyanidin reductases (ANRs)are involved in the biosynthesis of PAs.We cloned two CtANR genes from Carthamus tinctorius L..Bioinformatic analysis showed that the full-length CDS sequences of CtANR2 and CtANR3 were 1 020 and 1 023 bp,respectively.Both of the genomic sequences contained five exons and four introns,the length of the first exon was different while the other four exons were the same,and the lengths of introns varied greatly.CtANR2 and CtANR3 genes encoded proteins with amino acid number of 339 and 340,respectively,and their secondary structures were mainly composed of α-helix and random curl.Both of them were hydrophilic proteins,CtANR2 protein was unstable,while CtANR3 was a stable hydrophilic protein.In addition,the two proteins both had no signal peptide sequence and transmembrane structure,and might be located outside the cells.Sequence alignment and phylogenetic analysis showed that CtANR2 and CtANR1 had the highest homology and the closest genetic relationship.The three CtANR proteins had the closest evolutionary relationship with ANR of Asteraceae,and also belonged to the same large branch with ANR of Solanaceae,Malvacede and Moraceae.Expression analysis showed that the tissue expression patterns of CtANR2 and CtANR1 were similar with the highest expression level in flowers and the lowest expression level in early fruit balls,while CtANR3 was highly expressed in bracts and almost not expressed in roots and early fruit balls.They displayed different expression patterns under different hormone treatments.The expressions of CtANR2 and CtANR1 were decreased after different hormone treatments,while the expression levels of CtANR3 were increased to different degrees after hormone treatments.These results suggest that CtANR genes might play different roles in different development stages and resistance to abiotic stresses of Carthamus tinctorius L..

Key words: Carthamus tinctorius L., Anthocyanidin reductase, Gene cloning, Gene structure, Expression profile

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LU Dandan, TAN Zhengwei, YU Yongliang, LI Lei, XU Lanjie, YANG Hongqi, YANG Qing, DONG Wei, AN Sufang, LIANG Huizhen. Cloning,Structure and Expression Profile Analysis of CtANR2 and CtANR3 Genes from Carthamus tinctorius L.[J]. Acta Agriculturae Boreali-Sinica, 2023, 38(1): 84-93. doi: 10.7668/hbnxb.20193450.

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