Acta Agriculturae Boreali-Sinica ›› 2024, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (4): 110-118. doi: 10.7668/hbnxb.20194867

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Cloning of MYB Family Gene MawuCPC of Magnolia wufengensis and Analysis of Its Role in Flower Color Regulation

WANG Qidi1, ZHU Huixian2, MA Jiang2, CHEN Faju2, ZHU Zhonglong3, LI Xueping1   

  1. 1 College of Horticulture and Plant Protection,Henan University of Science and Technology,Luoyang 471000,China
    2 Biotechnology Research Center,China Three Gorges University,Yichang 443002,China
    3 Wufeng Boling Seed Industry Co.,Ltd.,Wufeng 443413,China
  • Received:2024-01-23 Published:2024-08-27

Abstract:

Magnolia wufengensis is a rare ornamental tree species endemic to China.Its flower color variation types are extremely rich.There are a series of flower color variation varieties such as deep red,pink and white.However,the molecular mechanism of flower color regulation is still unclear.In order to explore the molecular mechanism of flower color regulation of Magnolia wufengensis,MawuCPC,a key candidate gene for flower color regulation of Magnolia wufengensis,was cloned from Magnolia wufengensis.Phylogenetic analysis,amino acid sequence structure analysis,subcellular localization experiment,yeast two-hybrid experiment and luciferase experiment were carried out.The expression level of MawuCPC in different flower color varieties was compared and analyzed by Real-time Quantitative PCR.The results showed that the coding region of MawuCPC gene was 258 bp,encoding 85 amino acids.Phylogenetic analysis showed that MawuCPC was clustered with CPC members of Arabidopsis thaliana and other species in the same evolutionary branch,which further supported that MawuCPC belonged to the CPC family of Magnolia wufengensis.Sequence structure analysis further showed that MawuCPC protein had only a conserved R3 domain and a bHLH binding motif.The result of subcellular localization experiment showed that MawuCPC protein was specifically localized in the nucleus.Yeast two-hybrid and luciferase assays showed that MawuCPC and MawuPAP1 could interact with the bHLH family protein MawubHLH1 of Magnolia wufengensis,and the binding of MawuCPC to MawubHLH1 could seriously inhibit the enhancement expression of MawuPAP1 and MawubHLH1 on the promoter of the structural gene MawuDFR gene.Real-time Quantitative PCR results showed that the expression level of MawuCPC was the highest in the white flower variety JB,followed by the pink flower variety Jiaoyan,and the lowest in the red flower variety Jiaohong 1.The above experimental results indicate that in Magnolia wufengensis,MawuCPC may also play its role in flower color regulation by competing with PAP1/2 protein to bind bHLH protein,and maybe the difference in the expression level of this gene promotes Magnolia wufengensis to produce extremely rich flower color variation types.

Key words: Magnolia wufengensis, MawuCPC, PCR, Yeast two-hybrid, Expression regulation, Flower color

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WANG Qidi, ZHU Huixian, MA Jiang, CHEN Faju, ZHU Zhonglong, LI Xueping. Cloning of MYB Family Gene MawuCPC of Magnolia wufengensis and Analysis of Its Role in Flower Color Regulation[J]. Acta Agriculturae Boreali-Sinica, 2024, 39(4): 110-118. doi: 10.7668/hbnxb.20194867.

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