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PLANT JOURNAL
Volume 116, Issue 5, Pages 1492-1507Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/tpj.16444
Keywords
dihydrochalcone glycoside; genetic regulation; genotype; Malus; promoter; seed; tissue; transcription factor
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This study found that the synthesis of phlorizin and trilobatin in apple are controlled by single genes. Differential promoter activities of PGT1 and PGT2 genes determine the accumulation patterns of DHC glycosides. Transcription factors MYB8L and PRR2L control the DHC glycoside patterns in different tissues. Furthermore, DHC glycoside production is essential during apple seed development.
Dihydrochalcones (DHCs) including phlorizin (phloretin 2 ' -O-glucoside) and its positional isomer trilobatin (phloretin 4 ' -O-glucoside) are the most abundant phenylpropanoids in apple (Malus spp.). Transcriptional regulation of DHC production is poorly understood despite their importance in insect- and pathogen-plant interactions in human physiology research and in pharmaceuticals. In this study, segregation in hybrid populations and bulked segregant analysis showed that the synthesis of phlorizin and trilobatin in Malus leaves are both single-gene-controlled traits. Promoter sequences of PGT1 and PGT2, two glycosyltransferase genes involved in DHC glycoside synthesis, were shown to discriminate Malus with different DHC glycoside patterns. Differential PGT1 and PGT2 promoter activities determined DHC glycoside accumulation patterns between genotypes. Two transcription factors containing MYB-like DNA-binding domains were then shown to control DHC glycoside patterns in different tissues, with PRR2L mainly expressed in leaf, fruit, flower, stem, and seed while MYB8L mainly expressed in stem and root. Further hybridizations between specific genotypes demonstrated an absolute requirement for DHC glycoside production in Malus during seed development which explains why no Malus spp. with a null DHC chemotype have been reported.
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