Mitochondrial citrate synthase plays important roles in anthocyanin synthesis in petunia.
Anthocyanin synthesis
Citrate synthase
Flower development
Leaf development
Petunia
Journal
Plant science : an international journal of experimental plant biology
ISSN: 1873-2259
Titre abrégé: Plant Sci
Pays: Ireland
ID NLM: 9882015
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Apr 2021
Apr 2021
Historique:
received:
21
10
2020
revised:
26
01
2021
accepted:
30
01
2021
entrez:
11
3
2021
pubmed:
12
3
2021
medline:
2
6
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Anthocyanins are important flavonoid pigments in plants. Malonyl CoA is an important intermediate in anthocyanin synthesis, and citrate, formed by citrate synthase (CS) catalysing oxaloacetate, is the precursor for the formation of malonyl-CoA. CS is composed of two isoforms, mitochondrial citrate synthase (mCS), a key enzyme of the tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle, and citrate synthase (CSY) localizated in microbodies in plants. However, no CS isoform involvement in anthocyanin synthesis has been reported. In this study, we identified the entire CS family in petunia (Petunia hybrida): PhmCS, PhCSY1 and PhCSY2. We obtained petunia plants silenced for the three genes. PhmCS silencing resulted in abnormal development of leaves and flowers. The contents of citrate and anthocyanins were significantly reduced in flowers in PhmCS-silenced plants. However, silencing of PhCSY1 and/or PhCSY2 did not cause a visible phenotype change in petunia. These results showed that PhmCS is involved in anthocyanin synthesis and the development of leaves and flowers, and that the citrate involved in anthocyanin synthesis mainly derived from mitochondria rather than microbodies in petunia.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33691969
pii: S0168-9452(21)00024-8
doi: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2021.110835
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
Anthocyanins
0
Citrate (si)-Synthase
EC 2.3.3.1
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
110835Informations de copyright
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