Identification of a novel chalcone reductase gene for isoliquiritigenin biosynthesis in dahlia (Dahlia variabilis)
bioRxiv, ISSN: 2692-8205
2022
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Butein is one of flavonoids conferring bright yellow flower color and is a precursor of aurone in some species. Butein is synthesized by two steps, 3-malonyl CoA and 4-coumaloyl CoA are converted to isoliquiritigenin in the first step, and then isoliquiritigenin is converted to butein in the second step. In the first step, chalcone synthase (CHS) and chalcone reductase (CHR) catalyze this reaction, however, CHR has been reported for the isoflavone biosynthesis pathway in legumes, and CHR for butein biosynthesis has not yet been isolated. In this study, we report CHR that is evolutionally different gene from legume species is involved in isoliquiritigenin biosynthesis in dahlia. To isolate CHR gene, we conducted comparative RNA-seq analysis between ‘Shukuhai’ and its butein-loss lateral mutant ‘Rinka’. We found DvCHR showed significant difference in expression levels that encodes an aldo-keto reductase (AKR) 13 family protein, which was phylogenetically different from legume CHRs belonging to AKR4A family. Gene expression levels and genotype of DvCHR were correlated with butein accumulation among various dahlia cultivars. Though single over expression of DvCHR was not able to accumulate isoliquiritigenin in tobacco, co-overexpression of DvCHR with a chalcone glucosyltransferase Am4′CGT and a MYB transcription factor CaMYBA successfully induced isoliquiritigenin accumulation. In addition, DvCHR homologous gene expression was detected from butein or aurone accumulating Coreopsideae species but not from non-butein or non-aurone accumulating Asteraceae species. These results indicated DvCHR functions as chalcone reductase for butein biosynthesis in dahlia, and isoliquiritigenin biosynthesis in Coreopsideae species has been developed independently from legume species.
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