bHLH92 from sheepgrass acts as a negative regulator of anthocyanin/proanthocyandin accumulation and influences seed dormancy

J Exp Bot. 2019 Jan 1;70(1):269-284. doi: 10.1093/jxb/ery335.

Authors

Pincang Zhao^{1

2}, Xiaoxia Li¹, Junting Jia¹, Guangxiao Yuan¹, Shuangyan Chen¹, Dongmei Qi¹, Liqin Cheng¹, Gongshe Liu¹

Affiliations

¹ Key Laboratory of Plant Resources, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
² College of management science and engineering, Hebei University of Economics and Business, China.

Abstract

LcbHLH92, a pleiotropic gene from sheepgrass, negatively regulates anthocyanins/proanthocyandins and reduces seed dormancy in transgenic Arabidopsis.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Amino Acid Sequence
Anthocyanins / metabolism*
Arabidopsis / genetics
Arabidopsis / physiology*
Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factors / chemistry
Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factors / genetics*
Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factors / metabolism
Phylogeny
Plant Dormancy / genetics*
Plant Proteins / chemistry
Plant Proteins / genetics*
Plant Proteins / metabolism
Plants, Genetically Modified / genetics
Plants, Genetically Modified / physiology
Poaceae / genetics
Poaceae / physiology*
Proanthocyanidins / metabolism*
Sequence Alignment

Substances

Anthocyanins
Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factors
Plant Proteins
Proanthocyanidins