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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-7-13
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
Flavanone 3-hydroxylase (F3H) activity is necessary for the production of both flavonols and anthocyanins. Flavonols are required for functional pollen in maize whereas anthocyanins are non-essential pigments. A cDNA for F3H was isolated from Zea mays using a heterologous sequence from Antirrhinum majus. Comparison of the deduced amino acid sequence of maize F3H with other F3H sequences confirmed that the protein is highly conserved among widely divergent plant species. The F3H gene is present in a single copy located at the tip of chromosome 2S. High levels of F3H gene expression were detected in pigmented husk and 26-day postpollination kernels; lower levels in 18-day postpollination kernels and in coleoptiles of germinating seedlings. Slot blot analysis showed that F3H transcript levels in young seedlings are increased by high fluence-rate white light treatment in the presence of the anthocyanin regulatory gene -r. HPLC analysis of extracts from developmentally staged anthers showed that flavonol accumulation begins at the uninucleate microspore stage, continues until maturity, and is not controlled by -r. When the expression pattern of several flavonoid biosynthetic genes was analyzed during microsporogenesis, only F3H transcript accumulation was coordinate with the appearance of flavonols in anthers.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0960-7412
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
7
pubmed:geneSymbol
CHS, DFR, F3H, FLS, myc
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
703-13
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:7773305-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:7773305-Anthocyanins, pubmed-meshheading:7773305-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:7773305-DNA, Complementary, pubmed-meshheading:7773305-DNA, Plant, pubmed-meshheading:7773305-Enzyme Induction, pubmed-meshheading:7773305-Flavonoids, pubmed-meshheading:7773305-Flavonols, pubmed-meshheading:7773305-Gene Expression Regulation, Plant, pubmed-meshheading:7773305-Genes, Plant, pubmed-meshheading:7773305-Mixed Function Oxygenases, pubmed-meshheading:7773305-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:7773305-Plant Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:7773305-Pollen, pubmed-meshheading:7773305-Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length, pubmed-meshheading:7773305-Sequence Alignment, pubmed-meshheading:7773305-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, pubmed-meshheading:7773305-Zea mays
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Flavanone 3-hydroxylase transcripts and flavonol accumulation are temporally coordinate in maize anthers.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Horticulture, Washington State University, Pullman 99164-6414, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't