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Plant and Cell Physiology, doi:10.1093/pcp/pcm131
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Engineering of the Rose Flavonoid Biosynthetic Pathway Successfully Generated Blue-hued Flowers Accumulating Delphinidin

Yukihisa Katsumoto1, Masako Fukuchi-Mizutani1, Yuko Fukui1, Filippa Brugliera2, Timothy A. Holton2, Mirko Karan2, Noriko Nakamura1, Keiko Yonekura-Sakakibara1,3, Junichi Togami1, Alix Pigeaire2, Guo-Qing Tao2, Narender S. Nehra2, Chin-Yi Lu2, Barry K. Dyson2, Shinzo Tsuda1, Toshihiko Ashikari1,2, Takaaki Kusumi1, John G. Mason2 and Yoshikazu Tanaka1,*

1 Suntory Limited Research Center, Institute for Plant Science, 1-1-1 Wakayamadai, Shimamoto-cho, Mishima-gun, Osaka 618-8503, Japan
2 Florigene Pty. Ltd. 1 Park Drive Bundoora VIC 3083, Australia

* Corresponding author, Name: Yoshikazu Tanaka, Suntory Limited Research Center, Institute for Plant Science, Address: 1-1-1 Wakayamadai, Shimamoto-cho, Mishima-gun, Osaka 618-8503, Japan, Tel.: (+81) 75-962-8807, Fax: (+81) 75-962-3791, E-mail: Yoshikazu_Tanaka{at}suntory.co.jp


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Flower color is mainly determined by anthocyanins. Rosa hybrida lacks violet to blue flower varieties due to the absence of delphinidin-based anthocyanins, usually the major constituents of violet and blue flowers, because roses do not possess flavonoid 3',5'-hydoxylase (F3'5'H), a key enzyme for delphinidin biosynthesis. Other factors such as presence of co-pigments and vacuolar pH also affect flower color. We analyzed the flavonoid composition of hundreds of rose cultivars and measured the pH of their petal juice in order to select hosts of genetic transformation that would be suitable for the exclusive accumulation of delphinidin and the resulting color change toward blue. Expression of the viola F3'5'H gene in some of the selected cultivars resulted in the accumulation of a high percentage of delphinidin (up to 95%) and a novel bluish flower color. For more exclusive and dominant accumulation of delphinidin irrespective of the hosts, we down-regulated the endogenous dihydroflavonol 4-reductase (DFR) gene and over-expressed the Iris x hollandica DFR gene in addition to the viola F3'5'H gene in a rose cultivar. The resultant roses exclusively accumulated delphinidin in the petals, and the flowers had blue hues not achieved by hybridization breeding. Moreover, the ability of exclusive accumulation of delphinidin was inherited by the next generations.

Keywords: Anthocyanin - Delphinidin - Flavonoid - Flower color - Metabolic engineering - Rosa hybrida

3 Present addresses: RIKEN Plant Science Center, 1-7-22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama City, Kanagawa 230-0045, Japan

(Received August 16, 2007; Accepted October 3, 2007)
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