title: Identification of new chalcone synthase genes for flower pigmentation in the Japanese and common morning glories.
abstract: New cDNA sequences for chalcone synthase (CHS), a key enzyme in the flavonoid biosynthesis, were obtained from the Japanese and common morning glories; they are more closely related to other CHS sequences than the six previously described CHS genes from the same plants. The newly isolated CHS-D gene is abundantly expressed in the pigmented flower buds, while its expression is drastically reduced in the white flower buds. Thus CHS-D appears to produce major CHS transcripts for flower pigmentation.
authors.affiliation: National Institute for Basic Biology, Aichi, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fukada-Tanaka
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hoshino
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hisatomi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Habu
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hasebe
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Iida
mesh_terms: D000217:Acyltransferases / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D017343:Genes, Plant; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D010858:Pigmentation / Q000235:genetics*; D010944:Plants / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D007527:Isoenzymes; D000217:Acyltransferases; C020141:flavanone synthetase