title: Isolation and characterization of cDNAs encoding an enzyme with glucosyltransferase activity for cyclo-DOPA from four o'clocks and feather cockscombs.
abstract: cDNAs encoding an enzyme with UDP-glucose:cyclo-DOPA 5-O-glucosyltransferase activity were isolated from four o'clocks and feather cockscombs. Phylogenetic analysis of the amino acid sequences deduced from the cDNAs show that they represent a single subclade distinct from those of other phenylpropanoid and flavonoid glucosyltransferases. Changes in the amount of transcripts of the cDNA in four o'clocks correlated with the accumulation of betanin during flower development. The cDNAs isolated here were candidates for the gene of the enzyme involved in another pathway of betacyanin biosynthesis via glucosylation at the cyclo-DOPA step rather than at the betanidin step.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Technology, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka-cho, Koganei, Tokyo, 184-8588 Japan.
authors.forename: Nobuhiro
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sasaki
authors.forename: Katsuhiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wada
authors.forename: Takatoshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Koda
authors.forename: Kichiji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kasahara
authors.forename: Taiji
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Adachi
authors.forename: Yoshihiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ozeki
mesh_terms: D050859:Betacyanins; D034762:Celosia / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D018744:DNA, Plant / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005964:Glucosyltransferases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D007211:Indoles / Q000378:metabolism; D039282:Mirabilis / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny
chemical_list: D050859:Betacyanins; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D018744:DNA, Plant; D007211:Indoles; C020228:betanin; D005964:Glucosyltransferases; C487935:UDP-glucose:cyclo-DOPA 5-O-glucosyltransferase, Mirabilis jalapa