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Methylation of MdMYB1 locus mediated by RdDM pathway regulates anthocyanin biosynthesis in apple.


ABSTRACT: Methylation at the MdMYB1 promoter in apple sports has been reported as a regulator of the anthocyanin pathway, but little is known about how the locus is recognized by the methylation machinery to regulate anthocyanin accumulation. In this study, we analysed three differently coloured 'Fuji' apples and found that differences in the transcript levels of MdMYB1, which encodes a key regulator of anthocyanin biosynthesis, control the anthocyanin content (and therefore colour) in fruit skin. The CHH methylation levels in the MR3 region (-1246 to -780) of the MdMYB1 promoter were found to be negatively correlated with MdMYB1 expression. Thus, they were ideal materials to study DNA methylation in apple sports. The protein of RNA-directed DNA methylation (RdDM) pathway responsible for CHH methylation, MdAGO4, was found to interact with the MdMYB1 promoter. MdAGO4s can interact with MdRDM1 and MdDRM2s to form an effector complex, fulfilling CHH methylation. When MdAGO4s and MdDRM2s were overexpressed in apple calli and Arabidopsis mutants, those proteins increase the CHH methylation of AGO4-binding sites. In electrophoretic mobility shift assays, MdAGO4s were found to specifically bind to sequence containing ATATCAGA. Knockdown of MdNRPE1 did not affect the binding of MdAGO4s to the c3 region of the MdMYB1 promoter in 35S::AGO4 calli. Taken together, our data show that the MdMYB1 locus is methylated through binding of MdAGO4s to the MdMYB1 promoter to regulate anthocyanin biosynthesis by the RdDM pathway.

SUBMITTER: Jiang S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7336386 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Methylation of MdMYB1 locus mediated by RdDM pathway regulates anthocyanin biosynthesis in apple.

Jiang Shenghui S   Wang Nan N   Chen Min M   Zhang Rui R   Sun Qingguo Q   Xu Haifeng H   Zhang Zongying Z   Wang Yicheng Y   Sui Xiuqi X   Wang Sufang S   Fang Hongcheng H   Zuo Weifang W   Su Mengyu M   Zhang Jing J   Fei Zhangjun Z   Chen Xuesen X  

Plant biotechnology journal 20200130 8


Methylation at the MdMYB1 promoter in apple sports has been reported as a regulator of the anthocyanin pathway, but little is known about how the locus is recognized by the methylation machinery to regulate anthocyanin accumulation. In this study, we analysed three differently coloured 'Fuji' apples and found that differences in the transcript levels of MdMYB1, which encodes a key regulator of anthocyanin biosynthesis, control the anthocyanin content (and therefore colour) in fruit skin. The CHH  ...[more]

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