LONG Ou
Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081LU Xiang
Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081;College of Agriculture, Guizhou University,Guiyang 550025SHI Ya-liang
Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081LI Guang-sheng
Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081;College of Life and Health, Hunan University of Science and Technology, Xiangtan 411100ZHANG Kai-xuan
Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081WANG Jun-zhen
Agricultural Science Research Institute of Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Xichang 615000, SichuanZHOU Mei-liang
Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 1000811.Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081;2.College of Agriculture, Guizhou University,Guiyang 550025;3.College of Life and Health, Hunan University of Science and Technology, Xiangtan 411100;4.Agricultural Science Research Institute of Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Xichang 615000, Sichuan
Foundation projects: National Key Research and Development Program (2019YFD1001300, 2019YFD1001304)?; International (Regional) Cooperation and Exchange Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China (32111540258)?; Hunan High-level Talent Gathering Project of Hunan Department of Science and Technology (2020RC5031)
C2H2 zinc finger protein transcription factor plays an important role in plant growth and development, stress response and regulation of secondary metabolism synthesis. The previous study found that the flavonoid content in the root of fagopybuckwheat was higher than that of Tartary buckwheat, which may be due to the amplification of gene families related to flavonoid biosynthesis, such as FdCHI, FdF3H and FdDFR. However, it has not been reported how the C2H2 zinc finger protein transcription factor family genes involved in flavonoid biosynthesis regulate rutin synthesis in golden buckwheat. In this study, the whole genome of FdC2H2-ZFP transcription factor was identified and its expression profile was analyzed. A total of 114 FdC2H2-ZFPs were identified. Based on the analysis of RNA-Seq data, the C2H2 zinc finger protein gene FdC2H2-2 was screened and cloned. This gene has three typical C2H2 zinc finger structures, and has high homology with Arabidopsis AtTREE1 and AtDAZ3. qRT-PCR showed that the expression of FdC2H2-2 gene was significantly induced by jasmonic acid. In addition, the content of rutin in the hairy roots of overexpressing FdC2H2-2 was significantly higher than that of the control, and the transcriptional expression of flavonol synthetase (FLS), phenylalanine aminolyase (PAL) and flavonoid 3',5'-hydroxylase (F3'5'H), the key enzyme genes in the rutin synthesis pathway were significantly increased. These results suggest that FdC2H2-2 gene may positively regulate the accumulation of rutin by activating the expressions of the key enzymes in rutin biosynthesis, such as FLS, PAL and F3'5'H. This study provides reference for the future analysis of C2H2 zinc finger protein gene function of golden buckwheat.