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Flavonoid Metabolic Engineering for Modification of Flower Color in Chrysanthemum

국화 꽃색 변경을 위한 플라보노이드 대사공학

  • Kim, Da-Hye (National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Rural Development Administration) ;
  • Park, Sangkyu (National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Rural Development Administration) ;
  • Park, Bo-Ra (National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Rural Development Administration) ;
  • Lee, Jong-Yeol (National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Rural Development Administration) ;
  • Lim, Sun-Hyung (National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Rural Development Administration)
  • 김다혜 (농촌진흥청 국립농업과학원) ;
  • 박상규 (농촌진흥청 국립농업과학원) ;
  • 박보라 (농촌진흥청 국립농업과학원) ;
  • 이종렬 (농촌진흥청 국립농업과학원) ;
  • 임선형 (농촌진흥청 국립농업과학원)
  • Received : 2018.08.20
  • Accepted : 2018.09.17
  • Published : 2018.12.01
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Abstract

In ornamental crops, the color and shape of flowers are one of the important traits. Generally, flower colors are determined by accumulating pigments such as carotenoids, flavonoids, and betalains. Among them, flavonoids are responsible for broad ranges of colors. Chrysanthemums are one of the most popular ornamental crops in the world, and there have been many efforts to change their flower color. In chrysanthemum flowers, cyanidin-based anthocyanin confers pink or red color, whereas terpenoid-based carotenoids are mainly responsible for yellow and green colors. However, blue colored chrysanthemums do not occur in nature. To date, there have been attempts to obtain blue or violet-colored chrysanthemum flowers through the introduction of a novel gene for accumulating delphinidin-based anthocyanins, while other studies have reported changing endogenous metabolites through the reconstruction of flavonoid biosynthesis. Since various transcription factors are involved in the regulation of flavonoid biosynthesis, it is important to understand not only the structural genes, but also the transcription factors required for the modification of flavonoid-based flower color. Therefore, in this paper, we describe the flavonoid biosynthetic pathway and its regulation, and review previous studies on the change in flower color through modification of flavonoid biosynthesis. This effort could be an important milestone in successfully achieving the modification of chrysanthemum flower color by means of plant biotechnology.

관상용 화훼작물에 있어서 꽃의 색깔과 형태는 중요한 형질 중 하나이다. 일반적으로 꽃색은 카로티노이드, 플라보노이드, 베타라인에 의해 결정된다. 그 중 플라보노이드는 보다 넓은 영역의 색을 나타낸다. 국화는 세계적으로 인기가 많은 관상용 화훼작물이며 꽃색을 바꾸기 위한 많은 연구가 진행되어 왔다. 국화의 경우, 시아니딘 계열 안토시아닌의 축적으로 분홍색 혹은 빨간색의 꽃색을 나타내며, 카로티노이드 계열 색소물질의 축적으로 노란색 또는 초록색의 꽃색을 나타낸다. 그러나 자연계에는 파란 꽃색의 국화는 존재하지 않는다. 지금까지 플라보노이드계 물질 생합성을 조절함으로써 파란색 꽃을 개발하기 위한 여러 연구가 시도되었다. 반면 그 외의 플라보노이드계 물질을 기반으로 한 새로운 꽃색 국화 개발연구는 거의 수행되지 않았다. 플라보노이드 생합성 조절에는 다양한 전사인자들이 관여하고 플라보노이드계 물질 기반 꽃색 변경을 위해서는 구조 유전자 및 전사인자들을 이해하는 것이 중요하다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 화훼작물의 플라보노이드 생합성 및 조절에 대하여 전반적으로 서술하였고, 그 동안 보고된 플라보노이드계 물질의 꽃색 변경 연구들을 검토하였다. 이러한 결과들은 생명공학기술을 기반으로한 국화 꽃색 변경 달성을 위한 중요한 길잡이가 될 수 있을 것이다.

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Supported by : 농촌진흥청, 국립농업과학원

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