TY - JOUR A2 - Tyagi, Akhilesh Kumar AU - Himi, Eiko AU - Maekawa, Masahiko AU - Noda, Kazuhiko PY - 2011 DA - 2011/09/29 TI - Differential Expression of Three Flavanone 3-Hydroxylase Genes in Grains and Coleoptiles of Wheat SP - 369460 VL - 2011 AB - Flavonoid pigments are known to accumulate in red grains and coleoptiles of wheat and are synthesized through the flavonoid biosynthetic pathway. Flavanone 3-hydroxylase (F3H) is a key enzyme at a diverging point of the flavonoid pathway leading to production of different pigments: phlobaphene, proanthocyanidin, and anthocyanin. We isolated three F3H genes from wheat and examined a relationship between their expression and tissue pigmentation. Three F3Hs are located on the telomeric region of the long arm of chromosomes 2A, 2B, and 2D, respectively, designated as F3H-A1, F3H-B1, and F3H-D1. The telomeric regions of the long arms of the chromosomes of homoeologous group 2 of wheat showed a syntenic relationship to the telomeric region of the long arm of rice chromosome 4, on which rice F3H gene was also located. All three genes were highly activated in the red grains and coleoptiles and appeared to be controlled by flavonoid regulators in each tissue. SN - 1687-5370 UR - https://doi.org/10.1155/2011/369460 DO - 10.1155/2011/369460 JF - International Journal of Plant Genomics PB - Hindawi Publishing Corporation KW - ER -