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- Title
Aureusidin synthase: a polyphenol oxidase homolog responsible for flower coloration.
- Authors
Nakayama, T; Yonekura-Sakakibara, K; Sato, T; Kikuchi, S; Fukui, Y; Fukuchi-Mizutani, M; Ueda, T; Nakao, M; Tanaka, Y; Kusumi, T; Nishino, T
- Abstract
Aurones are plant flavonoids that provide yellow color to the flowers of some popular ornamental plants, such as snapdragon and cosmos. In this study, we have identified an enzyme responsible for the synthesis of aurone from chalcones in the yellow snapdragon flower. The enzyme (aureusidin synthase) is a 39-kilodalton, copper-containing glycoprotein catalyzing the hydroxylation and/or oxidative cyclization of the precursor chalcones, 2',4',6',4-tetrahydroxychalcone and 2',4',6',3,4-pentahydroxychalcone. The complementary DNA encoding aureusidin synthase is expressed in the petals of aurone-containing varieties. DNA sequence analysis revealed that aureusidin synthase belongs to the plant polyphenol oxidase family, providing an unequivocal example of the function of the polyphenol oxidase homolog in plants, i.e., flower coloration.
- Publication
Science (New York, N.Y.), 2000, Vol 290, Issue 5494, p1163
- ISSN
0036-8075
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1126/science.290.5494.1163