Cloning and Functional Characterisation of Carotenoid Cleavage Dioxygenase 4 from Wolfberry

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• 作者：Xiaowei Tian ; Jing Ji ; Gang Wang ; Chao Jin…
• 关键词：Wolfberry ; Carotenoid cleavage dioxygenase ; Expression pattern ; Carotenoid accumulation
• 刊名：Transactions of Tianjin University
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：23
• 期：1
• 页码：62-69
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• 刊物类别：Engineering
• 刊物主题：Mechanical Engineering; Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary;
• 出版者：Tianjin University
• ISSN：1995-8196
• 卷排序：23

文摘

Carotenoid cleavage dioxygenases (CCDs) are a class of enzymes in plants involved in the biosynthesis of apocarotenoids, such as phytohormones, flavour compounds, and other compounds with yet unknown functions. To date, several CCDs have been functionally characterised in plants, but little is known about the CCD4 members. A carotenoid cleavage dioxygenase 4 gene (LcCCD4) was isolated from the leaves of wolfberry (Lycium chinense) to gain insight into its biological function. Multiple sequence alignment and phylogenetic analyses showed that the deduced amino acid sequence of LcCCD4 shares high homology with that of CCD4 proteins from other plants. Expression analysis using semi-quantitative polymerase chain reaction revealed that LcCCD4 was strongly expressed in leaves and flowers and that the expression level was in accordance with β-carotene concentration. LcCCD4 transcripts in fruits tended to decrease as carotenoids accumulated. Recombinant expression of LcCCD4 cleaved β-carotene to produce β-ionone in in vivo assays. These results show that LcCCD4 is a CCD gene that may be involved in producing aromatic apocarotenoids in leaves and flowers, whereas it may be involved in controlling carotenoid accumulation in fruits.