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Science 10 November 2000:
Vol. 290. no. 5494, pp. 1163 - 1166
DOI: 10.1126/science.290.5494.1163
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Aureusidin Synthase: A Polyphenol Oxidase Homolog Responsible for Flower Coloration
T. Nakayama,1*
K. Yonekura-Sakakibara,2*
T. Sato,1
S. Kikuchi,1
Y. Fukui,2
M. Fukuchi-Mizutani,2
T. Ueda,3
M. Nakao,2
Y. Tanaka,2
T. Kusumi,2
T. Nishino1
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.
1 Department of Biomolecular Engineering,
Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Aoba-yama 07, Sendai
980-8579, Japan.
2 Institute for Fundamental
Research, Suntory Ltd., Wakayamadai 1-1-1, Shimamoto-cho, Mishima-gun,
Osaka 618-8503, Japan.
3 Kobe Gakuin University,
Kobe 651-2180, Japan.
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To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail:
nakayama{at}seika.che.tohoku.ac.jp; yskeiko{at}postman.riken.go.jp
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