TY - JOUR

T1 - The genes determining synthesis of pigments in cotton.

AU - Mikhailova, Aleksandra

AU - Strygina, Ksenia

AU - Khlestkina, Elena

PY - 2019

Y1 - 2019

N2 - Naturally coloured cotton is environmentally friendly, since bleaching and chemical dyeing are not needed during textile production. Studying molecular-genetic mechanisms underpinning pigment production may facilitate breeding cotton with coloured fibre. In the current review we summarize the known data on structural and regulatory genes involved in biosynthesis of flavonoid pigments proanthocyanidins (PAs) in brown and caffeic acid (CA) in green fibre. The first chapter considers the first studies on fibre cotton inheritance, from the beginning of the last century. Then, we briefly review the biochemical and physico-chemical methods proving the presence of PAs in brown fibre and derivatives of CA in green cotton fibre. The biochemical analysis of coloured cotton fibre was followed by genetic studies of structural genes coding for enzymes participating in PA and CA biosynthesis, transport and oxidation processes. We summarize the data on the genes coding for transcription factors from the MBW (MYB-bHLH-WD40)

AB - Naturally coloured cotton is environmentally friendly, since bleaching and chemical dyeing are not needed during textile production. Studying molecular-genetic mechanisms underpinning pigment production may facilitate breeding cotton with coloured fibre. In the current review we summarize the known data on structural and regulatory genes involved in biosynthesis of flavonoid pigments proanthocyanidins (PAs) in brown and caffeic acid (CA) in green fibre. The first chapter considers the first studies on fibre cotton inheritance, from the beginning of the last century. Then, we briefly review the biochemical and physico-chemical methods proving the presence of PAs in brown fibre and derivatives of CA in green cotton fibre. The biochemical analysis of coloured cotton fibre was followed by genetic studies of structural genes coding for enzymes participating in PA and CA biosynthesis, transport and oxidation processes. We summarize the data on the genes coding for transcription factors from the MBW (MYB-bHLH-WD40)

KW - brown fibre

KW - caffeic acid

KW - flavonoids

KW - Gossypium

KW - Green fibre

KW - MBW regulatory complex

KW - proanthocyanidins

KW - brown fibre

KW - caffeic acid

KW - flavonoids

KW - Gossypium

KW - Green fibre

KW - MBW regulatory complex

KW - proanthocyanidins

M3 - Article

VL - 64

SP - 133

EP - 145

JO - Biological Communications

JF - Biological Communications

SN - 2542-2154

IS - 2

ER -