Integrative Metabolome and Transcriptome Analyses Provide Insights into Carotenoid Variation in Different-Colored Peppers

Carotenoids are important pigments in pepper fruits. The colors of each pepper are mainly determined by the composition and content of carotenoid. The 'ZY' variety, which has yellow fruit, is a natural mutant derived from a branch mutant of 'ZR' with different colors. ZY and ZR exhibit obvious differences in fruit color, but no other obvious differences in other traits. To investigate the main reasons for the formation of different colored pepper fruits, transcriptome and metabolome analyses were performed in three developmental stages (S1-S3) in two cultivars. The results revealed that these structural genes (PSY1, CRTISO, CCD1, CYP97C1, VDE1, CCS, NCED1 and NCED2) related to carotenoid biosynthesis were expressed differentially in the two cultivars. Capsanthin and capsorubin mainly accumulated in ZR and were almost non-existent in ZY. S2 is the fruit color-changing stage; this may be a critical period for the development of different color formation of ZY and ZR. A combination of transcriptome and metabolome analyses indicated that CCS, NCED2, AAO4, VDE1 and CYP97C1 genes were key to the differences in the total carotenoid content. These new insights into pepper fruit coloration may help to improve fruit breeding strategies.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:24

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International journal of molecular sciences - 24(2023), 23 vom: 21. Nov.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Lv, Junheng [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Ruihao [VerfasserIn]
Mo, Yunrong [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Huidan [VerfasserIn]
Li, Mengjuan [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Rui [VerfasserIn]
Cheng, Hong [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Mingxian [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Huasu [VerfasserIn]
Hua, Wei [VerfasserIn]
Deng, Qiaoling [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Kai [VerfasserIn]
Deng, Minghua [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Carotenoid
Color formation
Journal Article
Metabolome
Pepper
Transcriptome

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Date Revised 09.12.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status In-Process

doi:

10.3390/ijms242316563

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM365597015