PhMYB37 Promotes Shoot Branching in Petunia

Lili Dong; Tianyin Yang; Di Gao; Tian Wang; Xinyi Deng

doi:10.3390/genes13112064

PhMYB37 Promotes Shoot Branching in Petunia

Genes (Basel). 2022 Nov 8;13(11):2064. doi: 10.3390/genes13112064.

Authors

Lili Dong¹, Tianyin Yang¹, Di Gao¹, Tian Wang¹, Xinyi Deng¹

Affiliation

¹ College of Horticulture, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, China.

Abstract

Petunia is one of the world's most important flowers, and its branch development has long been a source of discussion. MYB transcription factors have been identified as important plant branching regulators. In this study, 113 R2R3-MYB genes were identified from the petunia genome. PhMYB genes, closely related to RAXs, were expressed at greater levels in axillary buds and roots. Decapitation and 6-BA did not regulate the expression of PhMYB37. PhMYB37 was localized in the nucleus. Heterologous overexpression of PhMYB37 promoted shoot branching in transgenic Arabidopsis while silencing of PhMYB37 inhibited shoot branching. These results suggest that PhMYB37 plays a critical and positive role in petunia shoot branching.

Keywords: MYB37; functional analysis; petunia; shoot branching; subcellular localization.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Arabidopsis* / genetics
Flowers
Gene Expression Regulation, Plant
Petunia* / genetics
Petunia* / metabolism
Plant Proteins / genetics
Plant Proteins / metabolism

Substances

Plant Proteins

Grants and funding

This work was financially supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Anhui Province of China (grant number: 1808085MC85), Excellent Young Talents Support Plan of Anhui Province College and Universities (grant number: gxyq2019010), and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant number: 31902042).