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Transcriptome sequencing reveals role of light in promoting anthocyanin accumulation of strawberry fruit

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The woodland strawberry, Fragaria vesca, is a model plant for the diverse Rosaceae family, which contains many valuable fruit and ornamental crops. Light is an important external environment factor which influences all aspects of plant growth and development, including fruit ripening. Transcription regulation of light will provide insights into effect of light for fruit ripening. We treat strawberry fruit with dark or light, and by the RNA-Seq method, compare transcriptional level between dark-treated and light-treated strawberry fruits. Additionally, we detect anthocyanin and sugar accumulation in two-treated conditions of fruits. Moreover, we detect the protein change of FvMYB10, a key regulator of anthocyanin biosynthesis, under dark and light. Light can promote anthocyanin and soluble sugar accumulation in mature fruit, and also increases the expression of aroma-related genes and stabilizes FvMYB10 protein. Our findings reveal that light is essential for anthocyanin and sugar accumulation and regulates FvMYB10 at transcriptional level and post-translation level.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China grants to H.-L.L (31570282 and 31170266).

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  1. Key Laboratory of Urban Agriculture (South), School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China

    Pengbo Xu, Yang Li, Jun Wu, Run Cai & Hongli Lian

  2. School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China

    Pengbo Xu

  3. Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, University of Maryland College Park, College Park, MD, 20742, USA

    Christopher Zawora & Zhongchi Liu

  4. Biomics Tech Co. Ltd, Beijing, China

    Liancheng Liu

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Xu, P., Zawora, C., Li, Y. et al. Transcriptome sequencing reveals role of light in promoting anthocyanin accumulation of strawberry fruit. Plant Growth Regul 86, 121–132 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10725-018-0415-3

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