PfERF106, a novel key transcription factor regulating the biosynthesis of floral terpenoids in Primula forbesii Franch.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Flowers can be a source of essential oils used in the manufacture of substances with high economic value. The ethylene response factor (ERF) gene family plays a key role in regulating secondary metabolite biosynthesis in plants. However, until now, little has been known about the involvement of ERF transcription factors (TFs) in floral terpenoid biosynthesis.

Results

In this study, an aromatic plant, Primula forbesii Franch., was used as research material to explore the key regulatory effects of PfERF106 on the biosynthesis of terpenoids. PfERF106, which encodes an IXb group ERF transcription factor, exhibited a consistent expression trend in the flowers of P. forbesii and was transcriptionally induced by exogenous ethylene. Transient silencing of PfERF106 in P. f

SUBMITTER: Yin X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11385529 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature