An Integrated Metabolome and Transcriptome Analysis Reveal the Regulation Mechanisms of Flavonoid Biosynthesis in a Purple Tea Plant Cultivar.

ABSTRACT: Purple tea plant cultivars, enrich with flavonoids and anthocyanins, are valuable materials for manufacturing tea with unique color and flavor. Researchers found that 'Zijuan' leaves changed from purple to green mainly caused by the decreased flavonoids and anthocyanins concentrations. The mechanism of flavonoids and anthocyanin biosynthesis has been studied in many purple tea plant cultivars and the key genes which regulated the biosynthesis of flavonoid and anthocyanins in different purple tea plant cultivars were quite different. Also, the molecular regulation mechanism underlying the flavonoids and anthocyanins biosynthesis during leaves development and color changes is less-thoroughly understood. In this study, an integrative analysis of transcriptome and metabolome was performed on t

SUBMITTER: Song S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9161209 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature