The application discloses
histone deacetylase SmHDA6 and application of an encoding
gene thereof in regulating accumulation of
salvianolic acid. The application provides a
histone deacetylase SmHDA6 for regulating
biosynthesis of
salvianolic acid in Danshen, wherein an
amino acid sequence is shown as SEQ ID NO. 4, and a
nucleotide sequence is shown as SEQ ID NO. 1. In the application, the SmHDA6 has a
Histone deacetylase domain conservative functional domain for exerting
histone deacetylation, is clustered in a Type I (RPD3-like superfamily)
subfamily in the HDA family, expression amounts of the SmHDA6
gene in different parts of Danshen are obviously positively correlated with
salvianolic acid content, and expression of the SmHDA6
gene is significantly up-regulated after being induced by ABA, MeJA and SA. Knocking out the SmHDA6 gene by a gene editing technology can significantly improve salvianolic
acid content in Danshen, because knocking out the SmHDA6 gene activates expression of genes in a salvianolic acid
metabolic pathway, and then increases
biosynthesis of the salvianolic acid. Therefore, the SmHDA6 can regulate accumulation of the salvianolic acid in Danshen, can be applied to
engineering bacteria and
genetic engineering breeding of Danshen with high salvianolic
acid content, and has great application value.