The invention discloses a key
gene AaMYB114 closely linked with the color character of an
actinidia arguta fruit and application of the key
gene AaMYB114. The AaMYB114
gene disclosed by the invention is positioned at 5237694-5239966bp of a
chromosome 9 of an
actinidia arguta
genome, and the full length of the AaMYB114 gene is 2273bp. According to the application, all-red type and all-green type
actinidia arguta are used as materials for
transcriptome sequencing, and the gene AaMYB114 related to the formation of the peel color of the
actinidia arguta is explored. Instantaneous conversion of the
actinidia arguta fruit proves that the overexpression of the AaMYB114 increases the
anthocyanin content in the
actinidia arguta peel.
Yeast one-hybridization and dual-
luciferase report tests prove that the AaMYB114 not only interacts with a
promoter of AaGST, activates the expression of the
promoter and regulates
anthocyanin transport of peel tissues of actinidia arguta, but also is combined with promoters of
anthocyanin synthesis structural genes AaPAL, AaCHI and AaF3H and activates the expression of the promoters to promote
anthocyanin synthesis. Therefore, the AaMYB114 gene plays a dual regulation and control role in the formation of peel color and luster, and can be used for cultivating red-peel actinidia arguta.