Deficiency of a pyrroline-5-carboxylate reductase produces the yellowish green cocoon 'Ryokuken' of the silkworm, Bombyx mori

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Chikara HirayamaKimiko Yamamoto

Abstract

The silkworm cocoon colour has attracted researchers involved in genetics, physiology and ecology for a long time. 'Ryokuken' cocoons are yellowish green in colour due to unusual flavonoids, prolinylflavonols, while 'Sasamayu' cocoons are light green and contain only simple flavonol glucosides. We found a novel gene associated with the cocoon colour change resulting from a change in flavonoid composition and named it Lg (light green cocoon). In the middle silk glands of the + Lg /+ Lg larvae, 1-pyrroline-5-carboxylic acid (P5C) was found to accumulate due to a decrease in the activity of pyrroline-5-carboxylate reductase (P5CR), an enzyme reducing P5C to proline. Sequence analysis of BmP5CR1, the candidate gene for Lg, revealed a 1.9 kb insertion and a 4 bp deletion within the 1st intron, a 97 bp deletion within the 4th intron, and a > 300 bp insertion within the 3'-UTR, in addition to two amino acid changes on exons 3 and 4 in + Lg /+ Lg compared to Lg/Lg. Decreased expression of BmP5CR1 was observed in all of the investigated tissues, including the middle silk glands in + Lg /+ Lg , which was probably caused by structural changes in the intronic regions of BmP5CR1. Furthermore, a BmP5CR1 knockout strain exhibited a yellowish ...Continue Reading

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LC276933

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glucosylation
PCR
electrophoresis
X-ray

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MEGA6
Muscle
BLASTn

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