Colour differences between cannabis accessions can be explained by differential expression of flavonoid biosynthesis genes #FlavonoidFriday https://lnk.tu-bs.de/8ubwTn

Cornflower vibrant color comes from a unique complex of anthocyanins, flavones, and metal ions (Fe³⁺, Mg²⁺), stabilized by pH. This metal-anthocyanin interaction shifts the color to blue. #FlavonoidFriday: https://lnk.tu-bs.de/9Zz2uG
(📸 https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.01.31.635922)

Seed color patterns in beans are due to sequence variants in genes encoding components of the MBW complex #FlavonoidFriday: https://lnk.tu-bs.de/C0Mcgj

Strawberry has two DFRs with specific substrate preferences: DFR1 accepts only dihydrokaempferol, while DFR2 accepts only dihydroquercetin and dihydromyricetin. Resulting anthocyanins are orange/red or red/pink, respectively. Details: https://lnk.tu-bs.de/6pKrdf #FlavonoidFriday

Where does the Apiaceae FNSI come from? A synteny analysis revealed that FNSI evolved from a tandem duplication of F3H: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.02.16.480750 #Bioinformatics #FlavonoidFriday

Flavonoids attract pollinators, color fruits, defend plants against herbivors/pathogens, and delay senescence. KIPEs performs an automatic annotation of flavonoid biosynthesis genes in a given species: https://mdpi.com/2223-7747/9/9/1103/htm #Bioinformatics #FlavonoidFriday

What happens to flavonoids after synthesis at the ER? Read our review about the biochemistry and molecular basis of intracellular flavonoid transport in plants: https://mdpi.com/2223-7747/11/7/963/htm #PlantSci #OpenAccess #FlavonoidFriday

Not sure how to run command line tools? KIPEs, MYB_annotator and other tools are also available on our web server:
https://tu-braunschweig.de/ifp/pbb/tools

Details: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.06.30.498365 & https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-022-08452-5 #Genomics #Bioinformatics #FlavonoidFriday