Cucumber glossy fruit 1 (CsGLF1) encodes the zinc finger protein 6 that regulates fruit glossiness by enhancing cuticular wax biosynthesis  

作　　者：Yan Yang Congxi Cai Yipeng Wang Yanran Wang Haolun Ju Xuehao Chen 

机构地区：[1]School of Horticulture and Plant Protection,Yangzhou University,Yangzhou,225009,Jiangsu Province,China

出　　处：《Horticulture Research》2023年第1期152-159,共8页园艺研究（英文）

基　　金：This work was supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32272718);Jiangsu Key Research and Development Program(BE2022339);Jiangsu Agricultural Science and Technology Independent Innovation Fund Project(CX(20)3165);the Key Project For Jiangsu Agricultural New Variety Innovation(PZCZ201720);the Jiangsu Provincial Entrepreneurship and Innovation Doctor Program,the Yangzhou City’s Green and Golden Phoenix Program,Modern Agriculture Foundation of Yangzhou(YZ2020036);the Promoting Project for Open Competition Mechanism to Select the Best Candidates of Jiangsu Seed Industry(JBGS[2021]018).

摘　　要：Cucumber glossiness is an important visual quality trait that affects consumer choice.Accumulating evidence suggests that glossy trait is associated with cuticular wax accumulation.However,the molecular genetic mechanism controlling cucumber glossiness remains largely unknown.Here,we report the map-based cloning and functional characterization of CsGLF1,a locus that determines the glossy trait in cucumber.CsGLF1 encodes a homolog of the Cys_(2)His_(2)-like fold group(C2H2)-type zinc finger protein 6(ZFP6)and its deletion leads to glossier pericarp and decreased cuticular wax accumulation.Consistently,transcriptomic analysis demonstrated that a group of wax biosynthetic genes were downregulated when CsZFP6 was absent.Further,transient expression assay revealed that CsZFP6 acted as a transcription activator of cuticular wax biosynthetic genes.Taken together,our findings demonstrated a novel regulator of fruit glossiness,which will provide new insights into regulatory mechanism of fruit glossiness in cucumber.

关 键 词：GLOSS FRUIT mechanism 

分 类 号：S642.2[农业科学—蔬菜学]