Histone modifications at the grapevine VvOMT3 locus, which encodes an enzyme responsible for methoxypyrazine production in the berry
Juri Battilana A , Jake D. Dunlevy B and Paul K. Boss B C
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A FEM-IASMA Genomics and Biology of Fruit Crop Department, Research and Innovation Centre – Fondazione Edmund Mach. Via E. Mach 1, 38010 – S. Michele all’Adige (TN), Italy.
B CSIRO Agriculture and Food, PMB 2, Glen Osmond, SA 5064, Australia.
C Corresponding author. Email: paul.boss@csiro.au
Functional Plant Biology 44(7) 655-664 https://doi.org/10.1071/FP16434
Submitted: 16 December 2016 Accepted: 16 March 2017 Published: 26 April 2017
Abstract
Some herbaceous characters in wine are attributed to the presence of aroma compounds collectively known as methoxypyrazines (MPs). In grape berries their formation has been hypothesised to start from a reaction of two amino acids or an amino acid and an unknown 1,2-dicarbonyl compound, leading to the formation of hydroxypyrazine, which is then enzymatically methylated to form a MP. The enzyme responsible of the formation of 3-isobutyl-2-methoxypyrazine has been recently identified as VvOMT3 whose regulation is still not understood. The concentration of MPs in grapes is known to be influenced by development, environmental stimuli and most importantly grape variety. In order to investigate the chromatin arrangement of that region a chromatin immunoprecipitation analysis has been performed and putative differences in epigenetic regulation of VvOMT3 spatially between the skin and flesh tissues and also temporally during fruit development have been detected. There are also allelic differences in VvOMT3 histone modifications which are maintained in subsequent generations. This study provides evidence of histone tail modification of the VvOMT3 locus in grapevine, which may play a role in the spatial and developmental regulation of the expression of this gene.
Additional keywords: aroma, chromatin immunoprecipitation, IBMP, transposable element, Vitis vinifera.
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