Functional properties of an alternative, tissue-specific promoter for rice NADPH-dependent dihydroflavonol reductase

NADPH-dependent dihydroflavonol reductase (DFR) plays an important role in both anthocyanin biosynthesis and proanthocyanidin synthesis in plants. A specific and quantitative RT-PCR assay for transcription from the DFR promoter detected high expression with limited variability in rice tissues. A 440 bp minimal promoter region was identified by transfection of β-glucuronidase (GUS) reporter constructs into Jeokjinju variety. Alignment of the region with orthologous promoters revealed three conserved segments containing both bHLH (-386 to -381) and Myb (-368 to -362) binding sites. Transfection of β-glucuronidase constructs with targeted point mutations in the minimal promoter defined two sites important for promoter function to the transcription factor binding consensus sequences. The expression study showed that the bHLH binding domain (-386 to -381) is essential for DFR expression, and that a Myb binding domain (-368 to -362) is also required for full expression of the DFR gene, while the two bHLH binding domains (-104 to -99 and -27 to -22) nearest to the transcriptional start site are not necessary for DFR expression.

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