Diverse biological effects of glycosyltransferase genes from Tartary buckwheat.
Panfeng YaoRenyu DengYunji HuangSimon StaelJiaqi ShiGuanlan ShiBingbing LvQi LiQixin DongQi WuChenglei LiHui ChenPanfeng YaoPublished in: BMC plant biology (2019)
Seven FtUFGTs were isolated from tartary buckwheat. FtUFGT8, FtUFGT15, and FtUFGT41 can significantly increase the accumulation of total anthocyanins in transgenic plants. Furthermore, overexpression of FtUFGT6 increased the overall yield of Arabidopsis transgenic plants at all growth stages. However, FtUFGT15 shows the opposite trend at later growth stage and delays the growth speed of plants. These results suggested that the biological function of FtUFGT genes in tartary buckwheat is diverse.