Suntory Limited

International Flower Development Proprietary Limited

Gong Zhizhong

Masako Mizutani

Takaaki Kusumi

Yoshikazu Tanaka

Mami Yamazaki

Kazuki Saito

The present invention provides a gene that codes for a protein, wherein the protein is an anthocyanin 5-O-glucosyltransferase, which is an enzyme that transfers a glycoside to the 5 position of a flavonoid. The disclosed anthocyanin 5-O-glucosyltransferases were isolated from, and. Also disclosed are genes that code for a protein having a modified amino acid sequence relative to the above amino acid sequence and having activity that transfers a glycoside to the 5 position of a flavonoid, and a process for producing the above protein using said gene. This gene can be used to artificially alter the color of plants.

Proteins having a flavonoid 5-O-glycosyltransferase activity (5GT)

The present invention provides DNA sequences isolated fromand, encoding a protein having activity that transfers a glycoside to the 5 position of a flavonoid (5GT), a host cell and plants transformed with said DNA sequences and a process for producing a protein using said DNA sequences.

Isolated DNA sequences encoding a flavonoid 5-glucosytransferase and methods of use thereof

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