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. 1989 Sep;86(18):7092-6.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.86.18.7092.

Lc, a member of the maize R gene family responsible for tissue-specific anthocyanin production, encodes a protein similar to transcriptional activators and contains the myc-homology region

S R Ludwig  1 , L F Habera, S L Dellaporta, S R Wessler
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Lc, a member of the maize R gene family responsible for tissue-specific anthocyanin production, encodes a protein similar to transcriptional activators and contains the myc-homology region

S R Ludwig et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1989 Sep.

Abstract

Previous studies have suggested that the R locus of maize is responsible for determining the temporal and spatial pattern of anthocyanin pigmentation in the plant. In this report we demonstrate that three members of the R gene family, P, S, and Lc, encode homologous transcripts 2.5 kilobases in length. The structure of one R gene, Lc, was determined by sequencing cDNA and genomic clones. The putative Lc protein, deduced from the cDNA sequence, is composed of 610 amino acids and has homology to the helix-loop-helix DNA-binding/dimerization motif found in the L-myc gene product and other regulatory proteins. It also contains a large acidic domain that may be involved in transcriptional activation. Consistent with its proposed role as a transcriptional activator is our finding that a functional R gene is required for the accumulation of transcripts of at least two genes in the anthocyanin biosynthetic pathway. We discuss the possibility that the diverse patterns of anthocyanin pigmentation conditioned by different R genes reflect differences in the R gene promoters rather than their gene products.

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