Protein sequence alignment and phylogenetic tree of MaAN2 transcription factor and its putative orthologs, and tissue-specific analysis of MaAN2. (A) Alignment of the deduced amino acid sequences of MaAN2 and other R2R3-MYBs associated with flavonoid biosynthesis from other plant species. If the identities of amino acids in each column are 100, 75, and 50%, these amino acids are indicated on a black, dark gray, and light gray background, respectively. The R2 and R3 repeats are indicated above the alignment. The motif [D/E]LX2[K/R]X3LX6LX3R in the R3 repeat necessary for interaction with a bHLH protein in the R3 repeat is indicated by dark triangles. The small motif [K/R]P[Q/R]P[Q/R] in the AN2 subgroup is shown by a red box. The short conserved sequences KAX[K/R]C[S/T], recognized in the C1 subgroup, are shown by blue box. (B) The maximum-likelihood phylogenetic tree was generated using MEGA 6.0 software. Numbers next to the nodes indicate the bootstrap values from 1000 replications. The bar indicates a genetic distance of 0.1. The gene names from various plant species and NCBI GenBank accession numbers for the sequences are as follows: Arabidopsis thaliana AtPAP1 (NP_176057), AtPAP2 (NP_176813); Petunia hybrida PhAN2 (AAF66727); Nicotiana tabacum NtAN2 (ACO52472); Solanum lycopersicum SlMYB (AAQ55181); Antirrhinum majus AmROSEA1 (ABB83826), AmVENOSA (ABB83828)); Ipomoea nil InMYB1 (BAE94391.1); Gerbera hybrida GMYB10 (CAD87010); Vitis vinifera VvMYBA1 (BAD18977); Malus domestica MdMYB1 (ABK58138) and MdMYB10 (ABB84753); Malus crabapple McMYB10 (AFP89357); Epimedium sagittatum EsAN2 (ALO24362); Solanum tuberosum StAN1-R1 (AKA95392); Elaeis guineensis EgVIR (KJ789862); Allium cepa AcMYB1 (KX785130); Anthurium andraeanum AaMYB2 (KU726561); Lilium hybrid division I LhMYB6 (BAJ05399) and LhMYB12 (BAJ05398); Gentiana triflora GtMYB3 (BAF96933); Oncidium Gower Ramsey OgMYB1 (ABS58501); Zea mays ZmPl (NP_001105885) and ZmC1 (NP_001106010); Oryza sativa OsMYB (CAA75509); Phalaenopsis schilleriana PsUMYB6 (ACH95792); Phalaenopsis equestris PeMYB2 (AIS35919), PeMYB11 (AIS35928), and PeMYB12 (AIS35929); Dendrobium hybrid DhMYB2 (AQS79852); Human cMYB (M15024). (C) The expression profile of MaAN2 in the roots, bulbs, leaves, and flowers of Muscari armeniacum.