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. 2021 Mar 17;11:6086. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-85486-x

Figure 3.

Figure 3

Functional characterization of the enzyme activities of AmCYP76AD1, AmDODA, and AmcDOPA5GT by agroinfiltration for the heterologous engineering of betalain pigments in Nicotiana benthamiana. (a, b) N. benthamiana leaves coinfiltrated with Agrobacterium harboring plasmids for the expression of BvCYP76AD1-YFP (BvAD1), BvDODAα1-SFP (BvDAα1), MjcDOPA5GT-SFP (Mj5GT), AmCYP76AD1-YFP (AmAD1), AmDODA-SFP (AmDA), and AmcDOPA5GT-SFP (Am5GT). Both the adaxial (left) and abaxial (right) sides of leaves are presented in each panel. Bottom right corner indicated the betalain pigments produced in N. benthamiana. (c) Extracted betalain pigments were examined for betanin content by LC–MS/MS analysis. Shown are XICs of masses corresponding to betanin (m/z = 551). Time, retention time (min). (d) Western blotting assays were conducted with antibodies against the YFP- or FLAG (SFP)-tag to examine the expression levels of YFP-tagged CYP76AD1 (upper panel), SFP-tagged DODA (middle panel), and SFP-tagged cDOPA5GT (middle panel). As a loading control, the large subunit of Rubisco visualized by Coomassie brilliant blue staining is indicated by the arrowhead (lower panel).