Communications Biology (Sep 2022)

A recessive mutation in muscadine grapes causes berry color-loss without influencing anthocyanin pathway

  • Ahmed Ismail,
  • Pranavkumar Gajjar,
  • Minkyu Park,
  • Abdulla Mahboob,
  • Violeta Tsolova,
  • Jayasankar Subramanian,
  • Ahmed G. Darwish,
  • Islam El-Sharkawy

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-04001-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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Transcriptome profiling and mutational analysis suggest a potential deficiency in anthocyanin transport by glutathione S-transferases and/or degradation mechanisms that might cause unpigmented berries.