Gene Details:

• Gene ID: Zm00001eb256000
• Gene Symbol: ZmFLS2 fls2
• Gene Name: flavonol synthase2
• Genome: Zm-B73-REFERENCE-NAM-5.0
• Species: Zea mays

Functional Descriptions:

• The analysis shows that FLS neighboring genes are conserved in maize (ZmFLS1, ZmFLS2), rice (OsFLS1), Brachypodium (BdFLS1), and sorghum (SbFLS1, with the exception of SbFLS2 gene); however, some re-arrangements among blocks of linked genes are observed as well as inversions, duplication, and deletions of certain genes, particularly in maize.
• Both ZmFLS1 and ZmFLS2 showed higher expression in BMSC1+R than in BMS cells, suggesting that both genes are also under the control of the C1 and R anthocyanin regulators.
• ZmFLS2 would be able to complement the A. thaliana fls1 mutants similarly as ZmFLS1. These proteins show only two differences in their amino acid sequences at positions not participating in 2-oxoglutarate and substrate binding, or the coordination of the ferrous iron necessary for the enzyme activity.

Function-related keywords:

• iron

Literature:

• Evolution and expression of tandem duplicated maize flavonol synthase genes.   DOI:  10.3389/fpls.2012.00101 ;  PMID:  22654889

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Gene Resources:

• NCBI ID: LOC103627785
• UniProt accessions: A0A804PQ21

Sequences:

Source: Genetic information comes from the article