Supplementary Tables Supplementary Table S1. Results of the suppression subtractive hybridization (SSH) analysis for in vitro ABA treatments. Construction of SSH library and differential screening were performed as previously reported by Ikegami et al., (2007). Each three A- and NA-type individual of the Atf-line used in in vitro ABA-treatment (Fig. 3) was subjected to the analysis. To reduce false-positive clones, we performed mirror orientation selection (Rebrikov et al. 2000) in the SSH analysis. We aimed to isolate cDNA fragments expressed specifically in ABA-treatments which strongly induct DkMyb4 expression. Thus, we performed two sets of SSH analyses: (i) for A-type using the ABA-treated (0.1 µM ABA) bulk as the tester and non-treated (0 µM ABA) bulk as the driver, and (ii) for NA-type the ABA-treated (10 µM ABA) bulk as the tester and non-treated (0 µM ABA) bulk as the driver. We isolated approx. 1,000 recombinant clones each in the SSH library for the A-type and NA-type samples, and differential screening allowed the identification of 34 clones distinctly expressed in the ABA-treated fruit. From the results of quantitative PCR analysis, it was suggested that five of them were highly expressed in ABA-treated fruit (above four ranks), but others (below ranks) didn’t show significant expression changes. Highest or near highest hit by Blast X with annotated function to each sequence Annotation (homolog) No. clones BLAST Score (e-value) Fold induction of expression by ABA Fold induction of expression by ABA in A-type* (P value) in NA-type** (P value) species accession 2 1 1 1 Diospyros kaki Gypsophila elegans Diospyros kaki Diospyros kaki A4PB65 Q84QS6 D0VYJ9 C6L1M3 193 (1e-47) 248 (2e-64) 172 (2e-41) 180 (7e-44) 2.78 (< 0.05) 3.12 (< 0.01) 5.94 (< 0.001) 3.12 (< 0.05) 10.98 (< 0.001) 12.14 (< 0.001) 34.69 (< 0.001) 6.12 (< 0.01) 8 4 3 3 2 1 1 1 6 Vitis riparia Citrus hybrid Oryza sativa Vitis vinifera Capsicum annuum Glycine max Vigna unguiculata Arabidopsis lyrata Q9SPB3 Q8W3U7 A6N0B2 A9CSJ8 Q4G3H5 Q2PMD4 Q9AYM8 D7KH17 257 (2e-67) 50 (3e-06) 60 (4e-08) 362 (2e-98) 223 (9e-57) 95 (2e-18) 85 (4e-15) 101 (4e-20) 0.75 (0.24) 1.22 (0.27) 1.67 (0.14) 0.55 (0.26) 1.14 (0.28) 1.06 (0.37) 1.41 (0.30) 2.12 (0.23) 1.41 (0.32) 0.87 (0.21) 1.26 (0.26) 0.74 (0.26) 0.81 (0.29) 1.86 (0.33) 1.29 (0.28) 0.74 (0.19) Genes giving significant expression changes anthocyanidin reductase (ANR) anthocyanidin synthase (ANS) Myb transcription factor (DkMyb4) flavanone 3ʹ5ʹ-hydroxylase (F3'5'H) Genes with no significant expression changes QM-protein homolog polygalacturonase-like protein formate dehydrogenase plastid lipid-associated protein RAV transcription factor flavin adenine dinucleotide-linked oxidoreductase flavin adenine dinucleotide-binding CPRD2 Ceramidase family protein unknown *The expression levels in 0.1 µM ABA treatments relative to those in 0 µM ABA treatments ** The expression levels in 10 µM ABA treatments relative to those in 0 µM ABA treatments 1 Supplementary Table S2. Sequences of primers for promoter analysis The primers used for promoter analysis in transient reporter assay. All are given 5’ to 3’, and orientation is shown as F (forward) or R (reverse). Primer sequences were derived from the genomic sequences in A-type cv. Kuramitsu. DkMyb4 promoter regions for each reporter construct (see figure 8A) pWA(WNA)-LUC2 Primer name DkMyb4-promWF-T OPO DkMyb4-prom1R pR1-LUC2 DkMyb4-prom1F-T OPO DkMyb4-prom1R ** pR1mut-LUC2 DkMyb4-prom1mutF-T OPO DkMyb4-prom1R pR2-LUC2 DkMyb4-prom2F-T OPO pR3-LUC2 DkMyb4-prom3F-T OPO DkMyb4-prom1R DkMyb4-prom2R Primers sequences * F: CACCAAATCAGTGGTGGTGATTTAGTCG R: CTCTTCTTCTGATATTTGTGACGCAC F: CACCATGTAAAAAGACAACACATGTACGTGTGTG R: CTCTTCTTCTGATATTTGTGACGCAC F: CACCATGTAAAAAGACAACACATGTAGGATTGTG R: CTCTTCTTCTGATATTTGTGACGCAC F: CACCGGGAAAAGTATTGGGGCGATA R: CTCTTCTTCTGATATTTGTGACGCAC F: CACCAAATCAGTGGTGGTGATTTAGTCG R: ATATAAAAACCAAATTTGATACGATGC * The sequence shown in boldface, CACC, is an additional sequence necessary for directional cloning in Gateway system ** Underlined nucleotides (AGGAT) indicate mutated sites on the ABRE given in Fig. 8A 2 Supplementary Figures Supplementary Figure S1. ABA concentration in fruit flesh of a A-type (cv. Kurokuma) and two NA-type (cvs. Jiro and Fuyu) sampled at 1, 7, and 13 WAB in 2009. ABA concentration (ug/100mg DW) ABA concentration in fruit flesh were analyzed by LC-MS/MS in The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN) Plant Science Center (thank to Dr. Hitoshi Sakakibara, Group Director of the Plant Productivity Systems Research Group). 1600 Jiro (NA-type) 1400 1200 1000 Fuyu (NA-type) Kurokuma (A-type) 800 600 400 200 0 3 Supplementary Figure S2. Expression patterns of DkMyb1, 2, 3 and DkbZIP5 in ABA/abamine treatments. qRT-PCR analysis for gene expression in control fruit, and fruits treated with abamine and S-ABA; A, DkMyb1; B, DkMyb2; C DkMyb3; D DkbZIP5 expression. Each treatment is shown as a black point and solid line (control), white point and dotted line (Abamine), and gray point and semi-dotted line (S-ABA) in cvs. Kuramitsu (A-type; square), Suruga (NA-type; circle), and Okugosho (NA-type; diamond). Each three fruit was sampled at 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 and 13 WAB, and subjected to qRT-PCR analysis independently. The expression levels of each gene are given as relative values of those in cv. Kuramitsu at 1 WAB, defining the expression levels as ‘100’. All error bars indicate standard deviations (SDs) (n = 3). Note that expression levels of DkMyb1 (A) and DkMyb3 (C) at 13 WAB were under the detection in the qRT-PCR analyses. A-type cv. Kuramitsu A NA-type cv. Suruga 1000 relative expression level relative expression Cont. Cont. Abamine Abmine 100 100 10 10 10 1 2 4 6 8 10 12 relative expression 1000 6 8 10 12 14 0 100 100 10 4 6 8 10 12 1 14 0 2 4 100 6 8 10 12 14 0 12 14 14 14 S-ABA 100 10 1 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 1000 Cont. Abamine S-ABA 100 10 Cont. Abmine S-ABA 10 Cont. Abamine S-ABA 1 1 1 6 12 Abamine 100 4 10 S-ABA 100 2 8 S-ABA 1000 0 6 Cont. 1000 10 4 Abamine 1 10 2 Cont. 1 8 12 Abmine 10 6 10 Cont. 10 4 8 1000 100 2 6 Cont. Abamine S-ABA S-ABA 1000 0 4 10 Cont. 1 2 2 Abamine 1000 relative expression 4 1000 Cont. Abmine S-ABA 0 C 2 1000 100 10 S-ABA 1 0 14 1 relative expression Abamine S-ABA S-ABA 0 D Cont. 100 1 B cv. Okugosho 1000 1000 8 10 12 14 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 weeks after bloom (WAB) 4 Supplementary Figure S3. Sequence alighment and conserved subdomains of bZIP-TFs classified to AREB. Sequence alighment analysis was performed by Clustal X using 16 full-length amino acid sequences of plant AREB-like bZIP-TFs (Suzuki et al., 2003) and DkbZIP5 and visualized by BioEdit. Three conserved subdomains (C1-C3) and a bZIP motif were shown by solid and dotted frames respectively. The serine/threonine residues subjected to phosphorylation involved in the ability of transcript activation (Wasilewska et al., 2008) were shown by two triangle arrows. The origin species and accession numbers of each AREB is given below. ABF1: Arabidopsis, NM_001198254; ABF2: Arabidopsis, NM_001198228; ABF3: Arabidopsis, NM_001036708; ABF4: Arabidopsis, NM_001203005; ABI5: Arabidopsis, NM_129185; AREB3: Arabidopsis, NM_115544; At2g17770: Arabidopsis, NM_001202616; At3g44460: Arabidopsis, BT004342; At5g42910: Arabidopsis, NM_123656; AtZIP13: Arabidopsis, NM_123775; DkbZIP5: persimmon (Diospyros kaki), AB670685; EEL: Arabidopsis, NM_201926; GBF3: Arabidopsis, NM_180118; GBF4: Arabidopsis, NM_100278; HvABI5: barley (Hordeum vulgare subsp. vulgare), AY150676; OsABI5: rice (Oryza sativa), EF199630; TaABF: wheat (Triticum aestivum), AF519804. C1-subdomain 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 130 140 150 ....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....| AtZIP13 GBF4 ABF1 ABF4 ABF3 HvABI5 ABF2 At5g42910 AREB3 EEL DkbZIP5 OsABI5 TaABF ABI5 At3g44460 At2g17770 GBF3 Clustal Co 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ------MTSFQVMRSSNSRNSDLSRRISS-----------ASTSSSSIRPQQQFRRDLTSVGYGGRNDGLYSSNSMTVEGILHDTFASDPPAPTESSLLDASIN-----------------------------LMDASPAPMEITTTTAS ------MASFKLMSSSN---SDLSRRNSS-----------SASSSPSIRSSHHLR--------------------------------PNPHADHSRISFAYGGG-----------------------------VNDYTFASDSKPFEMAI ------MGTHIDINNLGGDTSRGNESK-----------PLARQSSLYSLTFDELQSTLGE--------PGKDFGSMNMDELLKNIWTAEDTQAFMTTTS-----------------------------------SVAAPGPSGFVPGGNG ------MGTHINFNNLGGGGHPGGEGSSNQMKPTGSVMPLARQSSVYSLTFDELQNTLGG--------PGKDFGSMNMDELLKSIWTAEEAQAMAMTSAPAA--------------------------------TAVAQPGAGIPPPGGN ------MGSRLNFKSFVDGVSEQQPTVG-------TSLPLTRQNSVFSLTFDEFQNSWGGG-------IGKDFGSMNMDELLKNIWTAEESHSMMGNNTSYTN----------ISNGNSGNTVINGGGNNIGGLAVGVGGESGGFFTGGS ----------MDFRSSNGGSSSERRPAAEG-------ASLTRQGSIYSLTFEEFQSTLGGGAGVGGGDLGKDFSSMNMDELLRSIWTAEESQAMAASASG-----------------------------------------AGAGAPPMS ------MDGSMNLGNEPPGDGGGGGG-------------LTRQGSIYSLTFDEFQSSVGK-----------DFGSMNMDELLKNIWSAEETQAMASGVVPVL----------------------------------------GGGQEGLQ ------MDSYWRLKN-LVNDLPVSTS-------------LSRQGSIYSWTVDQFQTSLGL-----------DCGSMNMDELVKHISSAEETQEGS------------------------------------------------------------MDSQRGIVEQAKSQS------------------LNRQSSLYSLTLDEVQNHLGSS--------GKALGSMNLDELLKSVCSVEANQPSSMAVNG-------------------------------------------GAAAQEG ------MGSIRGNIEEPISQS------------------LTRQNSLYSLKLHEVQTHLGSS--------GKPLGSMNLDELLKTVL----------------------------------------------------------PPAEEG ------MGFQTMGSNGSGQQPHLQP--------------VARQDSWFSLTLGEIENQLGELG--------KPLGSLNLDELLKNVWTAEANQINGMIMDS---------------------------------------------SSVSS MASEMSKNVKVTDDQEVTSQERDQSGGTKVGGE-EEIAPLARQSSILSLTLEELQNSLCEP--------GRNFGSMNMDEFVANIWNAEEFQATTG---------------------------GCKGAMEEAKVVDSGSGSG--DAGGSG MASEMSKDVKFSE-------EEVSSHPRVLEGE-ELTVAPARQSSIFALTLDELQYSVCEA--------GRNFGSMNMDEFMSNIWNAEEFQAATG---------------------------GGLVGMEVAPVVGAGAGGGGADAGGSN ---MVTRETKLTSEREVESSMAQARHNGGGGGENHPFTSLGRQSSIYSLTLDEFQHALCEN--------GKNFGSMNMDEFLVSIWNAEENNNNQQQAAAAAGSHSVPANHNGFNNNNNNGGEGGVGVFSGGSRGNEDANNKRGIANESS -----MSVFESETSNFHVYNNHEIQTQPQMQTFLSEEEPVGRQNSILSLTLDEIQMKSGKS-----------FGAMNMDEFLANLWTTVEENDNEGGGAHND------------------------------------------GEKPAV -----------------------------------------------------------------------------MEEVWKEINLG----------------------------------------------------------SLHY ------MGNSSEEPKPPTKSDKPSSPP------------VDQTNVHVYPDWAAMQAYYGPR-----VAMPPYYNSAMAASGHPPPPYMWNPQHMMS---------------------------------------------PYGAPYAAV C2-subdomain C3-subdomain 160 170 180 190 200 210 220 230 240 250 260 270 280 290 300 ....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....| AtZIP13 GBF4 ABF1 ABF4 ABF3 HvABI5 ABF2 At5g42910 AREB3 EEL DkbZIP5 OsABI5 TaABF ABI5 At3g44460 At2g17770 GBF3 Clustal Co 105 70 91 105 121 93 81 64 76 61 78 113 108 140 93 16 83 DVVDHGGGTETTRGGKSVDEIWREMVSGEGK--GMKEETSEE----------------------IMTLEDFLAKAAVEDETAVTASAEDLDVKIPVTN---------------------------------------------------DVDRSIGDRNSVNNGKSVDDVWKEIVSGEQKTIMMKEEEPED----------------------IMTLEDFLAKAEMDEG-----ASDEIDVKIPTER---------------------------------------------------LQRQGSLTLPRTLSQKTVDEVWKYLNSKEGSNGNTGTDALE-----------------RQQTLGEMTLEDFLLRAGVVKEDNTQQNE-----NSSSGFYANNGAAG-LEFGFGQPNQNSISFNGN------NSSMIMNQAPGLGLKVGGT LQRQGSLTLPRTISQKTVDEVWKCLITKDGNMEGSSGGGGES----NVPP-------GRQQTLGEMTLEEFLFRAGVVREDNCVQQMGQVNGNNNNGFYGNSTAAGGLGFGFGQPNQNSITFNGT------NDSMILNQPPGLGLKMGGT LQRQGSLTLPRTISQKRVDDVWKELMKEDDIGNGVVNGGTSG------IP-------QRQQTLGEMTLEEFLVRAGVVREEPQPVESVTN-FNGGFYGFGSNGGLGTASNGFVANQPQDLSGNGV------AVRQDLLTAQTQPLQMQQP LQGQGSLTLPRTLSAKTVDEVWRNLVRDDPLPVGAEGAEPQP---------------HRQATLGEMTLEEFLVKAGVVREIPTAPAVPPP---------------------PMQPRPVPVAPKGA------TFYGNFPSANDVGTAALGLQRQGSLTLPRTLSQKTVDQVWKDLSKVGSSGVGGSNLSQVAQAQSQSQS-------QRQQTLGEVTLEEFLVRAGVVREEAQVAARAQI-AENNKGGYFGNDANTGFSVEFQQPSPRVVAAGVMGNLGAETANSLQVQGSSLPLNVNGA -QRQGSTTLPPTLSKQNVGEVWKSITEEKHTNNNGG-------VTNITHL-------QGQQTLGEITLEEFFIRAGARGGNTNGGSIHDS-SSSISGNPHTSLG--------VQIQPKAMVSDFMNNMVPRSHDSYLHQN------VNGS LSRQGSLTLPRDLSKKTVDEVWKDIQQNKNG-GSAHERRDKQ------------------PTLGEMTLEDLLLKAGVVTETIPGSNHDGP---------------------------------------VGGGSAGSGAGLGQNITQVGP LVRQGSLTLPRDLSKKTVDEVWRDIQQDKNGNGTSTTTTHKQ------------------PTLGEITLEDLLLRAGVVTETVVPQ------------------------------------------------------ENVVNIASNGQ DEHQASQTLAKAFNGKTVDEVWREIQQGQKMKNVGEIKGQER-----------------QPTLGDITLEQFLIKAGIFAEASSGPIVGVN-----------------------------------------------------------LCRQGSFSLPLPLCQKTVEEVWTEINQ---APAHTSAP---ASALQPHAGSGGVAANDRQVTLGEMTLEDFLVKAGVVRGSFTG-QAAMGSGMVNGP--VNPMQQGQG-GPMMFPVGPVNAMYPVMG-----DGMGYPG-GYNGMAIVPP LARQESFSLPPPLCRKTVEEVWAEINR---EPRQVHAQPQGARASQQPPVQPPVAANDRQGTLGEMTLEQFLVKAGVVRGSGAGGQAPVPVGMVHAQ--MNPVQQGQQPGPMMYPMAPANGMFQVMG-----DGMGFVPNGYAGMAVVPP LPRQGSLTLPAPLCRKTVDEVWSEIHRGGGSGNGGDSNGRSSSSNGQNNAQNGGETAARQPTFGEMTLEDFLVKAGVVREHPTNPKPNPNPNQNQNPSSVIPAAAQQQLYGVFQGTGDPSFPGQAMG-----VGDPSGYAKRTGGGGYQQ LPRQGSLSLPVPLCKKTVDEVWLEIQNGVQQHPPSSNSGQNSAEN-----------IRRQQTLGEITLEDFLVKAGVVQEPLKTTMRMSS--------------------------------------------SDFGYNPEFGVGLHCQ HRQLNIGHEPMLKNQNPNNSIFQDFLNMPLNQPPPPPPPPSS-----------------------STIVTALYGSLPLPPPATVLSLNSG-----------------------------------------------------------YPHGGGVYAHPGIPMGSLPQGQKDPPLTTPGTLLSIDTPTKS-----------------TGNTDNGLMKKLKEFDGLAMSLGNGNPENGADEHKRSRN----------------------------------SSETDGSTDGSDGNTTGA . : bZIP motif 310 320 330 340 350 360 370 380 390 400 410 420 430 440 450 ....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....| AtZIP13 GBF4 ABF1 ABF4 ABF3 HvABI5 ABF2 At5g42910 AREB3 EEL DkbZIP5 OsABI5 TaABF ABI5 At3g44460 At2g17770 GBF3 Clustal Co 178 140 212 238 251 199 223 185 168 139 150 247 248 285 188 82 182 AtZIP13 GBF4 ABF1 ABF4 ABF3 HvABI5 ABF2 At5g42910 AREB3 EEL DkbZIP5 OsABI5 TaABF ABI5 At3g44460 At2g17770 GBF3 Clustal Co 240 196 320 360 381 282 345 302 234 199 202 311 313 364 256 133 245 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------YGFDHSAPPHNPFQMIDKVEGSIVAFGNGLDVYGGGARGKRAR-----VMVEPLDKAAAQRQRRMI ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------LNNDGSYTFDFPMQRHSSFQMVEGSMG------GGVTRGKRGR-----VMMEAMDKAAAQRQKRMI MQQQQQP-----------HQQQLQQPHQRLPPTIFPKQANVTFAAPVNMVNRG------------LFETSADGPANSN----MGGAGGTVTATSPG-------TSSAENNTWSSPVPYVFGRGRRSN--------TGLEKVVERRQKRMI MQQQQQQQQLLQQQQQQMQQLNQPHPQQRLPQTIFPKQANVAFSAPVNITNKG------------FAGAANNSINNNNGLASYGGTGVTVAATSPG-------TSSAENNSLS-PVPYVLNRGRRSN--------TGLEKVIERRQRRMI QMVQQPQ------------MVQQPQQLIQTQERPFPKQTTIAFSNTVDVVNRSQPATQCQEVKPSILGIHNHPMNNNLLQAVDFKTGVTVAAVSPGSQMSPDLTPKSALDASLSPVPYMFGRVRKTG--------AVLEKVIERRQKRMI ----------------------------------FPPVAMGDLALGNGLMPRALG--------------------------MGGAPLVVQTAVKPVDSGSKGSEDLSSPSEPMPYSFEGIVRGRRTG--------GGVEKVVERRQRRMI RTTYQQS---------------------QQQQPIMPKQPGFGYGTQMGQLNSPGIRGGGLVGLGDQSLTNNVGFVQGASAAIPGALGVGAVSPVTPLSSE-GIGKSNGDSSSLSPSPYMFNGGVRGR------KSGTVEKVVERRQRRMI MSTYQ------------------------PQQSIMSMPNGYSYGKQIRFSN-------GSLGSGNQSLQDTKRSLVPSVATIP--SEAITCSPVTPFPTLNGKQKINGESSLLSPSPYISNGSTSTRGGKINSEITAEKQFVDKKLRRKI WIQYHQLPS----------------------------------------------------------------------------MPQPQAFMPYPVSDMQAMVSQSSLMGGLSDTQTPGRKRVASG--------EVVEKTVERRQKRMI WVEYHHQP------------------------------------------------------------------------------QQQQGFMTYPVCEMQDMVMMG----GLSDTPQAPGRKRVAG--------EIVEKTVERRQKRMI ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------NVATPEKRLPQMGLSLNPSFHSISDTSAPGQKRDAAD---------AIEKILDRRLRRKI PPPAQG----------------------------------------------------------------------------------AMVVVSPGSSDGMSAMTHADMMNCIGNGMMIENG-TRKRPHRED---GCAEKTVERRQRRMI PPPPQG----------------------------------------------------------------------------------GMGIVSPGSSDGRSAMTQADMMNCMGDGAMMENGGARKRGAPED---QSCERSIERRHRRMI APPVQAGVC-------------------------------------------------------------------YGGGVGFGAGGQQMGMVGPLSPVSSDGLGHG-QVDNIGGQYGVDMGGLRGRKRVVD---GPVEKVVERRQRRMI NQNNYGD-------------------------------------------------------------------------------NRSVYSENRPFYSVLGESSSCMTGNGRSNQYLTGLDAFRIKKRIID---GPPEILMERRQRRMI --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------VGFEFLDTTENLLASNPRSFEESAKFGCLGKKRGQ--------DSDDTRGDRRYKRMI DEPKLKR------------------------------------------------------------------------------SREGTPTKDGKQLVQASSFHSVSPSSGDTGVKLIQGSGAILS---------PGNERELKRERRKQ . :: :* 460 470 480 490 500 510 520 530 540 550 560 570 ....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|....|. KNRESAARSRER-----------KQAYQVELEALAAKLEEENELLSKEIEDKRKERYQKLMEFVIPVVEKPKQQPPRFLRRIRSLEW--------------------------------------KNRESAARSRER-----------KQAYQVELETLAAKLEEENEQLLKEIEESTKERYKKLMEVLIPVDEKPRP-PSRPLSRSHSLEW--------------------------------------KNRESAARSRAR-----------KQAYTLELEAEIESLKLVNQDLQKKQAEIMKTHNSEVITFFLYLSKGIFEAASIAGQKTMLEKNPYRSVVRR------------------------------KNRESAARSRAR-----------KQAYTLELEAEIEKLKKTNQELQKKQAEMVEMQKNEQLKETSKRPWGSKRQCLRRTLTGPW-----------------------------------------KNRESAARSRAR-----------KQAYTMELEAEIAQLKELNEELQKKQVCLASSLSQLRISRFSYFLEVVFTDQMFHAG---------------------------------------------KNRESAARSRAR-----------KQAYTMELEAEVQKLKDLNEELVKKQTEILKMQKREAPEMKDQFGRK-KRQCLRRTLTGPW-----------------------------------------KNRESAARSRARKQIFTADQTIYWNAYTVELEAEVAKLKEENDELQRKQARIMEMQKNQETEMRNLLQGGPKKKLRRTESGPW------------------------------------------KNRESAARSRAR-----------KQAQTMEVEVELENLKKDYEELLK---QHVELRKRQMEPGMISLHERPERKLRRTKSDIK------------------------------------------KNRESAARSRAR-----------KQAYTHELEIKVSRLEEENERLRKQKEVEKILPSVPPPDPKRQLRRTSSAPF--------------------------------------------------KNRESAARSRAR-----------KQAYTHELEIKVSRLEEENEKLRRLKEVEKILPSEPPPDPKWKLRRTNSASL--------------------------------------------------KNRESAARSRAR-----------KQAYHNELVSKISHLEEENMKLKKEKDLERILPWDLSPEPRYQLRRTTSF----------------------------------------------------KNRESAARSRAR-----------KQAYTVELEAELNYLKQENARLK----------EAELVEKMMEQSKEKMNANRG-GSQLRRSGSCMW-----------------------------------KNRESAARSRAR-----------KQAYTVELEAELNHLKEENARLKAEEKTILLTKKQMLVEKMIEQSKENVNVKKG-GTLSRRCGSCIW-----------------------------------KNRESAARSRAR-----------KQAYTVELEAELNQLKEENAQLKHALAELERKRKQQYFESLKSRAQPKLPKSNGRLRTLMRNPSCPL-----------------------------------KNRESAARSRAR-----------RQAYTVELELELNNLTEENTKLKEIVEENEKKRRQEIISRSKQVTKEKSGDKLRKIRRMASAGW--------------------------------------KNRESAARSRAR-----------KQAYTNELELEIAHLQTENARLKIQQEQLKIAEATQNQVKKTLQRSSTAPF---------------------------------------------------SNRESARRSRLR-----------KQAETEELARKVEALTAENMALRSELNQLNEKSDKLRGANATLLDKLKCSEPEKRVPANMLSRVKNSGAGDKNKNQGDNDSNSTSKLHQLLDTKPRAKAVAAG .***** *** * :* *: * * 5 Supplementary Figure S4. Expression levels of PA pathway genes in the SbZ5-lines. Analysis for gene expression in the DkbZIP5-overexpressed SbZ5-lines and control calluses by qRT-PCR. Six structural genes of the PA biosynthetic pathway, PAL, CHS, F3′H, DFR, LAR, and ANS, are given. The expression level is shown as the value relative to expression in Cont. defining the expression levels as ‘1’. We analyzed each four individual for all transgenic lines with three technical replications in qRT-PCR. Error bars indicated standard deviations (SD). In all figures, one asterisk (*) or two asterisks (**) indicated significant differences (P < 0.05, and P < 0.01 rerspectively) according to Student’s t-test, in comparison to the control lines. Genes under the regulation by DkMyb4 Genes not affected by DkMyb4 expression 7 SbZ5-2 DkbZIP5 overexpression lines SbZ5-3 ** ** ** ** * 4 SbZ5-1 ** 5 ** 6 ** ** ** 3 ** relative expression level to Cont. callus ** Cont. 2 1 0 N.D. 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