Agricultural Sciences, 2018, 9, 374-383 
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Cloning and Expression of Anthocyanin 
Biosynthesis Related Gene RrMYB6 in Rosa 
rugosa 
Kai Zou#, Yang Wang#, Mingyuan Zhao, Lanyong Zhao*, Zongda Xu* 
Forestry College of Shandong Agricultural University, Tai’an, China 
 
 
How to cite this paper: Zou, K., Wang, Y., 
Zhao, M.Y., Zhao, L.Y. and Xu, Z.D. (2018) 
Cloning  and  Expression  of  Anthocyanin 
Biosynthesis Related Gene RrMYB6 in Rosa 
rugosa. Agricultural Sciences, 9, 374-383. 
https://doi.org/10.4236/as.2018.93026   
 
Received: January 30, 2018 
Accepted: March 24, 2018 
Published: March 27, 2018 
 
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Abstract 
R2R3-MYB transcription factor plays an important role in plant anthocyanin 
synthesis.  Based  on  the  transcriptional  database  of Rosa rugosa,  one  MYB 
transcription  factor  related  to  floral  color, RrMYB6,  was  cloned.  By  using 
bioinformatics analysis method, cloning MYB gene and analyzing its function 
in anthocyanin biosynthesis regulation, we hope to lay a solid foundation for 
new color variety breeding of R. rugosa. Using the R. rugosa “Zi zhi” as the 
material, we obtained the total length of cDNA of RrMYB6 by RT-PCR and 
RACE. By analyzing its bioinformatics, we found that the formula of the pro-
tein was C1491H2368N452O470S17, molecular weight was 34690.97 Da, the theoret-
ical pI was 8.74. In addition, it belonged to unstable protein with an unstable 
index at 50.59, and it was also a hydrophilic protein with the total average hy-
drophobic index at −0.847. In the secondary structure of RrMYB6 protein, the 
Alpha helix accounted for 32.35%, random coil was 47.39%, extended strand 
was  11.11%,  and  beta  turn  was  9.15%.  The  sequence  analysis  showed  that 
RrMYB6 had a typical R2R3-MYB domain and bHLH binding domain, and it 
also had an N1, C1, C2 inhibitory motif, belonging to the Sg4 subfamily MYB 
protein. What’s more, evolutionary analysis indicated that the RrMYB6 pro-
tein was closely related with the MYB protein in Rosacea family, while it was 
far from those in other families. The expression analysis showed that RrMYB6 
protein decreased with the color of petals deeping, and its expression was the 
lowest in the petals while the highest in stamens. According to the above re-
sults, it was speculated that RrMYB6 was involved in regulating the anthocya-
nin synthesis of R. rugosa, which belonged to negative regulatory mechanism. 
 
Keywords 
Rosa rugosa, Anthocyanin, R2R3-MYB, Gene Expression 
#These authors contribute equally. 
 
 
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1. Introduction 
Rosa rugosa, as a deciduous shrub in the Rosacea family, has high ornamental 
value and fragrant aroma, and plays an important role in landscape architecture. 
But the color of R. rugosa is simple, most is red, pink and white, and is fresh in 
other color, which have seriously restricted its application in gardens for a long 
time. In higher plants, the color of petals, tissues and fruits is determined by an-
thocyanin, which is a secondary metabolite belonging to flavonoids. Anthocya-
nins are synthesized through three steps with a series of enzymes [1]. The an-
thocyanins pathway has been explored in depth in Petunia hybrid [2], Zea mays 
[3], Antirrhinum majus [4] and so on. In higher plants, most anthocyanin bio-
synthesis is regulated by the combination of many transcription factors in dif-
ferent time and space. TFs like R2R3-MYB, bHLH, WD-40 can regulate antho-
cyanin biosynthesis by forming a MBW ternary complex [5] [6]. As a key tran-
scription factor, the up-regulation of R2R3-MYB can  activate the expression of 
one or more structural genes involved in anthocyanin synthesis, so leads to an-
thocyanin accumulating. The related genes have been cloned and analyzed in its 
function from species such as Epimedium sagittatum [7], Pyrus pyrifolia [8] and 
Prunus avium L. [9]. At present, there are few reports on the anthocyanin bio-
synthesis mechanism of R. rugose, so we don’t know exactly how it works. Based 
on the rose transcriptome data, we cloned one R2R3-MYB gene related with an-
thocyanin synthesis and figured out its function by bioinformatics analysis and 
real-time PCR to provide foundation for the regulation mechanism of anthocya-
nin synthesis in the petals of R. rugosa. 
2. Materials and Methods 
The experiment was conducted from April 2016 to January 2017 at the flower 
germplasm  resource  nursery  of  Shandong  Agricultural  University  and  the 
Flower Institute of Forestry College. 
2.1. Plant Materials 
The plant material, Chinese representative R. rugosa “Zi zhi”, “Bai zizhi”, “Fen 
zizhi” were from the rose germplasm resources garden at Shandong Agricultural 
College. R. rugosa “Zi zhi”, “Bai zizhi”, “Fen zizhi” are the most representative 
traditional rose in China. And the colors of three are purple, white and pink, re-
spectively. From April to May, 2016, the petals in initial opening stage of a single 
plant with strong growth potential and stable hues in above three cultivars were 
collected for the experiment of gene cloning and difference expression; Sepals, 
stems,  leaves,  stamens,  pistils  and  petals  samples  for  gene  spatial  expression 
analysis were collected from R. rugosa “Zi zhi” at full opening stage. All samples 
were collected directly frozen with liquid nitrogen, and finally stored at −80˚C 
until used. 
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2.2. Methods 
2.2.1. RNA Extraction and Gene Cloning 
The extraction of RNA from various tissues of plants was operated according to 
the instructions of EASYspin plant RNA rapid extraction kit, and its concentra-
tion and purity were determined by ultraviolet spectrophotometer. At the same 
time,  the  integrity  of  RNA  was  detected  by  1%  agarose  gel  electrophoresis. 
cDNA  was  synthesized  by  RNA  reverse  transcription  kit  according  to  the  de-
scription of abm reverse transcription kit. Fragment amplification: according to 
the data of rose transcriptome, the relevant MYB gene fragments were selected, 
and specific primers were designed by Oligo 7.0 software (Table 1). PCR ampli-
fication was carried out with the synthesized cDNA as the template. The reaction 
system of PCR was as follows: Mix 12.5 ul, the target gene upstream and down-
stream primers each 1 ul, template cDNA 1 ul, sterilization ddH2O supplement 
to 25 ul; The PCR reaction conditions are as follows: 94˚C for 5 min; 94˚C for 30 
s, 53˚C for 30 s, and 72˚C for 1 min for a total of 35 cycles; and then extension at 
72˚C  for  10  min.  Next,  1%  agarose  gel  electrophoresis  was  used  to  detect  the 
PCR products. The full-length amplification was carried out at 72˚C for 10 min. 
Specific primers (Table 1) were used to amplify the three races and the complete 
open  reading  frame  (ORF).  The  reaction  system  and  PCR  reaction  conditions 
were described above. The PCR product was reclaimed according to the descrip-
tion  of  Hipure  Gel  Pure  DNA  Mini  Kit(Magen),  then  ligated  with  the  carrier 
pMD18-T to transform Escherichia coli DH5α. Positive clones were selected and 
sequenced at BGI. 
2.2.2. Bioinformatics Analysis of RrMYB6 
BLASTX  (NCBI)  was  used  to  study  the  homology  of  the  nucleotide  sequence 
and  the  deduced  amino  acid  sequence.  DNAMAN5.2.2  was  used  to  conduct 
multiple sequence alignment. The ORF finder (NCBI) was used to search for an 
 
Table 1. Primers used to clone and expression analysis of RrMYB6 in R. rugosa. 
Primer sequence (5’ to 3’) 
Purpose 
Annealing   
temperatures/˚C 
Cloning of the 
Middle Fragment 
3’RACE PCR 
ORF PCR 
Real-time   
Quantitative PCR 
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6-R 
6-3’-F 
B26 
RrMYB6-F 
RrMYB6-R 
Actin-F 
Actin-R 
AAGCTCACACCAACAAAGGGG 
TCAAGGGTCTGTGAAATCTGT 
TGTCAGTGCACAAATGGCTTC 
GACTCGAGTCGACATCGATTTTTTTT
TTTTTTTTT 
ATGGGAAGGTCACCTTGCTGT 
CTATGAATTCAAGGGTCTGTG 
CACTTAGCACCTTCCAGCAGATGT 
CTACAACAGCAGACCTGAGTTCACT 
RrMYB6-Q-F 
CACCGAAGAAGAAGACGAG 
RrMYB6-Q-R 
TTCATTGTCGGTTCGTCC 
 
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open reading frame, and the Conserved Domains database (NCBI) was used to 
analyze  the  conserved  domains.  ExPaSy-SOPMA  was  used  to  predict  protein 
secondary structure. The ProtParam Tool was used to analyze protein physical 
and chemical properties. Furthermore, the ProtScale was used to predict hydro-
philic or hydrophobic protein proper-ties. The NetPhos 3.1 Server was used to 
predict potential protein phosphorylation sites, and the NetOGlyc 4.0 Server was 
used to predict potential protein glycosylation sites. In order to study the evolu-
tionary relationship between RrMYB6 and MYB6 proteins in other species, we 
chose 13 MYB6 genes in different spices with high level of homology to RrMYB6 
by BLAST, and constructed evolutionary tree with them by MEGA5.0 software. 
The  phylogenetic  tree  was  constructed  according  to  the  neighbor-joining  me-
thod, and tested by bootstrap, which was repeated 1000 times. 
2.2.3. Expression Analysis of RrMYB6 in Different Tissues and Different 
Cultivars 
Using CFX96TM Real-Time System RT-qPCR instrument and SYBR®Premix Ex 
TaqTM kit as template for real-time fluorescence quantitative analysis. The pri-
mers and internal reference primers (Actinin) are shown in Table 1. The reac-
tion system is: Mix10ul, cDNA 1 ul, 0.4 ul each of upstream and downstream 
primer, adding sterilizing ddH2O up to 20 ul. The reaction procedure was: pre-
denaturation at 95˚C for 30 s; 95˚C for 30 s, 60˚C for 30 s for a total of 39 cycles. 
The cycle threshold (Ct) value for each PCR reaction was calculated. After com-
pletion  of  the  amplification  steps,  the  melting  curve  was  determined  for  each 
analysis.  Gene  transcripts  were  quantified  using  the  comparative  Ct  method, 
which compares the transcript level of the target gene with that of the reference 
gene.  The  gene  was  set  up  with  three  repeats  and  the  experimental  data  were 
processed by 2−ΔΔCT. And the data analysis was graphed through software Prism 
5. 
3. Results and Analysis 
3.1. Cloning and Sequence Analysis of RrMYB6 
One  R2R3-MYB  transcription  factor, RrMYB6,  was  cloned  from  the  petals  of 
Rosa rugosa “Zi zhi”. Its Genbank accession Nos: MG745778. The RrMYB6 gene 
has a full length of 1107 bp, an open reading frames (ORFs) with length of 921 
bp (Figure 1), and encoding 306 amino acids. 
Multiple  sequence  alignment  analysis  showed  that  the  amino  acid  sequence 
encoded by RrMYB6 had five conserved regions, including R2R3-MYB domain, 
C 1 and C 2 suppressor motifs domain, PCCEK (N1) motif and the domain in-
teracting with bHLH protein. It is inferred that RrMYB6 is a typical R2R3-MYB 
transcription  factor  (Figure  2).  The  evolutionary  tree  results  revealed  that 
RrMYB6 exhibited the highest homology to FvMYB6 in Fragaria vesca. And six 
MYB6  proteins  from  other  plants  in  Rosaceae  family,  such  as  MdMYB6, 
PmMYB6  and  so  on,  were  shown  to  be  closely  related  with  RrMYB6,  and   
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Figure  1.  PCR  amplification  of  RrMYB6.  M:Marker;  A:  Intermediate  ragment;  B: 
3’-RACE; C: Full-length fragment. 
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clustering  in  a  clade.  While  RrMYB6  was  relatively  distant  from  MaMYB6, 
JrMYB6, and other MYB6 proteins in other families, which were clustered into 
another branch (Figure 3). 
3.2. Bioinformatics Analysis of RrMYB6 Gene 
The  RrMYB6  gene  encoded  306  amino  acids.  The  protein  had  a  molecular 
weight  of  34690.97  Da,  an  isoelectric  point  of  8.74,  and  its  formula  was 
C1491H2368N452O470S17.  There  were  42  basic  amino  acids  (Arg  +  Lys),  35  acidic 
amino acids, and 229 neutral amino acids. It belonged to unstable protein with 
an unstable index at 50.59, and it was also a hydrophilic protein with the total 
average hydrophobic index at −0.847. The secondary structure prediction results 
demonstrated that there was 99 α-helix, 145 random coil, 34 extended peptide   
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Figure 3. The phylogenetic tree derived from the alignment of amino acid sequences of 
RrMYB6 and other MYB6 TFs. 
 
chain, and 28 β-turn. The phosphorylation site prediction results demonstrated 
that there were 19 Ser phosphorylation sites, 22 Thr phosphorylation sites, and 6 
Tyr phosphorylation sites, thus speculating that it was related to phosphoryla-
tion regulation. 
3.3. Expression Patterns of RrMYB6 in Different Tissues and   
Different Varieties 
Relative expression of RrMYB6 was profiled using q-PCR in R. rugose “Zi zhi” 
leaves, sepals, stems, stamens, pistils, and petals to analyze its tissue specificity, 
while it was also detected in the petals of R. rugose “Zi zhi”, R. rugosa “Fen ziz-
hi”, R. rugosa “Bai zizhi” to analyze its variety specificity. The expression analy-
sis of RrMYB6 in different tissues showed that RrMYB6 expressed differentially 
among stems, leaves, stamens, sepals, pistils and petals. RrMYB6 was more ab-
undant in stamens than stems, leaves, petals, sepals and pistils. The highest ex-
pression level of RrMYB6 was observed in stamens, while it expressed slightly in 
sepals, pistils and petals, and almost didn’t express in stems and leaves. In addi-
tion, the expression  analysis of RrMYB6 in different  varieties showed that the 
RrMYB6 decreased with the color deepening among the three cultivars, lowest in 
the petals of R. rugose “Zi zhi”, followed by R. rugosa “Fen zizhi”, and highest in 
R. rugosa “Bai zizhi” (Figure 4). 
4. Discussion 
One MYB transcription factor, RrMYB6, was cloned, and the sequence analysis 
of its protein showed that it contained a R2R3 domain, C1 and C2 suppressor 
motifs domain, PCCEK (N1) motif and the domain interacting with bHLH pro-
tein. Furthermore, its amino acid sequence is highly conserved at N1 motif and 
R2R3 domains, thus belonging to R2R3-MYB protein in Sg4 subfamily [10] [11] 
[12] [13] [14] [15]. Studies show that the C1 repression motif of Sg4 subfamily 
affect  the  secondary  metabolism  of  plants  by  inhibiting  the  expression  of  cin-
namic acid 4-hydroxylase gene [16] [17]. The R2R3-MYB proteins in different   
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Figure 4. Relative expression levels of RrMYB6. 
 
spices have different effects on anthocyanin synthesis. For example, the overex-
pression of FaMYB1 in tobacco made its flower color shallower with the antho-
cyanins  decreased  significantly  [18],  while  the MdMYB3  isolated  from Malus 
domstica  exhibited  oppositely  [19]  [20].  Evolutionary  analysis  showed  that 
RrMYB6  shared  the  closet  homology  to FvMYB6,  so  it  was  speculated  that 
RrMYB6  could  regulate  the  anthocyanin  synthesis  in R. rugosa.  Specifically, 
whether it exhibited in a positive way or negative way needs further discussion. 
The  bioinformatics  analysis  showed  that  in  the  secondary  structure  of 
RrMYB6  protein,  α-helix  and  random  coil  both  accounted  for  considerable 
proportion. However, the proportion of extended strand and β-turn was smaller. 
Studies have proved that α-helix plays an important role in the R motif of the 
MYB domain. Each R motif is generally composed of three α-helix, in which the 
α-helix at the secondary and third position will form the HTH structure.  And 
then combine with the first R motif, further forming a HTH domain with a hy-
drophobic core. What’s more, the third alpha helices in R motif have a role of 
identifying DNA, which makes the MYB protein more specific. Therefore, it can 
be further determined that RrMYB6 gene belongs to R2R3-MYB type [21] [22]. 
The  irregular  curl  structure  is  very  beneficial  to  the  binding  of  cell  and  water 
molecule, and both belong to hydrophilic protein. It can be inferred that both of 
them may protect the plant from osmotic stress. In addition, RrMYB6 contains a 
certain  phosphorylation  site,  which  may  be  related  to  the  regulation  of  phos-
phorylation. 
The qRT-PCR results showed that RrMYB6 expressed slightly in the petals of 
R. rugose “Zi zhi”, followed by R. rugosa “Fen zizhi”, and highly expressed in R. 
rugosa “Bai zizhi”. Furthermore, RrMYB6 exhibited a characteristic low expres-
sion in petals while expressed at a high level in stamen in the different tissues of 
R. rugosa “Zi zhi”. Studies show that there are positive and negative mechanisms 
for  anthocyanin  biosynthesis  regulation  by  MYB  protein  in  plants  [22].  The 
MdMYB isolated from Malus domestica regulates the synthesis of anthocyanin. 
Moreover, lightness is the essential factor in the regulation of biosynthetic gene 
by MdMYB. Overexpression of MdMYB10 isolated from leaves and pulp can in-
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crease anthocyanin accumulation in apple seedlings. What’s more, the overex-
pression of MdMYB16, MdMYB17 and MdMYB111 in tobacco could inhibit the 
activity of DFR promoter and thus inhibiting anthocyanin synthesis [23] [24]. Li 
also find that MYB protein has positive and negative mechanisms for anthocya-
nin  synthesis  in Morus alba  [25].  The  expression  of RrMYB6  gene  decreased 
with the deepening of petal color. And in the expression analysis of R. rugosa “Zi 
zhi” tissues, the expression of petals was very low, which was consistent with the 
analysis of expression among varieties. The gene expressed slightly in the petals, 
which may caused by different flowering stages. These results suggested that the 
regulation of RrMYB6 gene on anthocyanin biosynthesis in R. rugosa was a neg-
ative regulation mechanism. The regulation of genes involved in this mechanism 
needs further verification. 
In conclusion, one R2R3-MYB TF, RrMYB6, was isolated from R. rugosa and 
was found to be involved in regulating anthocyanin biosynthetic pathway. The 
results of this study provided important information on the anthocyanin synthe-
sis  of R. rugosa.  In  future  work,  we  will  test  whether  the  overexpression  of 
RrMYB6 leads to anthocyanin accumulation in Arabidopsis thaliana and Nico-
tiana tabacum. 
Acknowledgements 
This work was funded by Shandong Province Agricultural Engineering project 
of breeding ([2014] No. 96). 
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