次生代谢物质花色素苷存在于植物的叶片、花、果实和种子的表皮细胞的液泡中,是一类使这些器官呈现从红色到黑色等系列颜色的水溶性色素。其合成过程不仅受到基因的调控,还受多种因素影响。首先是光通过信号转导途径直接或间接地调节相关酶基因表达的过程;其次是糖,常与光相互作用协调控制花着色;激素也是影响花色素苷合成的一个重要因素,往往通过影响植物体内的代谢过程和植物基因的表达来影响花色素苷的合成和积累。本文综述近20年来该领域的研究进展。

Anthocyanin exists in the vacuoles of some leaves, flowers, fruits, seed epidermis and seed coat and is a water-soluble pigment that causes these organs showing color from red to black and others.The process of anthocyanin synthesis not only be regulated by gene, but also be affected by many other different factors.First, light regulates related enzyme gene expression directly or indirectly by signal transduction pathway.Second, sugar often coordinated controls pigment in flower altogether with light.Finally, hormone is also an important factor affecting the synthesis of anthocyanin.It often influences the metabolic process and gene expression in plants to affect anthocyanin synthesis and accumulation.Research progress in recent 20 years was also reviewed.