Computational and evolutionary insights into anthocyanin biosynthesis

Figure 2a. Multiple sequence alignment showing conserved amino acid sequences

of anthocyanin pathway genes- CHS, CHI and F3H within solanaceae and poaceae

families. The color code indicates Green - conserved, Yellow- identical, Cyan- similar,

and White- different domains.

Figure 2b. Multiple sequence alignment showing conserved amino acid sequences of

anthocyanin pathway genes- DFR, ANS and UFGT within solanaceae and poaceae.

Represented color of the residues is: Green - conserved, Yellow- identical, Cyan-

similar, and White- different domains.

Solanaceae and poaceae families were chosen to perform comparative analysis

because some of the cultivated species in both families have lost anthocyanins

from their wild ancestors though both families are scientifically and economically

very important. Furthermore, minimum three species were chosen to represent

each family because one species to represent a family might lead to error in

sampling even though nucleotide sequence of a gene between different species

within a family is highly conserved. Orthologs of ANS and UF3GT were taken

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