## 2 Results
### Characterization of _CpMYC2_ and _bHLH13_
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**Plant Name** & **Gene** & **Identity \%** & **Gene Function** \\ \hline Arabidopsis & _AtMYC2_ (_At1g32640_)_ & 54.01 & Activate terpene synthesase \\ \hline Tobacco & Transcription factor MYC2-like & 57.62 & Activation of JA responses \\ \hline Tomato & _SIMYC2_ & 57.56 & Methyl jasmonate inducer \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{Grape vine} & Predicted: transcription factor & \multirow{2}{*}{62.01} & \multirow{2}{*}{Unknown (Genome data) *} \\  & MYC2 & & \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{Lindera} & Transcription factor MYC & \multirow{2}{*}{62.78} & \multirow{2}{*}{
\begin{tabular}{c} Accumulation mechanism of \\ \(\beta\)-ocimene \\ \end{tabular} } \\ \hline Hayata & Transcription factor MYC2 & 65.13 & Unknown (Genome data) \\ \hline Lotus & Transcription factor MYC2-like & 62.01 & Unknown (Genome data) \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular}  
* Wintersweet _CpMYC2_ was found to be homologous to the following plants with maximum identity: Arabidopsis (_Arabidopsis thaliana_), tobacco (_Nicotiana tabcum_), tomato (_Solanum lycopersicum_), grape vine (_Vitis vinifera_), lindera (_Lindera glauca_), hayata (_Cinnamum micrinthum_), lotus (_Nelumb nucifera_).
* Gene sequence is from submitted genome data with unknown function.  
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Table 1: Summary of the homology of wintersweet _CpMYC2_ with genes from other plants. Figure 2: Multiple sequence alignment of the wintersweet _CpMYC2_ protein sequence with its homologous proteins from other plant species: _Cinnamum micrinthum_ CmMYC2 (RWR86802.1), _Nicotiana tabacum_ NtMYC2 (XP_016500373.1), _Solanum lycopersicum_ SIMYC2 (NP_001311412.1), _Vitis vinifera_ VvMYC2 (XP_002280253.2), _Arabidopsis thaliana_ AtMYC2 (At1g32640), and _Zea mays_ ZmMYC2 (PWZ55921.1). The red box indicates the basic helix-loop-helix DNA-binding domain common in plants. \begin{table}
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**Plant Name** & **Gene** & **Identity \%** & **Gene Function** \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{Arabidopsis} & Transcription factor & \multirow{2}{*}{42.06} & Interacts with JAZ proteins to \\  & _bHLH13_/JAM2 (_AtIg01260_) & & negatively regulate jasmonate responses \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{Arabidopsis} & Transcription factor & \multirow{2}{*}{44.78} & Interacts with JAZ proteins to \\  & _bHLH17_/JAM1 (_AtI2g46510_) & & negatively regulate jasmonate responses \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{Tobacco} & Predicted: transcription factor & \multirow{2}{*}{60.26} & \multirow{2}{*}{Unknown (Genome data) *} \\  & bHLH13-like & & \\ \hline Tomato & Transcription factor _bHLH13_-like & 59.51 & Unknown (Genome data) \\ \hline Grape vine & Transcription factor _bHLH13_ & 62.90 & Unknown (Genome data) \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{Hayata} & Transcription factor _bHLH13_ & 69.77 & Unknown (Genome data) \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{Lotus} & Predicted: transcription factor & \multirow{2}{*}{62.46} & Unknown (Genome data) \\  & _bHLH13_-like & & \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular}  
* Wintersweet _CphHLH13_ was found to be homologous to the following plants with maximum identity: Arabidopsis (_Arabidopsis (thaliana)_, tobacco (_Nicotiana takcum_), tomato (_Solanum locyopersicum_), grape vine (_Vitis vinifera_), hayata (_Cimanum micrathum_), lotus (_Nelumb nucifera_). *Gene sequence is from submitted genome data with unknown function.  
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Table 2: Summary of the homology of wintersweet _CphHLH13_ with genes from other plants. Figure 3: Multiple sequence alignment of the Wintersweet _bHLH13_ protein sequence with its homologous proteins from other plant species: _Cimanum micrathum_ CmbHLH13 (RWR96436.1), _Vitis vinifera_ VvbHLH13 (RVW95465.1), _Malus domestic_ MtbHLH13 (XP_028955372.1), _Nicotiana takucum_ NtbHLH13 (XP_016459177.1), _Solanum locyopersicum_ SlbHLH13 (XP_004229991.1), and _Arabidopsis thaliana_ AtbHLH13 (AT1G01260). The red box indicates the basic helix-loop-helix DNA-binding domain common in plants.