Patent ID: 8110722

Claim:
An isolated gene encoding a protein having an activity of transferring an aromatic acyl group to a sugar residue of a flavonoid using 1- O -acyl-β-D-glucose as an acyl donor, wherein the gene comprises: (a) a nucleotide sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOS: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 and 10; (b) a nucleotide sequence encoding an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOS: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12; or (c) a nucleotide sequence encoding an amino acid sequence having 70% or more homology with any one of SEQ ID NOS: 2, 6, 8, 10 and 12 or an amino acid sequence having at least 79.1% homology with SEQ ID NO:4.