“…In light signal transduction, phytochromes and their downstream factors, such as COP1 (CONSTITUTIVE PHOTOMORPHOGENIC1), HY5 (LONG HYPOCOTYL 5), and other TFs participate in light-induced anthocyanin biosynthesis ( Maier et al., 2013 ; Meng and Liu, 2015 ; Hoai Nguyen, 2020 ; Bhatia et al., 2021 ; Ma et al., 2021b ). In this biological process, expression of structural genes and regulatory genes, except WD40, is strongly dependent upon the existence of light ( Takos et al., 2006 ; Bai et al., 2017 ; Hong et al., 2019 ; Liu et al., 2019 ). Interestingly, less- and non-photosensitive biosynthesis of anthocyanins has been reported in cherry, chrysanthemum, mango, turnip, grape and eggplant ( Huang et al., 2016 ; Yang et al., 2017 ; Guo et al., 2018 ; He et al., 2019 ; Zha et al., 2019 ; Shi et al., 2021 ), although the underlying mechanism is still unclear.…”