Abstract:The experiment was conducted to study the mechanism of interaction between SVP and FLC in Betula platyphylla. The truncated genes of BpFLC1-6 and BpSVP1-6 were, respectively, cloned from yeast recombination plasmids pGBKT7-BpFLC and pGBKT7-BpSVP. pGBKT7-BpFLC1-6×pGADT7-BpSVP and pGBKT7-BpFLC×pGADT7-BpSVP1-6 were co-transferred into yeast Y2HGold. The yeast strains of Y2HGold[pGBKT7-BpFLC2-5×pGADT7-BpSVP] could grew on selective agar plates TDO, QTO/A and QDO/X/A with blue stains. BpSVP truncated forms and BpFLC2-5 protein could act with each other to form heterodimers. Then, Y2HGold[pGBKT7-BpFLC×pGADT7-BpSVP2-5] were brought into proximity to form protein compounds and activate transcription of four independent reporter genes of AUR1-C, HIS3, ADE2 and MEL1. The interactions between BpFLC3 and BpSVP3 were tested to confirm the acting domains. The yeast Y2HGold[pGBKT7-BpFLC3×pGADT7-BpSVP3] exhibited blue stains on selective agar plates QDO/X/A. The K domain of BpFLC and that of BpSVP were the key structure domains and mediated the protein interactions between BpFLC and BpSVP.