Diversification of plant agronomic traits by genome editing of brassinosteroid signaling family genes in rice

文献类型： 外文期刊

第一作者： Liu, Dapu

作者： Liu, Dapu;Yu, Zhikun;Yin, Wenchao;Li, Lulu;Niu, Mei;Meng, Wenjing;Zhang, Xiaoxing;Dong, Nana;Liu, Jihong;Yang, Yanzhao;Tong, Hongning;Yu, Zhikun;Wang, Shimei;Zhang, Guoxia;Chu, Chengcai

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期刊名称：PLANT PHYSIOLOGY （ 影响因子：8.005； 五年影响因子：9.115 ）

ISSN： 0032-0889

年卷期： 2021 年 187 卷 4 期

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： Brassinosteroids (BRs) regulate various agronomic traits such as plant height, leaf angle, and grain size in rice (Oryza sativa L.); thus, BR signaling components are promising targets for molecular rational design. However, genetic materials for BR-signaling genes or family members remain limited in rice. Here, by genome editing using clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRSPR)/Cas9 tools, we generated a panel of single, double, triple, or quadruple mutants within three BR signaling gene families, including GSK3/SHAGGY-LIKE KINASE1 (GSK1)-GSK4, BRASSINAZOLE-RESISTANT1 (OsBZR1)-OsBZR4, and protein phosphatases with kelch-like (PPKL)1-PPKL3, under the same background (Zhonghua11, japonica). The high-order mutants were produced by either simultaneously targeting multiple sites on different genes of one family (GSKs and PPKLs) or targeting the overlapping sequences of family members (OsBZRs). The mutants exhibited a diversity of plant height, leaf angle, and grain morphology. Comparison analysis of the phenotypes together with BR sensitivity tests suggested the existence of functional redundancy, differentiation, or dominancy among the members within each family. In addition, we generated a set of transgenic plants overexpressing GSK2, OsBZR1/2, and PPKL2, respectively, in wild-type or activated forms with fusion of different tags, and also verified the protein response to BR application. Collectively, these plants greatly enriched the diversity of important agronomic traits in rice. We propose that editing of BR-related family genes could be a feasible approach for screening of desired plants to meet different requirements. Release of these materials as well as the related information also provides valuable resources for further BR research and utilization.

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