GW5 acts in the brassinosteroid signalling pathway to regulate grain width and weight in rice

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第一作者： Liu, Jiafan

作者： Liu, Jiafan;Chen, Jun;Zheng, Xiaoming;Wu, Fuqing;Lin, Qibing;Heng, Yueqin;Tian, Peng;Cheng, ZhiJun;Zhang, Xin;Guo, Xiuping;Wang, Jiulin;Wang, Haiyang;Wan, Jianmin;Yu, Xiaowen;Zhou, Kunneng;Wan, Jianmin

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期刊名称：NATURE PLANTS （ 影响因子：15.793； 五年影响因子：17.349 ）

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摘要： Grain size is a major determinant of grain yield in cereal crops. qSW5/GW5, which exerts the greatest effect on rice grain width and weight, was fine-mapped to a 2,263-bp/21-kb genomic region containing a 1,212-bp deletion, respectively. Here, we show that a gene encoding a calmodulin binding protein, located similar to 5 kb downstream of the 1,212-bp deletion, corresponds to qSW5/GW5. GW5 is expressed in various rice organs, with highest expression level detected in young panicles. We provide evidence that the 1,212-bp deletion affects grain width most likely through influencing the expression levels of GW5. GW5 protein is localized to the plasma membrane and can physically interact with and repress the kinase activity of rice GSK2 (glycogen synthase kinase 2), a homologue of Arabidopsis BIN2 (BRASSINOSTEROID INSENSITIVE2) kinase, resulting in accumulation of unphosphorylated OsBZR1 (Oryza sativa BRASSINAZOLE RESISTANT1) and DLT (DWARF AND LOW-TILLERING) proteins in the nucleus to mediate brassinosteroid (BR)-responsive gene expression and growth responses (including grain width and weight). Our results suggest that GW5 is a novel positive regulator of BR signalling and a viable target for genetic manipulation to improve grain yield in rice and perhaps in other cereal crops as well.

分类号： Q94

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