Control of rice grain-filling and yield by a gene with a potential signature of domestication

文献类型： 外文期刊

第一作者： Wang, Ertao

作者： Wang, Ertao;Hao, Wei;Li, Qun;Lin, Hongxuan;He, Zuhua;Wang, Ertao;Zhu, Xudong;Wang, Jianjun;Wang, Linyou;Zhang, Lixia;Lu, Baorong;Ma, Hong;Ma, Hong;Zhang, Guiquan

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期刊名称：NATURE GENETICS （ 影响因子：38.33； 五年影响因子：36.431 ）

ISSN： 1061-4036

年卷期： 2008 年 40 卷 11 期

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： Grain-filling, an important trait that contributes greatly to grain weight, is regulated by quantitative trait loci and is associated with crop domestication syndrome(1-4). However, the genes and underlying molecular mechanisms controlling crop grain-filling remain elusive. Here we report the isolation and functional analysis of the rice GIF1 (GRAIN INCOMPLETE FILLING 1) gene that encodes a cell-wall invertase required for carbon partitioning during early grain-filling. The cultivated GIF1 gene shows a restricted expression pattern during grain-filling compared to the wild rice allele, probably a result of accumulated mutations in the gene's regulatory sequence through domestication. Fine mapping with introgression lines revealed that the wild rice GIF1 is responsible for grain weight reduction. Ectopic expression of the cultivated GIF1 gene with the 35S or rice Waxy promoter resulted in smaller grains, whereas overexpression of GIF1 driven by its native promoter increased grain production. These findings, together with the domestication signature that we identified by comparing nucleotide diversity of the GIF1 loci between cultivated and wild rice, strongly suggest that GIF1 is a potential domestication gene and that such a domestication-selected gene can be used for further crop improvement.

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