Lateral roots are important to plants for the uptake of nutrients and water. Several members of the Aux/IAA family have been shown to play crucial roles in lateral root development. Here, a member of the rice Aux/IAA ...Lateral roots are important to plants for the uptake of nutrients and water. Several members of the Aux/IAA family have been shown to play crucial roles in lateral root development. Here, a member of the rice Aux/IAA family genes, OslAA 11 （LOC_Os03g43400）, was isolated from a rice mutant defective in lateral root development. The gain-of-function mutation in OslAAll strictly blocks the initiation of lateral root primordia, but it does not affect crown root development. The expression of OslAAll is defined in root tips, lateral root caps, steles, and lateral root primordia. The auxin reporter DR5-GUS （^-glucuronidase） was expressed at lower levels in the mutant than in wild-type, indicating that OslAAll is involved in auxin signaling in root caps. The transcript abundance of both OsPINlb and OsPIN10a was diminished in root tips of the Osiaa 11 mutant. Taken together, the results indicate that the gain-of-function mutation in OslAA 11 caused the inhibition of lateral root development in rice.展开更多
Plant roots move through the soil by elongation. This is vital to their ability to anchor the plant and acquire water and minerals from the soil. In order to identify new genes involved in root elongation in rice, we ...Plant roots move through the soil by elongation. This is vital to their ability to anchor the plant and acquire water and minerals from the soil. In order to identify new genes involved in root elongation in rice, we screened an ethyl methane sulfonate （EMS）-mutagenized rice library, and isolated a short root mutant, Osglu3-1. The map-based cloning results showed that the mutant was due to a point mutation in OsGLU3, which encodes a putative membrane-bound endo- 1,4-13-glucanase. Osglu3-1 displayed less crystalline cellulose content in its root cell wall, shorter root cell length, and a slightly smaller root meristem as visualized by restricted expression of OsCYCBI, I：GUS. Exogenous application of glu- cose can suppress both the lower root cell wall cellulose content and short root phenotypes of Osglu3-1. Consistently, OsGLU3 is ubiquitously expressed in various tissues with strong expression in root tip, lateral root, and crown root pri- modia. The fully functional OsGLU3-GFP was detected in plasma membrane, and FM4-64-1abeled compartments in the root meristem and elongation zones. We also found that phosphate starvation, an environmental stress, altered cell wall cel- lulose content to modulate root elongation in a OsGLU3-dependant way.展开更多
文摘Lateral roots are important to plants for the uptake of nutrients and water. Several members of the Aux/IAA family have been shown to play crucial roles in lateral root development. Here, a member of the rice Aux/IAA family genes, OslAA 11 （LOC_Os03g43400）, was isolated from a rice mutant defective in lateral root development. The gain-of-function mutation in OslAAll strictly blocks the initiation of lateral root primordia, but it does not affect crown root development. The expression of OslAAll is defined in root tips, lateral root caps, steles, and lateral root primordia. The auxin reporter DR5-GUS （^-glucuronidase） was expressed at lower levels in the mutant than in wild-type, indicating that OslAAll is involved in auxin signaling in root caps. The transcript abundance of both OsPINlb and OsPIN10a was diminished in root tips of the Osiaa 11 mutant. Taken together, the results indicate that the gain-of-function mutation in OslAA 11 caused the inhibition of lateral root development in rice.
文摘Plant roots move through the soil by elongation. This is vital to their ability to anchor the plant and acquire water and minerals from the soil. In order to identify new genes involved in root elongation in rice, we screened an ethyl methane sulfonate （EMS）-mutagenized rice library, and isolated a short root mutant, Osglu3-1. The map-based cloning results showed that the mutant was due to a point mutation in OsGLU3, which encodes a putative membrane-bound endo- 1,4-13-glucanase. Osglu3-1 displayed less crystalline cellulose content in its root cell wall, shorter root cell length, and a slightly smaller root meristem as visualized by restricted expression of OsCYCBI, I：GUS. Exogenous application of glu- cose can suppress both the lower root cell wall cellulose content and short root phenotypes of Osglu3-1. Consistently, OsGLU3 is ubiquitously expressed in various tissues with strong expression in root tip, lateral root, and crown root pri- modia. The fully functional OsGLU3-GFP was detected in plasma membrane, and FM4-64-1abeled compartments in the root meristem and elongation zones. We also found that phosphate starvation, an environmental stress, altered cell wall cel- lulose content to modulate root elongation in a OsGLU3-dependant way.
