OsMAX1a,OsMAX1e通过参与独角金内酯的合成调控水稻分蘖

独角金内酯是调控水稻分蘖的重要激素,在拟南芥中AtMAX1编码细胞色素P450蛋白,是独角金内酯合成途径的重要基因。通过同源序列比对,发现在水稻中有5个MAX1同源基因,包括OsMAX1a、OsMAX1b、OsMAX1c、OsMAX1d和OsMAX1e。分析5个OsMAX1基因的转录水平,发现OsMAX1a和OsMAX1e基因能够在水稻组织中稳定高效表达。对OsMAX1a和OsMAX1e的基因功能进行了验证,在拟南芥中过量表达OsMAX1a和OsMAX1e基因能够使max1突变体多分支表型恢复正常;在水稻中干涉OsMAX1a和OsMAX1e基因的表达能够增加水稻分蘖数。进一步的研究表明,外施GR24能够抑制OsMAX1a和OsMAX1e基因的表达,磷饥饿条件能够提高两个基因的表达水平从而促进独角金内酯的合成。另外,外施生长素和激动素能够显著影响OsMAX1a和OsMAX1e的表达。因此,OsMAX1a和OsMAX1e基因参与了独角金内酯的合成,并且在水稻生长发育中响应植物激素信号的诱导,是调控水稻分蘖的重要基因。

Identification and Cloning of Tillering-Related Genes OsMAX1 in Rice

Tillering is an important agronomic trait which has a direct impact on plant type and grain yield. Strigolactones are a class of important phytohormones regulating rice tillering. ATMAX1 is an important gene involved in strigolactone biosynthesis through encoding the protein P450 in Arabidopsis. Based on sequence BLASTp, we identified five homologous genes of ATMAX1 in rice, i.e., OsMAXla, OsMAXlb, OsMAXlc, OsMAXld and OsMAXle. Among them, OsMAXla and OsMAXle showed stable and high expression in rice tissues. In addition, we observed that OsMAXla and OsMAXle can rescue the branched phenotype and the influences caused by MAX1 mutation in Arabidopsis. Moreover, the expression of OsMAX1a and OsMAXle can respond to phosphate deficiency and different phytohormones, especially GR24, a strigolactone analogue. Therefore, it is concluded that OsMAX1a and OsMAX1e are involved in the biosynthesis of strigolactones and regulated rice tillering.