Sorghum qTGW1a encodes a G-protein subunit and acts as a negative regulator of grain size

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of experimental botany. - 1985. - 71(2020), 18 vom: 19. Sept., Seite 5389-5401
1. Verfasser: Zou, Guihua (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Zhai, Guowei, Yan, Song, Li, Sujuan, Zhou, Lengbo, Ding, Yanqing, Liu, Heqin, Zhang, Zhipeng, Zou, Jianqiu, Zhang, Liyi, Chen, Junping, Xin, Zhanguo, Tao, Yuezhi
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2020
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Journal of experimental botany
Schlagworte:Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't qTGW1a Cloning fine mapping grain size overexpression sorghum Protein Subunits
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Zusammenfassung:© The Author(s) 2020. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society for Experimental Biology. All rights reserved. For permissions, please email: journals.permissionsoup.com.
Grain size is a major determinant of grain yield in sorghum and other cereals. Over 100 quantitative trait loci (QTLs) of grain size have been identified in sorghum. However, no gene underlying any grain size QTL has been cloned. Here, we describe the fine mapping and cloning of one grain size QTL. From an F8 recombinant inbred line population derived from a cross between inbred lines 654 and LTR108, we identified 44 grain size QTLs. One QTL, qTGW1a, was detected consistently on the long arm of chromosome 1 in the span of 4 years. Using the extreme recombinants from an F2:3 fine-mapping population, qTGW1a was delimited within a ~33 kb region containing three predicted genes. One of them, SORBI_3001G341700, predicted to encode a G-protein γ subunit and homologous to GS3 in rice, is likely to be the causative gene for qTGW1a. qTGW1a appears to act as a negative regulator of grain size in sorghum. The functional allele of the putatively causative gene of qTGW1a from inbred line 654 decreased grain size, plant height, and grain yield in transgenic rice. Identification of the gene underlying qTGW1a advances our understanding of the regulatory mechanisms of grain size in sorghum and provides a target to manipulate grain size through genome editing
Beschreibung:Date Completed 14.05.2021
Date Revised 14.05.2021
published: Print
Citation Status MEDLINE
ISSN:1460-2431
DOI:10.1093/jxb/eraa277