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Moin M, Saha A, Bakshi A, Madhav MS, Kirti PB. Constitutive expression of Ribosomal Protein L6 modulates salt tolerance in rice transgenic plants. Gene 2021; 789:145670. [PMID: 33892070 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2021.145670] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2020] [Revised: 03/14/2021] [Accepted: 04/15/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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We have functionally characterized the RPL6, a Ribosomal Protein Large subunit gene for salt stress tolerance in rice. The overexpression of RPL6 resulted in tolerance to moderate (150 mM) to high (200 mM) levels of salt (NaCl). The transgenic rice plants expressing RPL6 constitutively showed better phenotypic and physiological responses with high quantum efficiency, accumulation of higher chlorophyll and proline contents, and an overall increase in seed yield compared with the wild type in salt stress treatments. An iTRAQ-based comparative proteomic analysis revealed the high expression of about 333 proteins among the 4378 DAPs in a selected overexpression line of RPL6 treated with 200 mM of NaCl. The functional analysis showed that these highly accumulated proteins (HAPs) are involved in photosynthesis, ribosome and chloroplast biogenesis, ion transportation, transcription and translation regulation, phytohormone and secondary metabolite signal transduction. An in silico network analysis of HAPs predicted that RPL6 binds with translation-related proteins and helicases, which coordinately affect the activities of a comprehensive signaling network, thereby inducing tolerance and promoting growth and productivity in response to salt stress. Our overall findings identified a novel candidate, RPL6, whose characterization contributed to the existing knowledge on the complexity of salt tolerance mechanism in plants.
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Affiliation(s)
- Mazahar Moin
- Biotechnology Division, ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research (IIRR), Hyderabad 500030, India.
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad 500046, India
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- Biotechnology Division, ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research (IIRR), Hyderabad 500030, India
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- Biotechnology Division, ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research (IIRR), Hyderabad 500030, India
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad 500046, India; Agri-Biotech Foundation, PJTS Agricultural University, Hyderabad 500030, India
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Swamy HKM, Anila M, Kale RR, Rekha G, Bhadana VP, Anantha MS, Brajendra P, Balachiranjeevi CH, Hajira SK, Prasanna BL, Pranathi K, Dilip T, Kousik MBVN, Harika G, Surekha K, Kumar RM, Cheralu C, Shankar VG, Laha GS, Prasad MS, Rao LVS, Madhav MS, Balachandran SM, Sundaram RM. Marker assisted improvement of low soil phosphorus tolerance in the bacterial blight resistant, fine-grain type rice variety, Improved Samba Mahsuri. Sci Rep 2020; 10:21143. [PMID: 33273616 PMCID: PMC7713241 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-78186-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2019] [Accepted: 11/23/2020] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
Abstract
Improved-Samba-Mahsuri (ISM), a high-yielding, popular bacterial blight resistant (possessing Xa21, xa13, and xa5), fine-grain type, low glycemic index rice variety is highly sensitive to low soil phosphorus (P). We have deployed marker-assisted backcross breeding (MABB) approach for targeted transfer of Pup1, a major QTL associated with low soil P tolerance, using Swarna as a donor. A new co-dominant marker, K20-1-1, which is specific for Pup1 was designed and used for foreground selection along with functional markers specific for the bacterial blight resistance genes, Xa21, xa13, and xa5. A set of 66 polymorphic SSR marker were used for the background selection along with a pair of flanking markers for the recombination selection in backcross derived progenies and in BC2F2 generation, 12 plants, which are homozygous for Pup1, all the three bacterial blight resistance genes and possessing agro-morphological traits equivalent to or better than ISM were selected and selfed to produce BC2F3s. They were evaluated in plots with low soil P and normal soil P at ICAR-IIRR, Hyderabad for their low soil P tolerance, and bacterial blight resistance and superior lines were advanced to BC2F6. One of the lines, when tested at multiple locations in India was found promising under both normal as well as low soil P conditions.
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- H K Mahadeva Swamy
- Crop Improvement Section, ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research (IIRR), Rajendranagar, Hyderabad, 500030, India.,ICAR- Sugarcane Breeding Institute (SBI), Coimbatore, 641007, India
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- Crop Improvement Section, ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research (IIRR), Rajendranagar, Hyderabad, 500030, India
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- Crop Improvement Section, ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research (IIRR), Rajendranagar, Hyderabad, 500030, India
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- Crop Improvement Section, ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research (IIRR), Rajendranagar, Hyderabad, 500030, India
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- Crop Improvement Section, ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research (IIRR), Rajendranagar, Hyderabad, 500030, India.,ICAR-Indian Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology (IIAB), Ranchi, 834010, India
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- Crop Improvement Section, ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research (IIRR), Rajendranagar, Hyderabad, 500030, India
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- Crop Improvement Section, ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research (IIRR), Rajendranagar, Hyderabad, 500030, India
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- Crop Improvement Section, ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research (IIRR), Rajendranagar, Hyderabad, 500030, India
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- Crop Improvement Section, ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research (IIRR), Rajendranagar, Hyderabad, 500030, India
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- College of Agriculture, PJTSAU, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad, 500030, India
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- Crop Improvement Section, ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research (IIRR), Rajendranagar, Hyderabad, 500030, India
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- Crop Improvement Section, ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research (IIRR), Rajendranagar, Hyderabad, 500030, India
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- Crop Improvement Section, ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research (IIRR), Rajendranagar, Hyderabad, 500030, India
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- Crop Improvement Section, ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research (IIRR), Rajendranagar, Hyderabad, 500030, India
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- Crop Improvement Section, ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research (IIRR), Rajendranagar, Hyderabad, 500030, India
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- Crop Improvement Section, ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research (IIRR), Rajendranagar, Hyderabad, 500030, India
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- College of Agriculture, PJTSAU, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad, 500030, India
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- College of Agriculture, PJTSAU, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad, 500030, India
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- Crop Improvement Section, ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research (IIRR), Rajendranagar, Hyderabad, 500030, India
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- Crop Improvement Section, ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research (IIRR), Rajendranagar, Hyderabad, 500030, India
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- Crop Improvement Section, ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research (IIRR), Rajendranagar, Hyderabad, 500030, India
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- Crop Improvement Section, ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research (IIRR), Rajendranagar, Hyderabad, 500030, India
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- Crop Improvement Section, ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research (IIRR), Rajendranagar, Hyderabad, 500030, India
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- Crop Improvement Section, ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research (IIRR), Rajendranagar, Hyderabad, 500030, India.
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Devi SJSR, Singh K, Umakanth B, Vishalakshi B, Rao KVS, Suneel B, Sharma SK, Kadambari GKM, Prasad MS, Senguttvel P, Syamaladevi DP, Madhav MS. Identification and Characterization of a Large Effect QTL from Oryza glumaepatula Revealed Pi68(t) as Putative Candidate Gene for Rice Blast Resistance. Rice (N Y) 2020; 13:17. [PMID: 32166467 PMCID: PMC7067966 DOI: 10.1186/s12284-020-00378-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2019] [Accepted: 03/02/2020] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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BACKGROUND Field resistance is often effective and durable as compared to vertical resistance. The introgression line (INGR15002) derived from O. glumaepatula has proven broad spectrum field resistance for both leaf and neck blast. RESULTS Quantitative Trait Loci (QTL) analysis of INGR15002, led to the identification of two major QTL - qBL3 contributing about 34% and 32% phenotypic variance towards leaf and neck blast resistance, respectively and qBL7 contributing about 25% of phenotypic variance for leaf blast. Further, qBL3 was fine mapped, narrowed down to 300 kb region and a linked SNP maker was identified. By combining mapping with microarray analysis, a candidate gene, Os03g0281466 (malectin-serine threonine kinase), was identified in the fine mapped region and named as Pi68(t). The nucleotide variations in the coding as well as upstream region of the gene was identified through cloning and sequence analysis of Pi68(t) alleles. These significant variations led to the non-synonymous changes in the protein as well as variations (presence/absence) in four important motifs (W-box element; MYC element; TCP element; BIHD1OS) at promoter region those are associated with resistance and susceptible reactions. The effect of qBL3 was validated by its introgression into BPT5204 (susceptible variety) through marker-assisted selection and progeny exhibiting resistance to both leaf and neck blast was identified. Further, the utility of linked markers of Pi68(t) in the blast breeding programs was demonstrated in elite germplasm lines. CONCLUSIONS This is the first report on the identification and characterization of major effect QTL from O. glumaepatula, which led to the identification of a putative candidate gene, Pi68(t), which confers field resistance to leaf as well as neck blast in rice.
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- S. J. S. Rama Devi
- Crop Improvement Division, Indian Institute of Rice Research, Hyderabad-30, India
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- Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, P.A.U, Ludhiana, Punjab India
- ICAR-National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, New Delhi, India
- School of Agricultural Biotechnology, P.A.U, Ludhiana, Punjab India
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- Crop Improvement Division, Indian Institute of Rice Research, Hyderabad-30, India
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- Crop Improvement Division, Indian Institute of Rice Research, Hyderabad-30, India
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- Crop Improvement Division, Indian Institute of Rice Research, Hyderabad-30, India
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- Plant Pathology Division, ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region, Manipur Centre, Imphal, India
- Plant Pathology Division, Indian Institute of Rice Research, Hyderabad-30, India
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- Plant Pathology Division, ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region, Manipur Centre, Imphal, India
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- Crop Improvement Division, Indian Institute of Rice Research, Hyderabad-30, India
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- Crop Improvement Division, Indian Institute of Rice Research, Hyderabad-30, India
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- Crop Improvement Division, Indian Institute of Rice Research, Hyderabad-30, India
- Crop Improvement Section, IIRR, Hyderabad, 500 030 India
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Pranathi K, Kalyani MB, Viraktamath BC, Balachandran SM, Hajira SK, Koteshwar Rao P, Kulakarni SR, Rekha G, Anila M, Koushik MBVN, Senguttuvel P, Hariprasad AS, Mangrautia SK, Madhav MS, Sundaram RM. Expression profiling of immature florets of IR58025A, a wild-abortive cytoplasmic male sterile line of rice and its cognate, isonuclear maintainer line, IR58025B. 3 Biotech 2019; 9:278. [PMID: 31245242 PMCID: PMC6588665 DOI: 10.1007/s13205-019-1806-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2019] [Accepted: 06/10/2019] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Interaction between gene products encoded by the cytoplasm and nucleus form the core of wild abortive cytoplasmic male sterile (WA-CMS) system of hybrid breeding in rice. Gaining insights into such interactions can be helpful in the development of better three-line rice hybrids and also identify novel male sterility systems. In the present study, the whole transcriptome profiles of immature florets of IR58025A, a WA-CMS line and its isonuclear maintainer line, IR58025B, collected at pre-anthesis stage were compared to delineate the pathways involved in pollen abortion and male sterility. Among the 774 differentially expressed transcripts (DETs), 496 were down regulated and 278 were up regulated in IR58025A compared to IR58025B. The genes associated with oxidative stress response, defense response, etc. were significantly up-regulated, while those associated with respiration, cell wall modifications, pectinesterase activity, etc. were significantly down-regulated in the WA-CMS line. Gene ontology and pathway enrichment analyses revealed the down-regulation of both nuclear and organellar genes involved in key metabolic processes of cell respiration, photosynthesis and other energy yielding metabolites in IR58025A, relative to IR58025B, indicating a general shift toward conservation of energy and other key resources in the florets of WA-CMS line. The data derived from RNA-Seq analysis were validated through qRT-PCR analysis. Based on the results obtained, it can be hypothesized that pollen abortion principally occurs due to up-regulation of pathways leading to oxidative stress leading to energy starvation conditions in consonance with reduced expression of genes associated with the cell wall formation, respiration, and other key metabolic processes.
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- K. Pranathi
- ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research (IIRR), Hyderabad, 500030 India
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- ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research (IIRR), Hyderabad, 500030 India
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- ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research (IIRR), Hyderabad, 500030 India
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- ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research (IIRR), Hyderabad, 500030 India
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- ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research (IIRR), Hyderabad, 500030 India
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- ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research (IIRR), Hyderabad, 500030 India
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- ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research (IIRR), Hyderabad, 500030 India
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- ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research (IIRR), Hyderabad, 500030 India
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- ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research (IIRR), Hyderabad, 500030 India
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- ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research (IIRR), Hyderabad, 500030 India
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- ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research (IIRR), Hyderabad, 500030 India
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- ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research (IIRR), Hyderabad, 500030 India
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- ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research (IIRR), Hyderabad, 500030 India
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Bakshi A, Moin M, Madhav MS, Kirti PB. Target of rapamycin, a master regulator of multiple signalling pathways and a potential candidate gene for crop improvement. Plant Biol (Stuttg) 2019; 21:190-205. [PMID: 30411830 DOI: 10.1111/plb.12935] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2018] [Accepted: 11/05/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The target of rapamycin (TOR) protein regulates growth and development in photosynthetic and non-photosynthetic eukaryotes. Although the TOR regulatory networks are involved in nutrient and energy signalling, and transcriptional and translational control of multiple signalling pathways, the molecular mechanism of TOR regulation of plant abiotic stress responses is still unclear. The TOR-mediated transcriptional regulation of genes encoding ribosomal proteins (RP) is a necessity under stress conditions for balanced growth and productivity in plants. The activation of SnRKs (sucrose non-fermenting-related kinases) and the inactivation of TOR signalling in abiotic stresses is in line with the accumulation of ABA and transcriptional activation of stress responsive genes. Autophagy is induced under abiotic stress conditions, which results in degradation of proteins and the release of amino acids, which might possibly induce phosphorylation of TOR and, hence, its activation. TOR signalling also has a role in regulating ABA biosynthesis for transcriptional regulation of stress-related genes. The switch between activation and inactivation of TOR by its phosphorylation and de-phosphorylation maintains balanced growth in response to stresses. In the present review, we discuss the important signalling pathways that are regulated by TOR and try to assess the relationship between TOR signalling and tolerance to abiotic stresses in plants. The review also discusses possible cross-talk between TOR and RP genes in response to abiotic stresses.
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- A Bakshi
- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Rice Research, Hyderabad, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Rice Research, Hyderabad, India
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India
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Phule AS, Barbadikar KM, Madhav MS, Subrahmanyam D, Senguttuvel P, Babu MBBP, Kumar PA. Studies on root anatomy, morphology and physiology of rice grown under aerobic and anaerobic conditions. Physiol Mol Biol Plants 2019; 25:197-205. [PMID: 30804642 PMCID: PMC6352520 DOI: 10.1007/s12298-018-0599-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2018] [Revised: 07/30/2018] [Accepted: 08/30/2018] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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With the changing climate and rainfall abrasions, there is a gradual shift in the system of rice cultivation from traditional transplanted anaerobic to aerobic system. Studies on the root anatomical and morpho-physiological traits provide insights about the adaptation under aerobic conditions. We investigated the root anatomical and morpho-physiological traits in anaerobic (BPT 5204) and aerobic (CR Dhan 202) adapted rice genotypes grown under anaerobic and aerobic conditions. It was observed that the formation of fewer aerenchyma, thickened root and larger xylem area were critical anatomical traits associated with aerobic adaptation as compared to anaerobic conditions. The root length of CR Dhan 202 significantly increased under aerobic condition which may be attributed to its aerobic adaptation in terms of water acquisition. The photosynthetic rate was significantly higher in CR Dhan 202 as compared to that of BPT 5204 under the aerobic condition. The morpho-physiological results showed that the root length, total dry weight and photosynthetic rate are the key parameters for imparting aerobic adaptation. These root anatomical and morpho-physiological traits associated with the adaptation can be used as screening criteria for phenotyping and selection of genotypes suitable for aerobic system of cultivation. Such study is expected to expedite the development of rice aerobic varieties in aerobic breeding programmes.
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- Amol S. Phule
- Biotechnology Division, ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad, Telangana 500030 India
- Institute of Biotechnology, Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University, Hyderabad, 500030 India
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- Biotechnology Division, ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad, Telangana 500030 India
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- Biotechnology Division, ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad, Telangana 500030 India
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- Biotechnology Division, ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad, Telangana 500030 India
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- Biotechnology Division, ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad, Telangana 500030 India
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- Biotechnology Division, ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad, Telangana 500030 India
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- Biotechnology Division, ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad, Telangana 500030 India
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Moin M, Bakshi A, Madhav MS, Kirti PB. Cas9/sgRNA-based genome editing and other reverse genetic approaches for functional genomic studies in rice. Brief Funct Genomics 2018; 17:339-351. [PMID: 29579147 DOI: 10.1093/bfgp/ely010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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One of the important and direct ways of investigating the function of a gene is to characterize the phenotypic consequences associated with loss or gain-of-function of the corresponding gene. These mutagenesis strategies have been successfully deployed in Arabidopsis, and subsequently extended to crop species including rice. Researchers have made vast advancements in the area of rice genomics and functional genomics, as it is a diploid plant with a relatively smaller genome size unlike other cereals. The advent of rice genome research and the annotation of high-quality genome sequencing along with the developments in databases and computer searches have enabled the functional characterization of unknown genes in rice. Further, with the improvements in the efficiency of regeneration and transformation protocols, it has now become feasible to produce sizable mutant populations in indica rice varieties also. In this review, various mutagenesis methods, the current status of the mutant resources, limitations and strengths of insertional mutagenesis approaches and also results obtained with suitable screens for stress tolerance in rice are discussed. In addition, targeted genome editing using clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)/CRISPR-associated protein 9 (Cas9) or Cas9/single-guide RNA system and its potential applications in generating transgene-free rice plants through genome engineering as an efficient alternative to classical transgenic technology are also discussed.
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- Mazahar Moin
- Department of Biotechnology, ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research (IIRR), India
- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research (IIRR), India
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India
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Moin M, Bakshi A, Madhav MS, Kirti PB. Expression Profiling of Ribosomal Protein Gene Family in Dehydration Stress Responses and Characterization of Transgenic Rice Plants Overexpressing RPL23A for Water-Use Efficiency and Tolerance to Drought and Salt Stresses. Front Chem 2017; 5:97. [PMID: 29184886 PMCID: PMC5694489 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2017.00097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2017] [Accepted: 10/27/2017] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Our previous findings on the screening of a large-pool of activation tagged rice plants grown under limited water conditions revealed the activation of Ribosomal Protein Large (RPL) subunit genes, RPL6 and RPL23A in two mutants that exhibited high water-use efficiency (WUE) with the genes getting activated by the integrated 4x enhancers (Moin et al., 2016a). In continuation of these findings, we have comprehensively characterized the Ribosomal Protein (RP) gene family including both small (RPS) and large (RPL) subunits, which have been identified to be encoded by at least 70 representative genes; RP-genes exist as multiple expressed copies with high nucleotide and amino acid sequence similarity. The differential expression of all the representative genes in rice was performed under limited water and drought conditions at progressive time intervals in the present study. More than 50% of the RP genes were upregulated in both shoot and root tissues. Some of them exhibited an overlap in upregulation under both the treatments indicating that they might have a common role in inducing tolerance under limited water and drought conditions. Among the genes that became significantly upregulated in both the tissues and under both the treatments are RPL6, 7, 23A, 24, and 31 and RPS4, 10 and 18a. To further validate the role of RP genes in WUE and inducing tolerance to other stresses, we have raised transgenic plants overexpressing RPL23A in rice. The high expression lines of RPL23A exhibited low Δ13C, increased quantum efficiency along with suitable growth and yield parameters with respect to negative control under the conditions of limited water availability. The constitutive expression of RPL23A was also associated with transcriptional upregulation of many other RPL and RPS genes. The seedlings of RPL23A high expression lines also showed a significant increase in fresh weight, root length, proline and chlorophyll contents under simulated drought and salt stresses. Taken together, our findings provide a secure basis for the RPL gene family expression as a potential resource for exploring abiotic stress tolerant properties in rice.
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- Mazahar Moin
- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India.,Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Rice Research, Hyderabad, India
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Rice Research, Hyderabad, India
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India
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Saha A, Das S, Moin M, Dutta M, Bakshi A, Madhav MS, Kirti PB. Genome-Wide Identification and Comprehensive Expression Profiling of Ribosomal Protein Small Subunit (RPS) Genes and their Comparative Analysis with the Large Subunit (RPL) Genes in Rice. Front Plant Sci 2017; 8:1553. [PMID: 28966624 PMCID: PMC5605565 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2017.01553] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2017] [Accepted: 08/25/2017] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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Ribosomal proteins (RPs) are indispensable in ribosome biogenesis and protein synthesis, and play a crucial role in diverse developmental processes. Our previous studies on Ribosomal Protein Large subunit (RPL) genes provided insights into their stress responsive roles in rice. In the present study, we have explored the developmental and stress regulated expression patterns of Ribosomal Protein Small (RPS) subunit genes for their differential expression in a spatiotemporal and stress dependent manner. We have also performed an in silico analysis of gene structure, cis-elements in upstream regulatory regions, protein properties and phylogeny. Expression studies of the 34 RPS genes in 13 different tissues of rice covering major growth and developmental stages revealed that their expression was substantially elevated, mostly in shoots and leaves indicating their possible involvement in the development of vegetative organs. The majority of the RPS genes have manifested significant expression under all abiotic stress treatments with ABA, PEG, NaCl, and H2O2. Infection with important rice pathogens, Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae (Xoo) and Rhizoctonia solani also induced the up-regulation of several of the RPS genes. RPS4, 13a, 18a, and 4a have shown higher transcript levels under all the abiotic stresses, whereas, RPS4 is up-regulated in both the biotic stress treatments. The information obtained from the present investigation would be useful in appreciating the possible stress-regulatory attributes of the genes coding for rice ribosomal small subunit proteins apart from their functions as house-keeping proteins. A detailed functional analysis of independent genes is required to study their roles in stress tolerance and generating stress- tolerant crops.
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- Anusree Saha
- Department of Plant Sciences, University of HyderabadHyderabad, India
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of HyderabadHyderabad, India
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of HyderabadHyderabad, India
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of HyderabadHyderabad, India
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of HyderabadHyderabad, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Rice ResearchHyderabad, India
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of HyderabadHyderabad, India
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Abhilash Kumar V, Balachiranjeevi CH, Bhaskar Naik S, Rambabu R, Rekha G, Harika G, Hajira SK, Pranathi K, Anila M, Kousik M, Vijay Kumar S, Yugander A, Aruna J, Dilip Kumar T, Vijaya Sudhakara Rao K, Hari Prasad AS, Madhav MS, Laha GS, Balachandran SM, Prasad MS, Viraktamath BC, Ravindra Babu V, Sundaram RM. Development of Gene-Pyramid Lines of the Elite Restorer Line, RPHR-1005 Possessing Durable Bacterial Blight and Blast Resistance. Front Plant Sci 2016; 7:1195. [PMID: 27555861 PMCID: PMC4977911 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2016.01195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2016] [Accepted: 07/26/2016] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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RPHR-1005, the stable restorer line of the popular medium slender (MS) grain type rice hybrid, DRRH-3 was improved in this study for resistance against bacterial blight (BB) and blast diseases through marker-assisted backcross breeding (MABB). In this study, four major resistance genes (i.e., Xa21 and Xa33 for BB resistance and Pi2 and Pi54 for blast resistance) have been transferred to RPHR-1005 using RPBio Patho-1 (possessing Xa21 + Pi2), RPBio Patho-2 (possessing Xa21 + Pi54) and FBR1-15EM (possessing Xa33) as the donors. Foreground selection was carried out using PCR-based molecular markers specific for the target resistance genes and the major fertility restorer genes, Rf3 and Rf4, while background selection was carried out using a set of parental polymorphic rice SSR markers and backcrossing was continued uptoBC2 generation. At BC2F2, plants possessing the gene combination- Xa21 + Pi2, Xa21 + Pi54 and Xa33 in homozygous condition and with >92% recovery of the recurrent parent genome (RPG) were identified and intercrossed to combine all the four resistance genes. Twenty-two homozygous, pyramid lines of RPHR-1005 comprising of three single-gene containing lines, six 2-gene containing lines, eight 3-gene containing lines, and five 4-gene containing lines were identified among the double intercross lines at F3 generation (DICF3). They were then evaluated for their resistance against BB and blast, fertility restoration ability and for key agro-morphological traits. While single gene containing lines were resistant to either BB or blast, the 2-gene, 3-gene, and 4-gene pyramid lines showed good level of resistance against both and/or either of the two diseases. Most of the 2-gene, 3-gene, and 4-gene containing pyramid lines showed yield levels and other key agro-morphological and grain quality traits comparable to the original recurrent parent and showed complete fertility restoration ability, with a few showing higher yield as compared to RPHR-1005. Further, the experimental hybrids derived by crossing the gene-pyramid lines of RPHR-1005 with APMS6A (the female parent of DRRH-3), showed heterosis levels equivalent to or higher than DRRH-3. The results of present study exemplify the utility of MABB for targeted improvement of multiple traits in hybrid rice.
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Balachiranjeevi CH, Bhaskar NS, Abhilash V, Akanksha S, Viraktamath BC, Madhav MS, Hariprasad AS, Laha GS, Prasad MS, Balachandran SM, Neeraja CN, Satendra Kumar M, Senguttuvel P, Kemparaju KB, Bhadana VP, Ram T, Harika G, Mahadeva Swamy HK, Hajira SK, Yugander A, Pranathi K, Anila M, Rekha G, Kousik MBVN, Dilip Kumar T, Swapnil RK, Giri A, Sundaram RM. Marker-assisted introgression of bacterial blight and blast resistance into DRR17B, an elite, fine-grain type maintainer line of rice. Mol Breeding 2015. [PMID: 0 DOI: 10.1007/s11032-015-0348-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Ramkumar G, Madhav MS, Devi SJSR, Prasad MS, Babu VR. Nucleotide variation and identification of novel blast resistance alleles of Pib by allele mining strategy. Physiol Mol Biol Plants 2015; 21:301-304. [PMID: 25964723 PMCID: PMC4411389 DOI: 10.1007/s12298-015-0284-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2014] [Revised: 01/20/2015] [Accepted: 03/02/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Pib is one of significant rice blast resistant genes, which provides resistance to wide range of isolates of rice blast pathogen, Magnaporthe oryzae. Identification and isolation of novel and beneficial alleles help in crop enhancement. Allele mining is one of the best strategies for dissecting the allelic variations at candidate gene and identification of novel alleles. Hence, in the present study, Pib was analyzed by allele mining strategy, and coding and non-coding (upstream and intron) regions were examined to identify novel Pib alleles. Allelic sequences comparison revealed that nucleotide polymorphisms at coding regions affected the amino acid sequences, while the polymorphism at upstream (non-coding) region affected the motifs arrangements. Pib alleles from resistant landraces, Sercher and Krengosa showed better resistance than Pib donor variety, might be due to acquired mutations, especially at LRR region. The evolutionary distance, Ka/Ks and phylogenetic analyzes also supported these results. Transcription factor binding motif analysis revealed that Pib (Sr) had a unique motif (DPBFCOREDCDC3), while five different motifs differentiated the resistance and susceptible Pib alleles. As the Pib is an inducible gene, the identified differential motifs helps to understand the Pib expression mechanism. The identified novel Pib resistant alleles, which showed high resistance to the rice blast, can be used directly in blast resistance breeding program as alternative Pib resistant sources.
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- G. Ramkumar
- Crop Improvement Section, Directorate of Rice Research, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad, 500030 India
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- Crop Improvement Section, Directorate of Rice Research, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad, 500030 India
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- Crop Improvement Section, Directorate of Rice Research, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad, 500030 India
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- Crop Improvement Section, Directorate of Rice Research, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad, 500030 India
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- Crop Improvement Section, Directorate of Rice Research, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad, 500030 India
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Ramkumar G, Madhav MS, Rama Devi SJS, Manimaran P, Mohan KM, Prasad MS, Balachandran SM, Neeraja CN, Sundaram RM, Viraktamath BC. Nucleotide diversity of Pita, a major blast resistance gene and identification of its minimal promoter. Gene 2014; 546:250-6. [PMID: 24905652 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2014.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2014] [Revised: 05/20/2014] [Accepted: 06/02/2014] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Improvement of host plant resistance is one of the best methods to protect the yield from biotic stresses. Incorporation of major resistance genes or their variants into elite rice varieties will enhance the host plant resistance and its durability. Allele mining is a preferred choice to discover the novel allelic variants of major genes from wide range of germplasm. 'True' allele mining includes coding and noncoding regions, which are known to affect the plant phenotype, eventually. In this study, major blast resistance gene, Pita was analyzed by allele and promoter mining strategy and its different allelic variants were discovered from landraces and wild Oryza species. Polymorphisms at allelic sequences as well as transcription factor binding motif (TFBM) level were examined. At motif level, MYB1AT is present in Pita(Tadukan) and other resistance alleles, but was absent in the susceptible allele. Core promoter was demarked with 449 bp, employing serial promoter deletion strategy. Promoter with 1592 bp upstream region could express the gfp two fold higher than the core promoter. The identified Pita resistance allele (Pita(Konibora)) can be directly used in rice blast resistance breeding programs. Moreover, characterization of Pita core promoter led to deeper understanding of resistance gene's regulation and the identified core promoter can be utilized to express similar genes in rice.
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- G Ramkumar
- Biotechnology, Crop Improvement, DRR-ICAR, Hyderabad-30, India
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- Biotechnology, Crop Improvement, DRR-ICAR, Hyderabad-30, India.
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- Biotechnology, Crop Improvement, DRR-ICAR, Hyderabad-30, India
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- Biotechnology, Crop Improvement, DRR-ICAR, Hyderabad-30, India
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- Biotechnology, Crop Improvement, DRR-ICAR, Hyderabad-30, India
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- Plant Pathology, DRR-ICAR, Hyderabad-30, India
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- Biotechnology, Crop Improvement, DRR-ICAR, Hyderabad-30, India
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- Biotechnology, Crop Improvement, DRR-ICAR, Hyderabad-30, India
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- Biotechnology, Crop Improvement, DRR-ICAR, Hyderabad-30, India
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Devi SJSR, Madhav MS, Kumar GR, Goel AK, Umakanth B, Jahnavi B, Viraktamath BC. Identification of abiotic stress miRNA transcription factor binding motifs (TFBMs) in rice. Gene 2013; 531:15-22. [PMID: 23994683 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2013.08.060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2012] [Revised: 08/17/2013] [Accepted: 08/19/2013] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Plant growth and yield are affected by many abiotic stresses like salinity, drought, cold and heavy metal; these stresses trigger up and down-regulate several genes through various transcription factors (TFs). Transcription factor binding motifs (TFBMs), located in the upstream region of the genes, associate with TFs to regulate the gene expression. Many factors, including the activation of miRNAs, which are encoded by genes having independent transcription units, regulate the gene expression. TFBMs in the regulatory region of miRNA sequences influence the miRNA expression, which in turn influences the expression of other genes in the cell. However, the current level of information available on TFBMs of miRNA involved in abiotic stress related defense pathway(s) is limited and in-depth studies in this direction may lead to a better understanding of their role in expression and regulation of defense responses in plants. In this study, various aspects related to genomic positions of pre-miRNA, prediction of TSS and TATA box positions and identification of known, unique motifs at regulatory regions of all the reported miRNAs of rice associated with different abiotic stresses are discussed. Sixteen motifs were identified in this study, of which nine are known cis-regulatory elements associated with various stresses, two strong motifs, (CGCCGCCG, CGGCGGCG) and five unique motifs which might play a vital role in the regulation of abiotic stresses related miRNA genes. Common motifs shared by miRNAs that are involved in more than one abiotic stresses were also identified. The motifs identified in this study will be a resource for further functional validation.
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- S J S Rama Devi
- Crop Improvement section, Directorate of Rice Research, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad 500030, India
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Sharma TR, Madhav MS, Singh BK, Shanker P, Jana TK, Dalal V, Pandit A, Singh A, Gaikwad K, Upreti HC, Singh NK. High-resolution mapping, cloning and molecular characterization of the Pi-k ( h ) gene of rice, which confers resistance to Magnaporthe grisea. Mol Genet Genomics 2005; 274:569-78. [PMID: 16228246 DOI: 10.1007/s00438-005-0035-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 133] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2005] [Accepted: 06/03/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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In order to understand the molecular mechanisms involved in the gene-for-gene type of pathogen resistance, high-resolution genetic and physical mapping of resistance loci is required to facilitate map-based cloning of resistance genes. Here, we report the molecular mapping and cloning of a dominant gene (Pi-k ( h )) present in the rice line Tetep, which is associated with resistance to rice blast disease caused by Magnaporthe grisea. This gene is effective against M. grisea populations prevalent in the Northwestern Himalayan region of India. Using 178 sequence tagged microsatellite, sequence-tagged site, expressed sequence tag and simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers to genotype a population of 208 F(2) individuals, we mapped the Pi-k ( h ) gene between two SSR markers (TRS26 and TRS33) which are 0.7 and 0.5 cM away, respectively, and can be used in marker-assisted-selection for blast-resistant rice cultivars. We used the markers to identify the homologous region in the genomic sequence of Oryza sativa cv. Nipponbare, and a physical map consisting of two overlapping bacterial artificial chromosome and P1 artificial chromosome clones was assembled, spanning a region of 143,537 bp on the long arm of chromosome 11. Using bioinformatic analyses, we then identified a candidate blast-resistance gene in the region, and cloned the homologous sequence from Tetep. The putative Pi-k ( h ) gene cloned from Tetep is 1.5 kbp long with a single ORF, and belongs to the nucleotide binding site-leucine rich repeat class of disease resistance genes. Structural and expression analysis of the Pi-k ( h ) gene revealed that its expression is pathogen inducible.
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- T R Sharma
- National Research Centre on Plant Biotechnology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110012, India.
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