Exploitation of new gene resources and genetic networks contributing to the control of crop yield-related traits,such as plant height,grain size,and shape,may enable us to breed modern high-yielding wheat varieties th...Exploitation of new gene resources and genetic networks contributing to the control of crop yield-related traits,such as plant height,grain size,and shape,may enable us to breed modern high-yielding wheat varieties through molecular methods.In this study,via ethylmethanesulfonate mutagenesis,we identify a wheat mutant plant,mu-597,that shows semi-dwarf plant architecture and round grain shape.Through bulked segregant RNA-seq and map-based cloning,the causal gene for the semi-dwarf phenotype of mu-597 is located.We find that a single-base mutation in the coding region of TaACTIN7-D(TaACT7-D),leading to a Gly-to-Ser(G65S)amino acid mutation at the 65th residue of the deduced TaACT7-D protein,can explain the semi-dwarfism and round grain shape of mu-597.Further evidence shows that the G65S mutation in TaACT7-D hinders the polymerization of actin from monomeric(G-actin)to filamentous(F-actin)status while attenuates wheat responses to multiple phytohormones,including brassinosteroids,auxin,and gibberellin.Together,these findings not only define a new semi-dwarfing gene resource that can be potentially used to design plant height and grain shape of bread wheat but also establish a direct link between actin structure modulation and phytohormone signal transduction.展开更多
基金supported by the grants from National Key Research and Development Program of China(2022YFF1003401 to Jie Liu)Hainan Yazhou Bay Seed Laboratory(B21HJ0111 to Zhongfu Ni)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31991210 to Qixin Sun and 32072055 to Jie Liu).
文摘Exploitation of new gene resources and genetic networks contributing to the control of crop yield-related traits,such as plant height,grain size,and shape,may enable us to breed modern high-yielding wheat varieties through molecular methods.In this study,via ethylmethanesulfonate mutagenesis,we identify a wheat mutant plant,mu-597,that shows semi-dwarf plant architecture and round grain shape.Through bulked segregant RNA-seq and map-based cloning,the causal gene for the semi-dwarf phenotype of mu-597 is located.We find that a single-base mutation in the coding region of TaACTIN7-D(TaACT7-D),leading to a Gly-to-Ser(G65S)amino acid mutation at the 65th residue of the deduced TaACT7-D protein,can explain the semi-dwarfism and round grain shape of mu-597.Further evidence shows that the G65S mutation in TaACT7-D hinders the polymerization of actin from monomeric(G-actin)to filamentous(F-actin)status while attenuates wheat responses to multiple phytohormones,including brassinosteroids,auxin,and gibberellin.Together,these findings not only define a new semi-dwarfing gene resource that can be potentially used to design plant height and grain shape of bread wheat but also establish a direct link between actin structure modulation and phytohormone signal transduction.
