BC12

| Categories genes  | Tags ga  root  culm  dwarf  cell elongation  cell division  cellulose 
  • Information
  • PSP score
    • LOC_Os09g02650.1: 0.6345
  • PLAAC score
    • LOC_Os09g02650.1: 0
  • pLDDT score
    • NA
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  • Key message
    • Therefore, BC12/GDD1, a kinesin-like protein with transcription regulation activity, mediates cell elongation by regulating the GA biosynthesis pathway in rice
    • Mutation of rice BC12/GDD1, which encodes a kinesin-like protein that binds to a GA biosynthesis gene promoter, leads to dwarfism with impaired cell elongation
    • Mitotic microtubule array comparison, flow cytometric analysis and expression assays of cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) complexes in root-tip cells showed that cell-cycle progression is affected in bc12 mutants
    • GDD1 was cloned by a map-based approach, was expressed constitutively, and was found to encode the kinesin-like protein BRITTLE CULM12 (BC12)
    • bc12 mutants display dwarfism resulting from a significant reduction in cell number and brittleness due to an alteration in cellulose microfibril orientation and wall composition
    • Here, we report the functional characterization of Brittle Culm12 (BC12), a gene encoding a kinesin-4 protein
    • BC12 is expressed mainly in tissues undergoing cell division and secondary wall thickening
    • Therefore, BC12 functions as a dual-targeting kinesin protein and is implicated in cell-cycle progression, cellulose microfibril deposition and wall composition in the monocot plant rice
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