FLO7

| Categories genes  | Tags grain  starch  development  map-based cloning  endosperm  endosperm development  stroma 
  • Information
  • pLDDT score
    • 88.82
  • Protein Structure from AlphaFold and UniProt
    • image
  • Publication
  • PSP score
    • LOC_Os10g32680.3: 0.1031
    • LOC_Os10g32680.2: 0.0293
    • LOC_Os10g32680.1: 0.02
  • PLAAC score
    • LOC_Os10g32680.3: 0
    • LOC_Os10g32680.2: 0
    • LOC_Os10g32680.1: 0
  • Genbank accession number

  • Key message
    • Notably, flo7 peripheral endosperm cells showed obvious defects in compound starch grain development
    • Together, our findings identify FLO7 as a unique plant regulator required for starch synthesis and amyloplast development within the peripheral endosperm and provide new insights into the spatial regulation of endosperm development in rice
    • Map-based cloning of FLO7 revealed that it encodes a protein of unknown function
    • Consistent with the phenotypic alternation in flo7 endosperm, the flo7 mutant had reduced amylose content and seriously disrupted amylopectin structure only in the peripheral endosperm
    • FLO7 harbors an N-terminal transit peptide capable of targeting functional FLO7 fused to green fluorescent protein to amyloplast stroma in developing endosperm cells, and a domain of unknown function 1338 (DUF1338) that is highly conserved in green plants
    • Furthermore, our combined β-glucuronidase activity and RNA in situ hybridization assays showed that the FLO7 gene was expressed ubiquitously but exhibited a specific expression in the endosperm periphery
    • Moreover, a set of in vivo experiments demonstrated that the missing 32 aa in the flo7 mutant protein are essential for the stable accumulation of FLO7 in the endosperm
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