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RPL1, a Gene Involved in Epigenetic Processes Regulates Phenotypic Plasticity in Rice

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Organisms can adjust their phenotype in response to changing environmental conditions.This phenomenon is termed phenotypic plasticity.Despite its ubiquitous occurrence,there has been very little study on the molecular mechanism of phenotypic plasticity.In this study,we isolated a rice (Oryza sativa L.) mutant,rice plasticity 1 (rpl1),that displayed increased environment-dependent phenotypic variations.RPL1 was expressed in all tissues examined.The protein was localized in the nucleus and its distribution in the nucleus overlapped with heterochromatin.The rpl1 mutation led to an increase in DNA methylation on repetitive sequences and a decrease in overall histone acetylation.In addition,the mutation affected responses of the rice plant to phytohormones such as brassinosteroid,gibberellin,and cytokinin.Analysis of the putative rice brassinosteroid receptor OsBRI1,a key hormone signaling gene,indicated that RPL1 may be involved in the regulation of epigenomic modification of the gene.These data suggest that RPL1 regulated phenotypic plasticity likely through its involvement in epigenetic processes affecting responses of the plant to phytohormones.

Phenotypic plasticityRPL1epigeneticsphytohormoneevolution

Cui-Cui Zhang、Wen-Ya Yuan、Qi-Fa Zhang

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National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, National Center of Plant Gene Research, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China

863 Project国家自然科学基金

SS2012AA10010330921091

2012

分子植物(英文版)
中科院上海生命科学研究院植物生理生态所 中国植物生理学会

分子植物(英文版)

CSTPCDCSCDSCI
影响因子:0.659
ISSN:1674-2052
年,卷(期):2012.5(2)
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