Os02g0177600

The rice Os02g0177600 was reported as Os4CL in 2011 by researchers from the China.

Annotated Information

'Figure 1. Gene structure and phylogenetic analysis of the rice 4CL family. '

Gene Symbol

• Os02g0177600 <=> Os4CL

Function

• rice 4CLs exhibit different in vitro catalytic properties from those in dicots and that 4CLmediated metabolism in vivo may play important roles in regulating a broad range of biological events over the course of rice growth and development.

Expression

• Suppression of Os4CL3 expression resulted in significant lignin reduction, shorter plant growth, and other morphological changes. The 4CL-suppressed transgenics also displayed decreased panicle fertility, which may be attributed to abnormal anther development as a result of disrupted lignin synthesis.

Labs working on this gene

• Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology;
• Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, China