Os09g0426800
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Annotated Information
Function
The gene product is deposited the endoplasmic reticulum. An analysis of the overall composition of the wax revealed that the mutant produces a substantially reduced quantity of C22-C23 fatty acids, which suggests that the function of WSL2 is associated with the elongation of very long-chain fatty acids.
Expression
It was expressed throughout of the plant, except in the root.
Evolution
WSL2 was isolated by positional cloning, and was shown to encode a homologue of the Arabidopsis thaliana genes CER3/WAX2/YRE/FLP1 and the maize gene GL1. The three wax-related genes WSL2, WAX2 AND GL1 share a substantial level of homology at the peptide level(85% between WSL2 and GL1, 64% between WSL2 and WAX2).
Labs working on this gene
National Key Facility for Crop Gene Resources and Genetic Improvement, Institute of Crop Science, Chinese Academy of Agriculture Science. National Key Laboratory for Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Jiangsu Plant Gene Engineering Research Center, Nanjing Agricultural University.
References
Bigang Mao;Zhijun Cheng;Cailin Lei;Fenghua Xu;Suwei Gao;Yulong Ren;Jiulin Wang;Xin Zhang;Jie Wang;Fuqing Wu;Xiuping Guo;Xiaolu Liu;Chuanyin Wu;Haiyang Wang;Jianmin Wan. Wax crystal-sparse leaf2, a rice homologue of WAX2/GL1, is involved in synthesis of leaf cuticular wax. Planta, 2012, 235(1): 39-52
