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{{JaponicaGene|
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'''''OsRAN1''''' is a member of '''Ran'''(Ras-related nuclear protein) gene, which is a small nuclear GTP binding protein<ref name="ref1"/>.
GeneName = Os01g0611100|
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Description = Similar to GTP-binding nuclear protein Ran-2|
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==Annotated Information==
Version = NM_001050085.1 GI:115438481 GeneID:4325312|
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===Function===
Length = 2583 bp|
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*Ran gene ''OsRAN1'' is essential for the '''molecular improvement''' of rice for '''cold tolerance'''. Ran also affect plant '''morphogenesis''' in transgenic ''Arabidopsis thaliana''<ref name="ref1"/>.
Definition = Oryza sativa Japonica Group Os01g0611100, complete gene.|
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Source = Oryza sativa Japonica Group
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*Under cold stress, ''OsRAN1'' maintained '''cell division''' and '''cell cycle progression''', and also promoted the formation of an intact '''nuclear envelope''', which suggesting that ''OsRAN1'' protein plays an important role in the regulation of '''cellular mitosis''' and the '''auxin signalling pathway'''<ref name="ref1"/>.
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*''OsRAN1'' enhanced cold tolerance by maintaining cell division and regulating the intact '''NE'''(nuclear envelope) under cold stressin rice, both ''OsRAN1'' and [[Os05g0574500|''OsRAN2'']] may be involved in the organization of normal NE structures at the end of mitosis during the cold condition. ''OsRAN1'' is involved in meristem cell proliferation in the root. Increased Pro and soluble sugar contents in OsRAN1 transgenic plants under cold stress<ref name="ref1"/>.
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'''GO assignment(s):''' [http://amigo.geneontology.org/amigo/term/GO:0000178 GO:0000178], [http://amigo.geneontology.org/amigo/term/GO:0005525 GO:0005525], [http://amigo.geneontology.org/amigo/term/GO:0005622 GO:0005622], [http://amigo.geneontology.org/amigo/term/GO:0006886 GO:0006886], [http://amigo.geneontology.org/amigo/term/GO:0007264 GO:0007264]
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===Mutation===
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[[File: OsRAN1 transgenic1.jpg|right|thumb|300px|'''Table 1.''' Tiller number in 35S-sense OsRAN1 transgenic mature rice.(from reference <ref name="ref1"/>).'']]
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*transgenic lines overexpressing(OE)<ref name="ref1"/>:
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OE3, OE5, OE7, OE9, OE11, OE13, OE15, OE18, OE23, OE27, OE34, OE38, OE47, OE53, OE55, OE57
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*The transgenic rice plants showed a tiller number up to 9.3 per plant on average. In contrast, wild-type rice had fewer tillers, about 7.3 per plant (Table 1).
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===Expression===
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*''OsRAN1'' is '''ubiquitously''' expressed in rice tissues with the highest expression in the '''spike'''. The levels of mRNA encoding OsRAN1 were greatly increased by '''cold''' and '''indoleacetic acid(IAA)''' treatment rather than by addition of salt and drought(polyethylene glycol)<ref name="ref1"/>. The expression of ''OsRAN1'' is induced by '''jasmonic acid''' in rice<ref name="ref2"/>.
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*''OsRAN1'' overexpression in ''Arabidopsis'' increased tiller number, and altered root development. ''OsRAN1'' overexpression in rice '''improves cold tolerance'''. The levels of cellular free Pro and sugar levels were highly increased in transgenic plants under cold stress<ref name="ref1"/>.
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*Overexpression of OsRAN1 increased tiller number and later flowering, and reduced apical dominance and abnormal roots in transgenic ''Arabidopsis'', it controls development of shoots and the roots probably by affecting IAA signalling in the transgenic ''Arabidopsis''<ref name="ref1"/>.
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Taken together, the overexpressing lines possessed more cells in the proliferation, especially under the cold condition, which suggesting that OsRAN1 overexpression increased mitosis. Overexpression of OsRAN1 protein might result in an abnormal or reduced rate of transport of important protein modulators to the nucleus. The OsRAN1-overexpressed transgenic plants are partly recovered by auxin, supporting the hypothesis that Ran was regulated by auxin and was involved in the auxin-mediated signalling pathway.
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===Subcellular localization===
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The subcellular localization of OsRAN1:GFP was traced to root cells of transgenic ''Arabidopsis'' steadily overexpressing OsRAN1 and tobacco epidermal cells expressing transiently. The green fluorescent signal of OsRAN1:GFP was detected '''mainly''' within the '''nucleus''', with '''some''' signals in the hypocotyl '''cytoplasm''', whereas the green fluorescent signal was randomly
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distributed in the cell under the GFP vector control<ref name="ref1"/>.
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===Evolution===
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[[File: Ran GTPase Phylogenetic1.jpg|left|thumb|250px|'''Figure 1.''' ''Phylogenetic analysis of plant Ran GTPase.(from reference <ref name="ref3"/>).'']]
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The predicted protein sequence of OsRAN1 was aligned with related sequences from ''Arabidopsis'' (AtRan1, AtRan2, AtRan3, and AtRan4), wheat (OsRAN1), human (Ran/TC4), mouse (MusRan), ''Zea mays'' (ZmRan), and rice (''OsRAN2''<ref name="ref3"/>, ''OsRAN3'') (Fig. 1). The alignment showed '''87%''' sequence '''homology''' between OsRAN1 and its '''human '''counterpart, and '''95% homology''' between ''OsRAN1'' and [[Os05g0574500|'''''OsRAN2''''']]<ref name="ref1"/><ref name="ref3"/> at the amino acid level. The characteristic domains of the Ran proteins, which are known to be involved in GTP-binding and hydrolysis, in addition to the acidic C-terminal domain and the effector-binding domain, are highly conserved in most Ran proteins of various organisms<ref name="ref4"/>.
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[[File: small G proteins Phylogenetic1.jpg|right|thumb|250px|'''Figure 2.''' Phylogenetic tree analysis of small G proteins.(from reference <ref name="ref5"/>).'']]
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*Phylogenetic trees based on the full-length amino acid sequences of ''MfARL1'' proteins were constructed using the MEGA 5 software (Fig. 2)<ref name="ref5"/>. The resulting trees contained four families, '''Rab''', '''Ran''', '''Rop''' and '''Arf'''. According to the phylogenetic trees, ''OsRAN2'' belongs to the '''Ran'''<ref name="ref5"/>.
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===Knowledge Extension===
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*The '''small GTPase superfamily''' is divided into the '''five families''' '''Ras''', '''Rho''', '''Rab''', '''Arf''' and Ras-like nuclear GTPase ('''Ran'''). Ran is an abundant nuclear small GTPase<ref name="ref6"/>.
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*Ran proteins play an important role in nuclear transport. Ran is encoded by a family of four genes in ''Arabidopsis'' and '''three genes''' in rice<ref name="ref7"/><ref name="ref8"/>. Ran, an evolutionarily conserved small G-protein family, has been shown to be essential for the nuclear translocation of proteins. It also mediates the regulation of cell cycle progression in mammalian cells. However, little is known about Ran function in rice (''Oryza sativa''). Plant Ran GTPase may have an important and conserved role in cold stress signalling in plants<ref name="ref1"/><ref name="ref3"/>.
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[[File: Ran mitosis.jpg|right|thumb|250px|'''Figure 3.''' ''Organization of Ran regulators in mitosis.(from reference <ref name="ref9"/>).'']]
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*The small GTPase Ran has roles in '''nuclear transport''', '''mitotic spindle''' assembly and nuclear envelope assembly. The control of
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Ran within the mitotic spindle could be remarkably complex (Figure 3)<ref name="ref9"/>. Near chromosomes, RCC1 generates Ran–GTP that in turn regulates microtubule dynamics. At kinetochores and on spindles, RanGAP mediates Ran–GTP hydrolysis<ref name="ref9"/>.
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*Nucleo-cytoplasmic partitioning of regulatory proteins is increasingly being recognized as a major control mechanism for the regulation of signalling in plants. Ras-related nuclear protein (Ran) GTPase is required for regulating transport of proteins and RNA across the nuclear envelope and also has roles in mitotic spindle assembly and nuclear envelope (NE) assembly. However, thus far little is known of any Ran functions in the signalling pathways in plants in response to changing environmental stimuli<ref name="ref1"/><ref name="ref3"/> <ref name="ref9"/>.
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*The protein '''Ran''' is a member of an important family of small GTPases that control multiple cellular processes, including the trafficking of proteins and RNAs into and out of the nucleus<ref name="ref10"/> and the assembly of the mitotic spindle and nuclear envelope (NE)<ref name="ref9"/><ref name="ref10"/><ref name="ref11"/><ref name="ref12"/>. Ran is GDP-bound in the cytoplasm during interphase and GTP-bound in the nucleus.  it has been shown that Ran and RanBPs are considered to be involved in the regulation of hormone sensitivities, light signalling, and resistance to pathogens.
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==Labs working on this gene==
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Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Chinese Academy of
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Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 300 Fenglin Road, Shanghai 200032, China
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==References==
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<references>
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* <ref name="ref1">
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Xu P, Cai W. RAN1 is involved in plant cold resistance and development in rice (Oryza sativa)[J]. Journal of experimental botany, 2014: eru178.
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</ref>
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* <ref name="ref2">
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Miché L, Battistoni F, Gemmer S, et al. Upregulation of jasmonate-inducible defense proteins and differential colonization of roots of Oryza sativa cultivars with the endophyte Azoarcus sp[J]. Molecular plant-microbe interactions, 2006, 19(5): 502-511.
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</ref>
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* <ref name="ref3">
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Chen N A, Xu Y, Wang X, et al. OsRAN2, essential for mitosis, enhances cold tolerance in rice by promoting export of intranuclear tubulin and maintaining cell division under cold stress[J]. Plant, cell & environment, 2011, 34(1): 52-64.
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</ref>
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* <ref name="ref4">
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Ma Q, Dai X, Xu Y, et al. Enhanced tolerance to chilling stress in OsMYB3R-2 transgenic rice is mediated by alteration in cell cycle and ectopic expression of stress genes[J]. Plant Physiology, 2009, 150(1): 244-256.
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</ref>
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* <ref name="ref5">
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Wang T Z, Xia X Z, Zhao M G, et al. Expression of a< i> Medicago falcata</i> small GTPase gene,< i> MfARL1</i> enhanced tolerance to salt stress in< i> Arabidopsis thaliana</i>[J]. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 2013, 63: 227-235.
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</ref>
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* <ref name="ref6">
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Drivas G T, Shih A, Coutavas E, et al. Characterization of four novel ras-like genes expressed in a human teratocarcinoma cell line[J]. Molecular and Cellular Biology, 1990, 10(4): 1793-1798.
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</ref>
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* <ref name="ref7">
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Haizel T, Merkle T, Pay A, et al. Characterization of proteins that interact with the GTP‐bound form of the regulatory GTPase Ran in Arabidopsis[J]. The Plant Journal, 1997, 11(1): 93-103.
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</ref>
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* <ref name="ref8">
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Vernoud V, Horton A C, Yang Z, et al. Analysis of the small GTPase gene superfamily of Arabidopsis[J]. Plant physiology, 2003, 131(3): 1191-1208.
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</ref>
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* <ref name="ref9">
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Quimby B B, Dasso M. The small GTPase Ran: interpreting the signs[J]. Current opinion in cell biology, 2003, 15(3): 338-344.
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</ref>
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* <ref name="ref10">
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Görlich D, Kutay U. Transport between the cell nucleus and the cytoplasm[J]. Annual review of cell and developmental biology, 1999, 15(1): 607-660.
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</ref>
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* <ref name="ref11">
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Di Fiore B, Ciciarello M, Lavia P. Mitotic Functions of the Ran GTPase Network: the Importance of Being in the Right Place at the Right Time[J]. Cell Cycle, 2003, 3(3): 303-311.
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</ref>
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* <ref name="ref12">
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Ciciarello M, Mangiacasale R, Lavia P. Spatial control of mitosis by the GTPase Ran[J]. Cellular and molecular life sciences, 2007, 64(15): 1891-1914.
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</ref>
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</references>
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==Structured Information==
  
  ORGANISM  Oryza sativa Japonica Group
 
            Eukaryota; Viridiplantae; Streptophyta; Embryophyta; Tracheophyta;
 
            Spermatophyta; Magnoliophyta; Liliopsida; Poales; Poaceae; BEP
 
            clade; Ehrhartoideae; Oryzeae; Oryza.
 
|
 
Chromosome = [[:category:Japonica Chromosome 1|Chromosome 1]]|
 
AP = Chromosome 1:25844180..25846762|
 
CDS = 25844247..25844249,25844360..25844429,25844938..25844994,25845083..25845200,25845779..25845868<br>,25845944..25846123,25846209..25846286,25846377..25846446|
 
GCID = <gbrowseImage1>
 
name=NC_008394:25844180..25846762
 
source=RiceChromosome01
 
preset=GeneLocation
 
</gbrowseImage1>|
 
GSID = <gbrowseImage2>
 
name=NC_008394:25844180..25846762
 
source=RiceChromosome01
 
preset=GeneLocation
 
</gbrowseImage2>|
 
CDNA = <cdnaseq>atggcgctcccgaatcagcagacggtggactaccccagcttcaagctcgtcatcgtcggcgacggcggcacgggcaaaaccacctttgtgaagaggcatttgactggcgagttcgagaagaagtatgagcctactatcggtgtggaggtccaccccttggatttcttcactaactgcggcaagatccgcttctactgctgggatacagctggtcaggagaaatttggtggactcagggatggttactatatccatgggcagtgtgctatcataatgttcgatgttacttctcggctgacgtacaagaatgtcccaacttggcaccgtgatttatgcagggtctgtgaaaacatcccaattgtgctctgtggtaacaaggttgatgtgaagaacaggcaggttaaagcaaagcaggttaccttccataggaagaagaacttgcagtactatgaggtgtcagctaagagcaactacaactttgagaagccattcctgtaccttgccaggaaacttgctggcgatggtaacctccactttgtggaaacacctgctcttgctcctccagatgtcacaattgatctagcagcccagcaacagcacgaggctgaactggcagcggctgcagcccaaccactgccagatgatgacgatgacctgatcgagtag</cdnaseq>|
 
AA = <aaseq>MALPNQQTVDYPSFKLVIVGDGGTGKTTFVKRHLTGEFEKKYEP                    TIGVEVHPLDFFTNCGKIRFYCWDTAGQEKFGGLRDGYYIHGQCAIIMFDVTSRLTYK                    NVPTWHRDLCRVCENIPIVLCGNKVDVKNRQVKAKQVTFHRKKNLQYYEVSAKSNYNF                    EKPFLYLARKLAGDGNLHFVETPALAPPDVTIDLAAQQQHEAELAAAAAQPLPDDDDD                    LIE</aaseq>|
 
DNA = <dnaseqindica>68..70#181..250#759..815#904..1021#1600..1689#1765..1944#2030..2107#2198..2267#atcgaaactaatcccccacacctccgcgtgcctccccccaatctcgagcgcacggaagccgccgccaatggtgatcgccccgctcccctccatggcctctctcgccctatcaatccttcgatctccccccaatctcaccctcaccgtcgttgcgtttgttttttttttacttttttttaggcgctcccgaatcagcagacggtggactaccccagcttcaagctcgtcatcgtcggcgacggcggcacgggttagcctcgcgatcgccctcccctctcttacgatttttttcgatctgtttggttctaggttgcggtataggtgtggtgatgcttggttgatgcgaccttgataatggttcgctgaaccctagatagattgaacggagagatacagccacggttgttttgatttgtaaattaagatcgttgtagtggttgttttgatttgtaaataaattaagatcgttattatagttagagatagagaaataaggctgtgttattatagttttgatctggcaccgattaatctggcagactcgctcctcttcgagtacatagcattgggactcgggaaggggatggtggggaagggaggactgtgttagatttgatttgtcacggatgaatgtgaactctctggtttttattttcgaaaatttataggattaaaaatttcttgtttcctgtgctcgaaattgccaggctcgaaaatttctgtctgttctgaaaccaggcaatctttttgatttgcaggcaaaaccacctttgtgaagaggcatttgactggcgagttcgagaagaagtatgagcgtgagtatctgctcctattttgcattatcatgtattcttatggtggatcattgtgtttttcgtgttaatttgactgtggttgctgcagctactatcggtgtggaggtccaccccttggatttcttcactaactgcggcaagatccgcttctactgctgggatacagctggtcaggagaaatttggtggactcagggatggttactagtaagtattattacatcgattgaatttgaagtttgtctcattagttatttaggatcttcagccattttgtcattctttgctatgcctagcctagtacattgtaatttgtatgaggaatataagcactgttagaattttactattgtgtgagactatttctgtgattttagttgatcctttccaatcctgtatttaactattgtattctcatgacactttatgtgaatcctggattttgttgatagtgccttagtgggtgaattagaaagatatatatagttctttgtttagttcttgtgttctataacaatttgtgatgcacacgatgctgatatatgcttatggagagaattcagtttagctttgactcataatatgcatgaatgctggatttgagcatcatatgccatgcattttatacaactttagtactactaaatttgtgagaagacttcttatcttgtggcattctgctgtttgattgcactcatgggtaaagttactgtatgctgtgtgtaacaaagctctgaaattctatttattttgtactaactgtaatcatgtattccgcattgtagtatccatgggcagtgtgctatcataatgttcgatgttacttctcggctgacgtacaagaatgtcccaacttggcaccgtgatttatgcaggtatatcagtggaactgagcaaatacatttaccacaaactgatggttgaaactaataggtcttgattaattacagggtctgtgaaaacatcccaattgtgctctgtggtaacaaggttgatgtgaagaacaggcaggttaaagcaaagcaggttaccttccataggaagaagaacttgcagtactatgaggtgtcagctaagagcaactacaactttgagaagccattcctgtaccttgccaggaaacttgctgggtaacgacctcagttatcatcaatctttaattattcagcaacccaattactggattaaaccaactctgttctctgtctttgtcagcgatggtaacctccactttgtggaaacacctgctcttgctcctccagatgtcacaattgatctagcagcccagcaacagtgagtgttcttacgaaattgctctaccaggggtgtttaatttatgccttcaaattgttgaacgatttctgattgctctgtaatgtgcaggcacgaggctgaactggcagcggctgcagcccaaccactgccagatgatgacgatgacctgatcgagtagatttgcaatgtgctactttacatcgtcttgcgaggagccctgtttttaagcacagttatatcctaagagatcttttttgcctcggagaaattttcgtggtgtccaaggttaaatatgggagttttgtcggatatttgaccagttcagacaagttttggttatcgttgattgatgctataaggttacttcgggttaacatatttgcgcttatagctgtcgtatgatcaatgtgtatgatccgctctcgatatttggaggaaggtctgcgtgatgcgttagttttgagcaaatatttatcttcctttgccttcgaagc</dnaseqindica>|
 
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Latest revision as of 07:18, 13 May 2015

OsRAN1 is a member of Ran(Ras-related nuclear protein) gene, which is a small nuclear GTP binding protein[1].

Annotated Information

Function

  • Ran gene OsRAN1 is essential for the molecular improvement of rice for cold tolerance. Ran also affect plant morphogenesis in transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana[1].
  • Under cold stress, OsRAN1 maintained cell division and cell cycle progression, and also promoted the formation of an intact nuclear envelope, which suggesting that OsRAN1 protein plays an important role in the regulation of cellular mitosis and the auxin signalling pathway[1].
  • OsRAN1 enhanced cold tolerance by maintaining cell division and regulating the intact NE(nuclear envelope) under cold stressin rice, both OsRAN1 and OsRAN2 may be involved in the organization of normal NE structures at the end of mitosis during the cold condition. OsRAN1 is involved in meristem cell proliferation in the root. Increased Pro and soluble sugar contents in OsRAN1 transgenic plants under cold stress[1].

GO assignment(s): GO:0000178, GO:0005525, GO:0005622, GO:0006886, GO:0007264

Mutation

Table 1. Tiller number in 35S-sense OsRAN1 transgenic mature rice.(from reference [1]).
  • transgenic lines overexpressing(OE)[1]:

OE3, OE5, OE7, OE9, OE11, OE13, OE15, OE18, OE23, OE27, OE34, OE38, OE47, OE53, OE55, OE57

  • The transgenic rice plants showed a tiller number up to 9.3 per plant on average. In contrast, wild-type rice had fewer tillers, about 7.3 per plant (Table 1).

Expression

  • OsRAN1 is ubiquitously expressed in rice tissues with the highest expression in the spike. The levels of mRNA encoding OsRAN1 were greatly increased by cold and indoleacetic acid(IAA) treatment rather than by addition of salt and drought(polyethylene glycol)[1]. The expression of OsRAN1 is induced by jasmonic acid in rice[2].
  • OsRAN1 overexpression in Arabidopsis increased tiller number, and altered root development. OsRAN1 overexpression in rice improves cold tolerance. The levels of cellular free Pro and sugar levels were highly increased in transgenic plants under cold stress[1].
  • Overexpression of OsRAN1 increased tiller number and later flowering, and reduced apical dominance and abnormal roots in transgenic Arabidopsis, it controls development of shoots and the roots probably by affecting IAA signalling in the transgenic Arabidopsis[1].

Taken together, the overexpressing lines possessed more cells in the proliferation, especially under the cold condition, which suggesting that OsRAN1 overexpression increased mitosis. Overexpression of OsRAN1 protein might result in an abnormal or reduced rate of transport of important protein modulators to the nucleus. The OsRAN1-overexpressed transgenic plants are partly recovered by auxin, supporting the hypothesis that Ran was regulated by auxin and was involved in the auxin-mediated signalling pathway.

Subcellular localization

The subcellular localization of OsRAN1:GFP was traced to root cells of transgenic Arabidopsis steadily overexpressing OsRAN1 and tobacco epidermal cells expressing transiently. The green fluorescent signal of OsRAN1:GFP was detected mainly within the nucleus, with some signals in the hypocotyl cytoplasm, whereas the green fluorescent signal was randomly distributed in the cell under the GFP vector control[1].

Evolution

Figure 1. Phylogenetic analysis of plant Ran GTPase.(from reference [3]).

The predicted protein sequence of OsRAN1 was aligned with related sequences from Arabidopsis (AtRan1, AtRan2, AtRan3, and AtRan4), wheat (OsRAN1), human (Ran/TC4), mouse (MusRan), Zea mays (ZmRan), and rice (OsRAN2[3], OsRAN3) (Fig. 1). The alignment showed 87% sequence homology between OsRAN1 and its human counterpart, and 95% homology between OsRAN1 and OsRAN2[1][3] at the amino acid level. The characteristic domains of the Ran proteins, which are known to be involved in GTP-binding and hydrolysis, in addition to the acidic C-terminal domain and the effector-binding domain, are highly conserved in most Ran proteins of various organisms[4].

Figure 2. Phylogenetic tree analysis of small G proteins.(from reference [5]).
  • Phylogenetic trees based on the full-length amino acid sequences of MfARL1 proteins were constructed using the MEGA 5 software (Fig. 2)[5]. The resulting trees contained four families, Rab, Ran, Rop and Arf. According to the phylogenetic trees, OsRAN2 belongs to the Ran[5].

Knowledge Extension

  • The small GTPase superfamily is divided into the five families Ras, Rho, Rab, Arf and Ras-like nuclear GTPase (Ran). Ran is an abundant nuclear small GTPase[6].
  • Ran proteins play an important role in nuclear transport. Ran is encoded by a family of four genes in Arabidopsis and three genes in rice[7][8]. Ran, an evolutionarily conserved small G-protein family, has been shown to be essential for the nuclear translocation of proteins. It also mediates the regulation of cell cycle progression in mammalian cells. However, little is known about Ran function in rice (Oryza sativa). Plant Ran GTPase may have an important and conserved role in cold stress signalling in plants[1][3].
Figure 3. Organization of Ran regulators in mitosis.(from reference [9]).
  • The small GTPase Ran has roles in nuclear transport, mitotic spindle assembly and nuclear envelope assembly. The control of

Ran within the mitotic spindle could be remarkably complex (Figure 3)[9]. Near chromosomes, RCC1 generates Ran–GTP that in turn regulates microtubule dynamics. At kinetochores and on spindles, RanGAP mediates Ran–GTP hydrolysis[9].

  • Nucleo-cytoplasmic partitioning of regulatory proteins is increasingly being recognized as a major control mechanism for the regulation of signalling in plants. Ras-related nuclear protein (Ran) GTPase is required for regulating transport of proteins and RNA across the nuclear envelope and also has roles in mitotic spindle assembly and nuclear envelope (NE) assembly. However, thus far little is known of any Ran functions in the signalling pathways in plants in response to changing environmental stimuli[1][3] [9].
  • The protein Ran is a member of an important family of small GTPases that control multiple cellular processes, including the trafficking of proteins and RNAs into and out of the nucleus[10] and the assembly of the mitotic spindle and nuclear envelope (NE)[9][10][11][12]. Ran is GDP-bound in the cytoplasm during interphase and GTP-bound in the nucleus. it has been shown that Ran and RanBPs are considered to be involved in the regulation of hormone sensitivities, light signalling, and resistance to pathogens.

Labs working on this gene

Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 300 Fenglin Road, Shanghai 200032, China

References

  1. 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 Xu P, Cai W. RAN1 is involved in plant cold resistance and development in rice (Oryza sativa)[J]. Journal of experimental botany, 2014: eru178.
  2. Miché L, Battistoni F, Gemmer S, et al. Upregulation of jasmonate-inducible defense proteins and differential colonization of roots of Oryza sativa cultivars with the endophyte Azoarcus sp[J]. Molecular plant-microbe interactions, 2006, 19(5): 502-511.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Chen N A, Xu Y, Wang X, et al. OsRAN2, essential for mitosis, enhances cold tolerance in rice by promoting export of intranuclear tubulin and maintaining cell division under cold stress[J]. Plant, cell & environment, 2011, 34(1): 52-64.
  4. Ma Q, Dai X, Xu Y, et al. Enhanced tolerance to chilling stress in OsMYB3R-2 transgenic rice is mediated by alteration in cell cycle and ectopic expression of stress genes[J]. Plant Physiology, 2009, 150(1): 244-256.
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 Wang T Z, Xia X Z, Zhao M G, et al. Expression of a< i> Medicago falcata</i> small GTPase gene,< i> MfARL1</i> enhanced tolerance to salt stress in< i> Arabidopsis thaliana</i>[J]. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 2013, 63: 227-235.
  6. Drivas G T, Shih A, Coutavas E, et al. Characterization of four novel ras-like genes expressed in a human teratocarcinoma cell line[J]. Molecular and Cellular Biology, 1990, 10(4): 1793-1798.
  7. Haizel T, Merkle T, Pay A, et al. Characterization of proteins that interact with the GTP‐bound form of the regulatory GTPase Ran in Arabidopsis[J]. The Plant Journal, 1997, 11(1): 93-103.
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