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THOUSAND-GRAIN WEIGHT 6(TGW6) from the Indian landrace rice Kasalath encodes a novel protein with indole-3-acetic acid (IAA)-glucose hydrolase activity. In sink organs, the Nipponbare tgw6 allele affects the timing of the transition from the syncytial to the cellular phase by controlling IAA supply and limiting cell number and grain length. Most notably, loss of function of the Kasalath allele enhances grain weight through pleiotropic effects on source organs and leads to significant yield increases. TGW6 may be useful for further improvements in yield characteristics in most cultivars. | THOUSAND-GRAIN WEIGHT 6(TGW6) from the Indian landrace rice Kasalath encodes a novel protein with indole-3-acetic acid (IAA)-glucose hydrolase activity. In sink organs, the Nipponbare tgw6 allele affects the timing of the transition from the syncytial to the cellular phase by controlling IAA supply and limiting cell number and grain length. Most notably, loss of function of the Kasalath allele enhances grain weight through pleiotropic effects on source organs and leads to significant yield increases. TGW6 may be useful for further improvements in yield characteristics in most cultivars. | ||
| + | [[File:千粒重基因.jpg|frame|center| TGW6 gene structure and mutation sites]] | ||
===Expression=== | ===Expression=== | ||
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THOUSAND-GRAIN WEIGHT 6(TGW6) from the Indian landrace rice Kasalath encodes a novel protein with indole-3-acetic acid (IAA)-glucose hydrolase activity. In sink organs, the Nipponbare tgw6 allele affects the timing of the transition from the syncytial to the cellular phase by controlling IAA supply and limiting cell number and grain length. Most notably, loss of function of the Kasalath allele enhances grain weight through pleiotropic effects on source organs and leads to significant yield increases. TGW6 may be useful for further improvements in yield characteristics in most cultivars.
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Labs working on this gene
1 National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, Japan.
2 Graduate School of Life Science, Toyo University, Itakura, Japan.
3 Division of Applied Life Sciences, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto, Japan.
References
1. Ken Ishimaru;Naoki Hirotsu;Yuka Madoka;Naomi Murakami;Nao Hara;Haruko Onodera;Takayuki Kashiwagi;Kazuhiro Ujiie;Bun-ichi Shimizu;Atsuko Onishi;Hisashi Miyagawa;Etsuko Katoh
Loss of function of the IAA-glucose hydrolase gene TGW6 enhances rice grain weight and increases yield Nature Genetics, 2013, 45(6): 707-711
