DEP2

Annotated Information

Mutation

The DEP2 locus was mapped to the long arm of rice chromosome 7. dep2-1:The 31-bp deletion in dep2-1 starts at 2184bp from the initiation codon ATG and caused a frameshift; dep2-2:the G/A substitution in the second intron of dep2-2 caused an altered splicing site of the second intron and also led to a frameshift. LOC_Os07g42410 was considered a candidate for the DEP2 gene.

Expression

DEP2 gene expression in the dividing zones of rachis, branches, and florets was higher than in other parts of the rice plant. This gene is highly expressed in young panicles ranging from 1 to 15 cm in length;low level expression was also detected in the other organs, including roots,stems,leaves and leaf sheathes.

Evolution

DEP2 may be a plant-specific protein. The only existing low similarity to CIP7 in Arabidopsis is found at the N terminal part of the protein, while the COP1-interacting motif, transcription activation domain, and the nuclear localization signal domain are all missing in DEP2.

Labs working on this gene

Rice Research Institute, Anhui Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hefei 230031, PR China Key Laboratory of Ion Beam Bioengineering, Institute of Technical Biology and Agriculture Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences,Hefei 230031, PR China Key Laboratory of Resource Plant Biology of Anhui Province, College of Life Sciences, Huaibei Normal University, Huaibei 235000,PR China Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Anhui Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hefei 230031, PR China College of Life Sciences, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230031, Anhui, PR China State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics and National Center for Plant Gene Research, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China Department of Bioscience,Fukui Prefectural University,4-1-1 Matsuoka Kenjyojima,Eiheiji-cho,Yoshida-gun,Fukui 910-1195,Japan Institute of Society for Techno-innovation of Agricuture,Forestry and Fisheries.Tsukuba,Ibaraki 305-0854,Japan QTL Genomics Research Center,National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences,Tsukuba,Ibaraki 305-8602,Japan Bioscience and Biotechnology Center,Nagoya University,Chikusa,Nagoya 464-8604,Japan