Zebra leaf 15, a receptor-like protein kinase involved in moderate low temperature signaling pathway in rice.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Zebra leaf mutants are an important resource for studying leaf colour in rice. In most such mutants, the zebra leaf phenotype results from defective chloroplast biogenesis. The molecular mechanism by which zebra leaves develop remains unclear, so additional zebra-leaf mutants need to be identified.

Results

We isolated a novel rice zebra-leaf mutant, named zebra leaf 15 (z15), which showed transversely striped leaves with yellow-green or white-green sectors, in which chloroplast structure was disturbed. Transmission electron microscopy revealed that the structure of various organelles was impaired in yellow/white sectors. Z15, a single-copy gene in the rice genome, encodes a receptor-like protein kinase. Subcellular localization analysis indicates that Z15 and z15

SUBMITTER: Feng P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6858429 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature