Hd6, a rice quantitative trait locus involved in photoperiod sensitivity, encodes the α subunit of protein kinase CK2
Hd6, a rice quantitative trait locus involved in photoperiod sensitivity, encodes the α subunit of protein kinase CK2
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DOI:
10.1073/pnas.111136798
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发表时间:
2001-07-03
影响因子:
11.1
通讯作者:
Yano, M
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作者:
Takahashi, Y;Shomura, A;Yano, M
Hd6 is a quantitative trait locus involved in rice photoperiod sensitivity. It was detected in backcross progeny derived from a cross between the japonica variety Nipponbare and the indica variety Kasalath. To isolate a gene at Hd6, we used a large segregating population for the high-resolution and fine-scale mapping of Hd6 and constructed genomic clone contigs around the Hd6 region. Linkage analysis with Pi-derived artificial chromosome clone-derived DNA markers delimited Hd6 to a 26,4-kb genomic region. We identified a gene encoding the cu subunit of protein kinase CK2 (CK2 alpha) in this region. The Nipponbare allele of CK2a contains a premature stop codon, and the resulting truncated product is undoubtedly nonfunctional. Genetic complementation analysis revealed that the Kasalath allele of CK2 alpha increases days-to-heading. Map-based cloning with advanced backcross progeny enabled us to identify a gene underlying a quantitative trait locus even though it exhibited a relatively small effect on the phenotype.