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Genome-wide survey and expression analysis of the OSCA gene family in rice.

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Li, Y; Yuan, F; Wen, Z; Li, Y; Wang, F; Zhu, T; Zhuo, W; Jin, X; Wang, Y; Zhao, H; Pei, Z-M; Han, S
Published in: BMC plant biology
October 2015

Reception of and response to exogenous and endogenous osmotic changes is important to sustain plant growth and development, as well as reproductive formation. Hyperosmolality-gated calcium-permeable channels (OSCA) were first characterised as an osmosensor in Arabidopsis and are involved in the perception of extracellular changes to trigger hyperosmolality-induced [Ca(2+)]i increases (OICI). To explore the potential biological functions of OSCAs in rice, we performed a bioinformatics and expression analysis of the OsOSCA gene family.A total of 11 OsOSCA genes were identified from the genome database of Oryza sativa L. Japonica. Based on their sequence composition and phylogenetic relationship, the OsOSCA family was classified into four clades. Gene and protein structure analysis indicated that the 11 OsOSCAs shared similar structures with their homologs in Oryza sativa L. ssp. Indica, Oryza glaberrima, and Oryza brachyantha. Multiple sequence alignment analysis revealed a conserved DUF221 domain in these members, in which the first three TMs were conserved, while the others were not. The expression profiles of OsOSCA genes were analysed at different stages of vegetative growth, reproductive development, and under osmotic-associated abiotic stresses. We found that four and six OsOSCA genes showed a clear correlation between the expression profile and osmotic changes during caryopsis development and seed imbibition, respectively. Orchestrated transcription of three OsOSCAs was strongly associated with the circadian clock. Moreover, osmotic-related abiotic stress differentially induced the expression of 10 genes.The entire OSCA family is characterised by the presence of a conserved DUF221 domain, which functions as an osmotic-sensing calcium channel. The phylogenetic tree of OSCA genes showed that two subspecies of cultivated rice, Oryza sativa L. ssp. Japonica and Oryza sativa L. ssp. Indica, are more closely related than wild rice Oryza glaberrima, while Oryza brachyantha was less closely related. OsOSCA expression is organ- and tissue-specific and regulated by different osmotic-related abiotic stresses in rice. These findings will facilitate further research in this gene family and provide potential target genes for generation of genetically modified osmotic-stress-resistant plants.

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BMC plant biology

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1471-2229

ISSN

1471-2229

Publication Date

October 2015

Volume

15

Start / End Page

261

Related Subject Headings

  • Transcription, Genetic
  • Stress, Physiological
  • Sequence Alignment
  • Seeds
  • Protein Structure, Tertiary
  • Plant Proteins
  • Plant Biology & Botany
  • Phylogeny
  • Osmosis
  • Oryza
 

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Li, Y., Yuan, F., Wen, Z., Wang, F., Zhu, T., Zhuo, W., … Han, S. (2015). Genome-wide survey and expression analysis of the OSCA gene family in rice. BMC Plant Biology, 15, 261. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-015-0653-8
Li, Yunshuang, Fang Yuan, Zhaohong Wen, Yihao Li, Fang Wang, Tao Zhu, Wenqing Zhuo, et al. “Genome-wide survey and expression analysis of the OSCA gene family in rice.BMC Plant Biology 15 (October 2015): 261. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-015-0653-8.
Li Y, Yuan F, Wen Z, Wang F, Zhu T, Zhuo W, et al. Genome-wide survey and expression analysis of the OSCA gene family in rice. BMC plant biology. 2015 Oct;15:261.
Li, Yunshuang, et al. “Genome-wide survey and expression analysis of the OSCA gene family in rice.BMC Plant Biology, vol. 15, Oct. 2015, p. 261. Epmc, doi:10.1186/s12870-015-0653-8.
Li Y, Yuan F, Wen Z, Wang F, Zhu T, Zhuo W, Jin X, Wang Y, Zhao H, Pei Z-M, Han S. Genome-wide survey and expression analysis of the OSCA gene family in rice. BMC plant biology. 2015 Oct;15:261.
Journal cover image

Published In

BMC plant biology

DOI

EISSN

1471-2229

ISSN

1471-2229

Publication Date

October 2015

Volume

15

Start / End Page

261

Related Subject Headings

  • Transcription, Genetic
  • Stress, Physiological
  • Sequence Alignment
  • Seeds
  • Protein Structure, Tertiary
  • Plant Proteins
  • Plant Biology & Botany
  • Phylogeny
  • Osmosis
  • Oryza