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LAZY4 Acts Additively with the Starch-statolith-dependent Gravity-sensing Pathway to Regulate Shoot Gravitropism and Tiller Angle in Rice

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Journal Plant Commun
Specialty Biology
Date 2024 Jun 19
PMID 38897199
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Rice tiller angle is a key agronomic trait that has significant effects on the establishment of a high-yield rice population. However, the molecular mechanism underlying the control of rice tiller angle remains to be clarified. Here, we characterized the novel tiller-angle gene LAZY4 (LA4) in rice through map-based cloning. LA4 encodes a C3H2C3-type RING zinc-finger E3 ligase localized in the nucleus, and an in vitro ubiquitination assay revealed that the conserved RING finger domain is essential for its E3 ligase activity. We found that expression of LA4 can be induced by gravistimulation and that loss of LA4 function leads to defective shoot gravitropism caused by impaired asymmetric auxin redistribution upon gravistimulation. Genetic analysis demonstrated that LA4 acts in a distinct pathway from the starch biosynthesis regulators LA2 and LA3, which function in the starch-statolith-dependent pathway. Further genetic analysis showed that LA4 regulates shoot gravitropism and tiller angle by acting upstream of LA1 to mediate lateral auxin transport upon gravistimulation. Our studies reveal that LA4 regulates shoot gravitropism and tiller angle upstream of LA1 through a novel pathway independent of the LA2-LA3-mediated gravity-sensing mechanism, providing new insights into the rice tiller-angle regulatory network.

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