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ROOT GROWTH INHIBITING, a Rice Endo-1,4-β-D-Glucanase, Regulates Cell Wall Loosening and is Essential for Root Elongation

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JOURNAL OF PLANT GROWTH REGULATION
卷 31, 期 3, 页码 373-381

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SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00344-011-9247-3

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Cell wall loosening; Endo-1,4-beta-D-glucanase; Mutant; Noncrystalline amorphous cellulose; Rice; Root elongation

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  1. Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [23248002] Funding Source: KAKEN

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The molecular mechanism involved in cell wall dynamics has not been well clarified, although it is quite important for organ growth. We characterized a rice mutant, root growth inhibiting (rt), which is defective in root elongation. The rt mutant showed a severe defect in cell elongation at the root-elongating zone with additional collapse of epidermal and cortex cells at the root tip caused by the defect in the smooth exfoliation of root cap cells. Consistent with these phenotypes, expression of the RT gene, which encodes a member of the membrane-anchored endo-1,4-beta-d-glucanase, was specifically localized in the root-elongating zone and at the junction between epidermal and root cap cells. The enzymatic analysis of root extracts from the wild-type and rt mutant indicated that RT hydrolyzes noncrystalline amorphous cellulose. The cellulose content was slightly increased but the crystallinity of cellulose was decreased in the rt root. In addition, the hemicellulose composition was different between wild-type and rt roots. The total extensibility was significantly lower in the rt root explants. Based on these results, we concluded that RT is involved in the disassembly of the cell wall for cell elongation in roots as well as for root cap exfoliation from the epidermal cell layer by hydrolyzing the noncrystalline amorphous cellulose fibers of cellulose microfibrils resulting in loosening of the hemicellulose and cellulose interaction.

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