简介：ThetransgenicriceKMD1,expressingasyntheticCry1AbgenefromBacillusthuringiensis,showedeffectiveresistancetoSignificantdeclineswererevealedinfoodconsumptionandgrowthoftheolderRLFnymphsfedonthecut-leavesoftransgenicKMD1plants.TheincreaserateoffoodconsumptionbylarvaefedonKMD1wasdrasticallylowerthanthoseonXiushui11.FoodconsumptionwasvariedwithdifferentinstarswhenthelarvaefedontheBtrice.Thoseoffourth-andfifth-instarlarvaeweredifferentcomparedtothethird-instar,lowerthanthoseonthenon-transgenicricebutstillincreasedalittlewhenthefeedingtimeprolonged.ItisindicatedthatyoungerRLFlarvaearemoresensitivetoBtricethanolderones.Also,about81%,78%and68%ofthethird-,fourth-andfifth-instarRLFlarvaediedwithin72hoursbioassayperiodonKMD1leaves,respectively.TheseresultsdemonstratedthatBt-transgeneinKMD1riceconferssubstantialprotectionagainstinfestationswitholderRLFlarvae.

简介：SulfatecanbeactivatedbyATPsulfurylaseandadenosine5’-phosphosulfatekinase(APSK)invivo.RecentstudiessuggestedthatAPSKinArabidopsisthalianaregulatedthepartitionbetweenAPSreductionandphosphorylationanditsactivitycanbemodulatedbycellularredoxstatus.InordertostudyregulationofAPSKinrice(OsAPSK),OsAPSK1genewasclonedanditsactivitywasanalyzed.OsAPSK1C36andC69werefoundtobetheconservedcounterpartsofC86andC119,whichinvolvedindisulfideformationinAtAPSK.C36A/C69AOsAPSK1doublemutationwasmadebysitedirectedmutagenesis.OsAPSK1anditsmutantwereprokaryoticallyover-expressedandpurified,andthenassayedforAPSphosphorylationactivity.OsAPSK1activitywasdepressedbyoxidizedglutathione,whiletheactivityofitsmutantwasnot.Furtherstudiesinthecasethatoxidativestresswillfluctuateinvivo3’-phosphoadenosine-5’-phosphosulfatecontent,andallAPSKisoenzymeshavesimilarregulationpatternsarenecessarytobeperformed.

简介：Smallubiquitin-likemodifier(SUMO)-conjugatingenzymesareinvolvedinpost-translationalregulatoryprocessesineukaryotes,includingtheconjugationofSUMOpeptidestoproteinsubstrate(SUMOylation).SUMOylationplaysanimportantroleinimprovingplanttolerancetoabioticstresssuchassalt,drought,heatandcold.Herein,wereportedtheisolationofOsSCE1(LOC_Os10g39120)geneencodingaSUMO-conjugatingenzymefromrice(Oryzasativacv.Nipponbare)anditsfunctionalvalidationinresponsetodroughtstress.TheE2enzyme,OsSCE1,isoneofthreekeyenzymesinvolvedintheconjugationofSUMOtoitstargetproteins.ActivatedSUMOistransferredtothecysteineofanE2enzymeandthentothetargetlysineresidueofthesubstrate,withorwithoutthehelpofanE3SUMOligase.ExpressionofOsSCE1wasstronglyinducedbypolyethyleneglycol6000(PEG6000)treatment,whichsuggestedOsSCE1maybeinvolvedinthedroughtstressresponse.OverexpressionofOsSCE1(OsSCE1-OX)inNipponbarereducedthetolerancetodroughtstress.Conversely,thedroughttolerancewasslightlyimprovedbytheknockdownofOsSCE1(OsSCE1-KD).TheseresultswerefurthersupportedbymeasurementofprolinecontentinOsSCE1-OXandOsSCE1-KDtransgeniclinesunderinduceddroughtstress,whichshowedOsSCE1-KDtransgeniclinesaccumulatedhigherprolinecontentthanthewildtype,whereasOsSCE1-OXlinehadlowerprolinecontentthanthewildtype.ThesefindingssuggestedOsSCE1mayplayaroleasanegativeregulatorinresponsetodroughtstressinrice.

简介：Twonewlybredhybridricecombinations,superhigh-yieldingLiangyoupeijiu(Pei'ai64S×9311)andPei'ai64S/E32(Pei'ai64S×E32)wereusedtoinvestigatethephotosyntheticcharacteristicsunderhightemperatureincomparisonwithhybridriceShangyou63.Hightemperaturecausedadecreasedphotosyntheticefficiencyandaggravatedphotoinhibition.TheoptimumtemperatureforphotosyntheticelectrontransportationandphotosyntheticCO2fixationwereabout28℃and35-40℃respectively.Linearelectrontransportationismoresensitivetohightemperaturethanthephotochemicalprocess.Themechanismofhightemperatureadaptationwaspossiblyasfollows:superhigh-yieldingricehasquicklyincreasingcarotenoid,whichactedasamorefavorableantioxidantsystemtoreducetheactiveoxygenproductionandavoiddamagetothephotosynthesissystem;superhigh-yieldingricehasahigherefficiencyofxanthophyllscycletodissipateexcessheatenergy;superhigh-yieldingricehasamorestablephotosyntheticfunction,higherphotosyntheticefficiencyandmoreheatstableproteincontent.

简介：Riceblack-streakeddwarfvirus(RBSDV)isarecognizedmemberofthegenusFijivirus,familyReoviridae.Itsgenomehastendouble-strandedRNA(dsRNA)segments(S1-S10),inwhichthefifthgenomesegment(S5)containstwoopenreadingframes(ORFs)withapartiallyoverlappingregion.ThesecondORFofRBSDVS5encodesaviralnonstructuralproteinnamedp5bwithunknownfunction.Torevealthefunctionofp5b,itsgenewasligatedintothebaitplasmidpGBKT7andanexpressionlibrarycontainingricecDNAswasconstructedusingplasmidpGADT7foryeasttwo-hybridassay.Thebaitproteinp5bwasdetectedinyeastbywesternblot,andtheresultofanauto-activationtestshowedthatp5bcouldnotautonomouslyactivatetheexpressionofreportergenesinyeast.Thenthebaitproteinp5bwasusedforscreeningthecDNAexpressionlibrariesofrice.Genefragmentsofsomepivotalenzymesinvolvedinphotosynthesis,respirationandotherimportantmetabolicprocesses,wereidentifiedtointeractwithp5binyeast,suggestingthattheseinteractionsmayplayrolesinsymptomdevelopmentininfectedplants.

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