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Xueju Liu1,2, Kangwei Liu1,2, Shu Xu1
1Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genomics and Molecular Breeding/Zhongshan Biological Breeding Laboratory/Key Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics of the Ministry of Education/Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops, Agricultural College of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China.
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GOLDEN2-LIKE (GLK) proteins are central regulators of plant photosynthesis, and their molecular mechanisms are not fully elucidated, especially in rice. Here, we report a GLK-centered molecular module that regulates rice photosynthesis and yield. Osglk1 Osglk2 double mutants are seedling lethal, and Osglk2 presents faded leaves and white panicles, which indicated the partially redundant role of OsGLK1 and OsGLK2 in photosynthesis regulation. Transcriptome sequencing analysis indicated that OsGLK regulates the expression of genes related to carbohydrate metabolism and photosynthesis. Overexpression of OsGLK1/2 results in dark-green-panicle phenotypes. We proved that DEEP GREEN PANICLE2 (DGP2) and DGP3, homologs of DGP1, are direct repressors of OsGLK activity and function negatively in rice chlorophyll content regulation. Moreover, OsGLK directly binds to the promoters of DGP1/2/3 and activates their expressions. Agronomic trait analysis showed that mutations of DGP1 and DGP2 significantly increased seed weight and yield of rice. Together, these results manifested an OsGLK1/2-DGP1/2/3 feedback module regulating rice photosynthesis and yield and may provide approaches for crop breeding.
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