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To enhance our understanding of brassinosteroid (BR) biosynthesis in rice, we attempted to identify putative rice homologs of Arabidopsis CYP90A1/ CPD and related mutants. Two candidate genes, designated CYP90A3/OsCPD1 and CYP90A4/OsCPD2, are located on chromosomes 11 (2.0 cM) and 12 (1.9 cM), respectively. Based on sequence similarity with the Arabidopsis CYP90A1/CPD gene, we predict that the CYP90A3/OsCPD1 and CYP90A4/OsCPD2 gene products function as C-23α hydroxylases in the BR biosynthesis pathway. Both are broadly expressed in wild-type rice, and their expression is regulated by a feedback mechanism. A retrotransposon insertion mutant of CYP90A3/OsCPD1, oscpd1-1, did not produce any BR-deficient phenotype or feedback upregulation of genes for BR biosynthesis enzymes. These results indicate that if, as predicted, the CYP90A3/OsCPD1 and CYP90A4/OsCPD2 genes do function in the BR biosynthesis pathway, they may each have enough capacity to catalyze BR biosynthesis on their own. As a consequence, the oscpd1-1 mutant may not be deficient in endogenous BRs. Interestingly, BR biosynthesis enzymes except C-6 oxidase are encoded by plural genes in rice but by single genes in Arabidopsis (again, except C-6 oxidase). On the basis of these findings, we discuss the differences in BR biosynthesis between rice and Arabidopsis.
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We thank Drs. Akio Miyao and Hirohiko Hirochika (National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences) for providing mutant seed materials. T.S. was supported by the Rice Genome Project of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan (IP-1010) and a Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B) from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT). M.M. was supported by a Grant-in-Aid for Centers of Excellence from MEXT.
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Sakamoto, T., Matsuoka, M. Characterization of CONSTITUTIVE PHOTOMORPHOGENESIS AND DWARFISM Homologs in Rice (Oryza sativa L.). J Plant Growth Regul 25, 245–251 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00344-006-0041-6
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