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Burr, C. A., Sun, J., Yamburenko, M. V., Willoughby, A. C., Hodgens, C., Boeshore, S. L., … Kieber, J. (2020). The HK5 and HK6 cytokinin receptors mediate diverse developmental pathways in rice. Development.
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Burr, Christian A., Jinjing Sun, M. V. Yamburenko, Andrew C Willoughby, Charles Hodgens, Samantha Louise Boeshore, Agustus Elmore, et al. “The HK5 and HK6 Cytokinin Receptors Mediate Diverse Developmental Pathways in Rice.” Development (2020).
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Burr, Christian A., et al. “The HK5 and HK6 Cytokinin Receptors Mediate Diverse Developmental Pathways in Rice.” Development, 2020.
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@article{christian2020a,
title = {The HK5 and HK6 cytokinin receptors mediate diverse developmental pathways in rice},
year = {2020},
journal = {Development},
author = {Burr, Christian A. and Sun, Jinjing and Yamburenko, M. V. and Willoughby, Andrew C and Hodgens, Charles and Boeshore, Samantha Louise and Elmore, Agustus and Atkinson, J. and Nimchuk, Z. and Bishopp, Anthony and Schaller, G. and Kieber, J.}
}
ABSTRACT The phytohormone cytokinin regulates diverse aspects of plant growth and development. Our understanding of the metabolism and perception of cytokinin has made great strides in recent years, mostly from studies of the model dicot Arabidopsis. Here, we employed a CRISPR/Cas9-based approach to disrupt a subset of cytokinin histidine kinase (HK) receptors in rice (Oryza sativa) in order to explore the role of cytokinin in a monocot species. In hk5 and hk6 single mutants, the root growth, leaf width, inflorescence architecture and/or floral development were affected. The double hk5 hk6 mutant showed more substantial defects, including severely reduced root and shoot growth, a smaller shoot apical meristem, and an enlarged root cap. Flowering was delayed in the hk5 hk6 mutant and the panicle was significantly reduced in size and infertile due to multiple defects in floral development. The hk5 hk6 mutant also exhibited a severely reduced cytokinin response, consistent with the developmental phenotypes arising from a defect in cytokinin signaling. These results indicate that HK5 and HK6 act as cytokinin receptors, with overlapping functions to regulate diverse aspects of rice growth and development. Summary: Disrupting a subset of histidine kinase (HK) genes in Oryza sativa reveals that HK5 and HK6 act as cytokinin receptors with overlapping functions to regulate diverse aspects of rice growth and development.
