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Transcription Factor OsDOF18 Controls Ammonium Uptake by Inducing Ammonium Transporters in Rice Roots

  • Wu, Yunfei (Crop Biotech Institute and Graduate School of Biotechnology, Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Yang, Wenzhu (Crop Biotech Institute and Graduate School of Biotechnology, Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Wei, Jinhuan (Crop Biotech Institute and Graduate School of Biotechnology, Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Yoon, Hyeryung (Crop Biotech Institute and Graduate School of Biotechnology, Kyung Hee University) ;
  • An, Gynheung (Crop Biotech Institute and Graduate School of Biotechnology, Kyung Hee University)
  • Received : 2016.10.31
  • Accepted : 2017.01.06
  • Published : 2017.03.31
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Abstract

Nitrogen is one of the most important mineral elements for plant growth. We studied the functional roles of Oryza sativa DNA BINDING WITH ONE FINGER 18 (OsDOF18) in controlling ammonium uptake. The growth of null mutants of OsDOF18 was retarded in a medium containing ammonium as the sole nitrogen source. In contrast, those mutants grew normally in a medium with nitrate as the sole nitrogen source. The gene expression was induced by ammonium but not by nitrate. Uptake of ammonium was lower in osdof18 mutants than in the wild type, while that of nitrate was not affected by the mutation. This indicated that OsDOF18 is involved in regulating ammonium transport. Among the 10 ammonium transporter genes examined here, expression of OsAMT1;1, OsAMT1;3, OsAMT2;1, and OsAMT4;1 was reduced in osdof18 mutants, demonstrating that the ammonium transporter genes function downstream of OsDOF18. Genes for nitrogen assimilation were also affected in the mutants. These results provide evidence that OsDOF18 mediates ammonium transport and nitrogen distribution, which then affects nitrogen use efficiency.

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