ArticlePlant molecular biology2011
Analysis of trehalose-6-phosphate synthase (TPS) gene family suggests the formation of TPS complexes in rice.
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- Natural variation in OsTPS8 confers differential regulation of chalkiness and seed vigor in indica and japonica rice.Nature genetics · 2026Article
- Trehalose 6-phosphate - a central regulator at the crossroads of sugar signalling, metabolism, and development.The New phytologist · 2025Review
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- Non-catalytic and catalytic TREHALOSE-6-PHOSPHATE SYNTHASES interact with RAMOSA3 to control maize development.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Grain under pressure: Harnessing biochemical pathways to beat drought and heat in wheat.The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology · 2025Review
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- Trehalose-6-phosphate synthase gene expression analysis under abiotic and biotic stresses in bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria).Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Linkage Mapping and Discovery of Candidate Genes for Drought Tolerance in Rice During the Vegetative Growth Period.Rice (New York, N.Y.) · 2024Article
- Physiological and Molecular Mechanisms of Rice Tolerance to Salt and Drought Stress: Advances and Future Directions.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
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Abstract
Trehalose-6-phosphate (T6P), an intermediate in the trehalose biosynthesis pathway, is emerging as an important regulator of plant metabolism and development. T6P levels are potentially modulated by a group of trehalose-6-phosphate synthase (TPS) and trehalose-6-phosphate phosphatase (TPP) homologues. In this study, we have isolated 11 TPS genes encoding proteins with both TPS and TPP domains, from rice. Functional complement assays performed in yeast tps1 and tps2 mutants, revealed that only OsTPS1 encodes an active TPS enzyme and no OsTPS protein possesses TPP activity. By using a yeast two-hybrid analysis, a complicated interaction network occurred among OsTPS proteins, and the TPS domain might be essential for this interaction to occur. The interaction between OsTPS1 and OsTPS8 in vivo was confirmed by bimolecular fluorescence complementation and coimmunoprecipitation assays. Furthermore, our gel filtration assay showed that there may exist two forms of OsTPS1 (OsTPS1a and OsTPS1b) with different elution profiles in rice. OsTPS1b was particularly cofractionated with OsTPS5 and OsTPS8 in the 360 kDa complex, while OsTPS1a was predominantly incorporated into the complexes larger than 360 kDa. Collectively, these results suggest that OsTPS family members may form trehalose-6-phosphate synthase complexes and therefore potentially modify T6P levels to regulate plant development.
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