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ArticleJournal of experimental botany2019

Overexpression of rice aquaporin OsPIP1;2 improves yield by enhancing mesophyll CO2 conductance and phloem sucrose transport.

Feiyun Xu, Ke Wang, Wei Yuan, Weifeng Xu, Liu Shuang, Herbert J Kronzucker, Guanglei Chen, Rui Miao, Maoxing Zhang, Ming Ding and 4 more

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Article in Journal of experimental botany, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 46 papers.

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46citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

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46 citing papers in PubMed, 111 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Feiyun XuJiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Solid Organic Waste Resource Utilization, College of Resources and Environmental Science, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China.
Ke WangCollege of Life Sciences and Joint International Research Laboratory of Water and Nutrient in Crops, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China.
Wei YuanCollege of Life Sciences and Joint International Research Laboratory of Water and Nutrient in Crops, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China.
Weifeng XuCollege of Life Sciences and Joint International Research Laboratory of Water and Nutrient in Crops, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China.
Liu ShuangJiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Solid Organic Waste Resource Utilization, College of Resources and Environmental Science, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China.
Herbert J KronzuckerSchool of Agriculture and Food, Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, The University of Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Guanglei ChenJiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Solid Organic Waste Resource Utilization, College of Resources and Environmental Science, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China.
Rui MiaoCollege of Life Sciences and Joint International Research Laboratory of Water and Nutrient in Crops, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China.
Maoxing ZhangJiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Solid Organic Waste Resource Utilization, College of Resources and Environmental Science, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China.
Ming DingJiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Solid Organic Waste Resource Utilization, College of Resources and Environmental Science, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China.
Liang XiaoJiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Solid Organic Waste Resource Utilization, College of Resources and Environmental Science, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China.
Lei KaiThe Key Laboratory of Biotechnology for Medicinal Plants of Jiangsu Province, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Phylogenomics and Comparative Genomics, School of Life Sciences, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou, China.
Jianhua ZhangDepartment of Biology, Hong Kong Baptist University, and the State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Yiyong ZhuJiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Solid Organic Waste Resource Utilization, College of Resources and Environmental Science, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China.
Nanjing Agricultural University · CNFujian Agriculture and Forestry University · CNHong Kong Baptist University · HKJiangsu Normal University · CNThe University of Melbourne · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Aquaporins are involved in CO2 transport from the leaf intercellular air space to the chloroplast, which contributes to CO2 assimilation. However, the mechanism of CO2 transport by rice (Oryza sativa L.) aquaporins is unknown. Here, we investigated the function of the aquaporin OsPIP1;2 in CO2 diffusion-associated photosynthesis and phloem sucrose transport. Moreover, the grain yield of rice lines overexpressing OsPIP1;2 was determined. OsPIP1;2 was localized to the plasma membrane and the relative expression of OsPIP1;2 was approximately 5-fold higher in leaves in the presence of an elevated CO2 concentration. Overexpression of OsPIP1;2 increased mesophyll conductance by approximately 150% compared with wild-type (WT) rice. The OsPIP1;2-overexpressing lines had higher biomass than the WT, possibly due to increased phloem sucrose transport. In addition, the grain yield of OsPIP1;2-overexpressing lines was approximately 25% higher than that of the WT in three-season field experiments, due to the increased numbers of effective tillers and spikelets per panicle. Our results suggest that OsPIP1;2 modulates rice growth and grain yield by facilitating leaf CO2 diffusion, which increases both the net CO2 assimilation rate and sucrose transport.

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AquaporinsBiomassCarbon DioxideEdible GrainMesophyll CellsOryzaPhloemPhotosynthesisSucroseAquaporinsCarbon DioxideSucrose

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PMID30535321
PMCPMC6322580
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