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ArticleScientific reports2021

Targeted knockout of the gene OsHOL1 removes methyl iodide emissions from rice plants.

Martina Carlessi, Lorenzo Mariotti, Francesca Giaume, Fabio Fornara, Pierdomenico Perata, Silvia Gonzali

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Article in Scientific reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Genome editing.Scientific reports · 2022
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  8. Production of Methyl-Iodide in the Environment.Frontiers in microbiology · 2021
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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Martina CarlessiPlantLab, Institute of Life Sciences, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy.
Lorenzo MariottiDepartment of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
Francesca GiaumeDepartment of Biosciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-6074-6950
Fabio FornaraDepartment of Biosciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-1050-0477
Pierdomenico PerataPlantLab, Institute of Life Sciences, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy. p.perata@santannapisa.it.
Silvia GonzaliPlantLab, Institute of Life Sciences, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy. s.gonzali@santannapisa.it.ORCID 0000-0003-3671-4999
Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna · ITUniversity of Milan · ITUniversity of Pisa · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Iodine deficiency represents a public health problem worldwide. To increase the amount of iodine in the diet, biofortification strategies of plants have been tried. They rely on the exogenous administration of iodine to increase its absorption and accumulation. However, iodine is not stable in plants and can be volatilized as methyl iodide through the action of specific methyltransferases encoded by the HARMLESS TO OZONE LAYER (HOL) genes. The release of methyl iodide in the atmosphere represents a threat for the environment due to its ozone depletion potential. Rice paddies are among the strongest producers of methyl iodide. Thus, the agronomic approach of iodine biofortification is not appropriate for this crop, leading to further increases of iodine emissions. In this work, we used the genome editing CRISPR/Cas9 technology to knockout the rice HOL genes and investigate their function. OsHOL1 resulted a major player in methyl iodide production, since its knockout abolished the process. Moreover, its overexpression reinforced it. Conversely, knockout of OsHOL2 did not produce effects. Our experiments helped elucidating the function of the rice HOL genes, providing tools to develop new rice varieties with reduced iodine emissions and thus more suitable for biofortification programs without further impacting on the environment.

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Gene Knockout TechniquesGenes, PlantBase SequenceCRISPR-Cas SystemsGene Expression Regulation, PlantHydrocarbons, IodinatedLuciferasesMethyltransferasesMutagenesisOryzaPlant LeavesProtein MultimerizationSubcellular FractionsHydrocarbons, IodinatedLuciferasesmethyl iodideMethyltransferases

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