title: 'Overgrowth' mutants in barley and wheat: new alleles and phenotypes of the 'Green Revolution' DELLA gene.
abstract: A suppressor screen using dwarf mutants of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) led to the isolation of 'overgrowth' derivatives, which retained the original dwarfing gene but grew at a faster rate because of a new mutation. The new mutations were in the Slender1 (Sln1) gene (11/13 cases), which encodes the DELLA protein central to gibberellin (GA) signalling, showed 100% genetic linkage to Sln1 (1/13), or were in the Spindly1 (Spy1) gene (1/13), which encodes another protein involved in GA signalling. The overgrowth mutants were characterized by increased GA signalling, although the extent still depended on the background GA biosynthesis capacity, GA receptor function, and DELLA activity. A comparison between two GA responses, α-amylase production and leaf growth rate, revealed degrees of specificity for both the overgrowth allele and the GA response under consideration. Many overgrowth mutants were also isolated in a dwarf line of bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) and 19 new alleles were identified in the Rht-B1 gene, one of the 'Green Revolution' semi-dwarfing genes and the orthologue of Sln1. The sites of amino acid substitutions in the DELLA proteins of both species provide insight into DELLA function, and included examples where identical but independent substitutions were observed. In both species, the starting lines were too dwarfed to be directly useful in breeding programmes, but new overgrowth derivatives with semidwarf heights have now been characterized. The variation they exhibit in GA-influenced traits identifies novel alleles with perfect markers that are of potential use in breeding.
authors: CSIRO Plant Industry, PO Box 1600, Canberra ACT 2601, Australia. peter.chandler@csiro.au
authors: Peter Michael
authors: PM
authors: Chandler
authors: Carol Anne
authors: CA
authors: Harding
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D019943:Amino Acid Substitution; D056625:Endosperm / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; D017343:Genes, Plant; D008040:Genetic Linkage; D005875:Gibberellins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000494:pharmacology; D001467:Hordeum / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development; D009154:Mutation; D010641:Phenotype; D018515:Plant Leaves / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development*; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction; D014908:Triticum / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development; D000516:alpha-Amylases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D005875:Gibberellins; D010940:Plant Proteins; D000516:alpha-Amylases
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