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Comparative Overviews as to Clock-Associated Genes of Arabidopsis thaliana and Oryza sativa

Masaya Murakami1, Yasuhiro Tago, Takafumi Yamashino and Takeshi Mizuno

Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology, School of Agriculture, Nagoya University, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan.

1To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: t2706775{at}mbox.nagoya-u.ac.jp: Fax: +81-52-789-4091.


  Abstract

In higher plants, circadian rhythms are closely relevant to a wide range of biological processes. To such circadian rhythms, the clock (oscillator) is central, and recent intensive studies on the model higher plant Arabidopsis thaliana have begun to shed light on the molecular mechanisms underlying the functions of central clock. Such representative clock-associated genes of A. thaliana are the homologous CCA1 and LHY gene, and five PRR genes that belong to a small family of pseudo-response regulators including TOC1. Others are GI, ZTL, ELF3, ELF4, LUX/PCL1, and etc. In this context, a simple question arose as to whether or not the molecular picture of the model Arabidopsis clock is conserved in other higher plants. Here we made an effort to answer the question with special reference to Oryza sativa, providing experimental evidence for that this model monocot also has a set of highly conserved clock-associated genes, such as those designated as OsCCA1, OsPRR-series including OsTOC1/OsPRR1, OsZTLs, OsPCL1, as well as OsGI. These results will provide us with insight into the general roles of plant circadian clocks, such as those for the photoperiodic control of flowering time that has a strong impact on the reproduction and yield in many higher plants.

Keywords: Arabidopsis thaliana - Circadian rhythm - Oryza sativa - Plant clock


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