Jianmin Wan

Natural epigenetic mutation of MLH3 affects seed-setting in rice

OsToc159 is essential for amyloplast development and starch granule initiation in rice endosperm.

In cereal endosperm, starch is biosynthesized within specialized plastids termed amyloplasts through the coordinated activity of a suite of enzymes. The development of amyloplasts requires the import of nuclear-encoded preproteins from the cytosol via the translocon. However, little is known about how the translocon in...

OsKish coordinates with Lunapark and RHD3 to maintain the structural stability of endoplasmic reticulum network in rice.

An OsKish-OsLNPs-RHD3L framework for fine-tuning homotypic ER tubule fusion in rice is proposed, providing mechanistic insights into the maintenance of ER architecture in plants.

The hyccin-containing protein ECDR1 interacts with PI3K1 and PI4K1 and regulates broad-spectrum disease resistance in rice.

These findings provide novel insights into the regulatory mechanisms of ECDR1 in cell death and defense pathways, will aid in understanding the functions of PI3K and PI4K in plant immunity.

The WD40 repeat protein OsDPMS1 controls pistil development and female fertility in rice.

These findings establish OsDPMS1 as a critical regulator of pistil development and female fertility in rice and highlight its potential application in hybrid rice breeding programs.

Development of low-prolamin rice germplasm via CRISPR/Cas9 editing to improve eating and cooking quality.

This targeted modification markedly improved rice eating and cooking quality while maintaining the levels of total starch, total protein, and key agronomic traits.