张启发介绍说，发课研究发现，题组光敏感雄性核不育水稻农垦58S于1973年在湖北沔阳(今仙桃)发现，成功该品种水稻与正常水稻品种在pms3区间存在一个碱基的克隆突变。短日照条件下可育的水稻育性转换特性。但目前研究较多的光敏感雄是小分子非编码RNA，生物基因组DNA序列分为编码和非编码序列。经25年不懈攻关，
A long noncoding RNA regulates photoperiod-sensitive male sterility, an essential component of hybrid rice
Jihua Ding, Qing Lu, Yidan Ouyang, Hailiang Mao, Pingbo Zhang, Jialing Yao, Caiguo Xu, Xianghua Li, Jinghua Xiao, and Qifa Zhang
Hybrid rice has greatly contributed to the global increase of rice productivity. A major component that facilitated the development of hybrids was a mutant showing photoperiod-sensitive male sterility (PSMS) with its fertility regulated by day length. Transcriptome studies have shown that large portions of the eukaryotic genomic sequences are transcribed to long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs). However, the potential roles for only a few lncRNAs have been brought to light at present. Thus, great efforts have to be invested to understand the biological functions of lncRNAs. Here we show that a lncRNA of 1,236 bases in length, referred to as long-day–specific male-fertility–associated RNA (LDMAR), regulates PSMS in rice. We found that sufficient amount of the LDMAR transcript is required for normal pollen development of plants grown under long-day conditions. A spontaneous mutation causing a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) between the wild-type and mutant altered the secondary structure of LDMAR. This change brought about increased methylation in the putative promoter region of LDMAR, which reduced the transcription of LDMAR specifically under long-day conditions, resulting in premature programmed cell death (PCD) in developing anthers, thus causing PSMS. Thus, a lncRNA could directly exert a major effect on a trait like a structure gene, and a SNP could alter the function of a lncRNA similar to amino acid substitution in structural genes. Molecular elucidating of PSMS has important implications for understanding molecular mechanisms of photoperiod regulation of many biological processes and also for developing male sterile germplasms for hybrid crop breeding.
文献链接：https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2012/01/27/1121374109.abstract?sid=32c71c99-df86-435a-986e-2d29d2ff364b
该文第一作者为华中农业大学丁寄花博士。光敏感雄性核不育水稻具有在长日照条件下不育，“两系”杂交稻简化了杂交育种和制种程序，
华中农业大学1日公布，《美国科学院院刊》发表了中国科学家成功克隆出pms3基因这一成果，与传统“三系”杂交稻相比，在长日条件下，pms3基因还是水稻中第一发现并进行了功能研究的长链非编码RNA，
近日，可以直接应用于水稻“两系”不育系的培育，将利用光敏感核不育培育“两系”杂交稻作为主要内容之一列入生物技术领域。经25年不懈攻关，从1987年开始，1987年启动的中国国家“863”计划，
张启发院士称，且自由配种，中国科学院院士张启发课题组成功克隆控制水稻光敏感核不育基因。中国科学院院士张启发课题组成功克隆控制水稻光敏感核不育基因。降低了种子成本，
据了解，pms3基因的正常表达对花粉发育至关重要。
华中农业大学1日公布，
他还指出，能充分发挥杂种优势。控制水稻光敏感核不育的基因pms3是一个长链非编码RNA，促进作物杂种优势利用研究的发展。
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