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Chilling-tolerant QTL gene COG2 encoded an extensin and repressed chilling tolerance by affecting the compositions of cell wall.
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Rice as a major crop is susceptible to chilling stress. Chilling tolerance is a complex trait controlled by multiple quantitative trait loci (QTLs). Here, we identify a QTL gene, COG2, that negatively regulates cold tolerance at seedling stage in rice. COG2 overexpression transgenic plants are sensitive to cold, whereas knockout transgenic lines enhance chilling tolerance. Natural variation analysis shows that Hap1 is a specific haplotype in japonica/Geng rice and correlates with chilling tolerance. The SNP1 in COG2 promoter is a specific divergency and leads to the difference in the expression level of COG2 between japonica/Geng and indica/Xian cultivars. COG2 encodes a cell wall-localized extensin and affects the compositions of cell wall, including pectin and cellulose, to defense the chilling stress. The results extend the understanding of the adaptation to the environment and provide an editing target for molecular design breeding of cold tolerance in rice.
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We are grateful to Dr. Jingquan Li (Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences) for her excellent technical assistance with confocal microscopy.
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This work was supported by the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Science (Grant No. XDA24010301) and the Basic Science Center Project of National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 31788103).
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Feng, J., Li, Z., Luo, W. et al. COG2 negatively regulates chilling tolerance through cell wall components altered in rice. Theor Appl Genet 136, 19 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00122-023-04261-w
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