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Proline-rich proteins contribute to cell wall structure of specific cell types and are involved in plant growth and development. In this study, a fiber-specific gene, GhPRP5, encoding a proline-rich protein was functionally characterized in cotton. GhPRP5 promoter directed GUS expression only in trichomes of both transgenic Arabidopsis and tobacco plants. The transgenic Arabidopsis plants with overexpressing GhPRP5 displayed reduced cell growth, resulting in smaller cell size and consequently plant dwarfs, in comparison with wild type plants. In contrast, knock-down of GhPRP5 expression by RNA interference in cotton enhanced fiber development. The fiber length of transgenic cotton plants was longer than that of wild type. In addition, some genes involved in fiber elongation and wall biosynthesis of cotton were up-regulated or down-regulated in the transgenic cotton plants owing to suppression of GhPRP5. Collectively, these data suggested that GhPRP5 protein as a negative regulator participates in modulating fiber development of cotton.
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This work was supported by National Natural Sciences Foundation of China (grant no. 30870142, 30400022) and the project from the Ministry of Agriculture of China for transgenic research (Grant No. 2011ZX08009-003).
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Wen-Liang Xu and De-Jing Zhang contributed equally to this work.
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Xu, WL., Zhang, DJ., Wu, YF. et al. Cotton PRP5 gene encoding a proline-rich protein is involved in fiber development. Plant Mol Biol 82, 353–365 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11103-013-0066-8
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