Gene Details:

• Gene ID: Zm00001eb404750
• Gene Symbol: ZmD53
• Gene Name: DWARF 53
• Genome: Zm-B73-REFERENCE-NAM-5.0
• Species: Zea mays

Functional Descriptions:

• DWARF53 interacts with transcription factors UB2/UB3/TSH4 to regulate maize tillering and tassel branching.
• ZmD53 affects male and female inflorescence development.
• We identified the maize gene DWARF 53 (ZmD53) and demonstrated that ZmD53 interacts with the SL receptors DWARF 14A/B (ZmD14A/B) in a rac-GR24-dependent manner.
• ZmD53 interacts with two homologous maize SPL transcription factors, UB3 and TSH4, and suppresses their transcriptional activation activity on TB1 to promote tillering.
• ZmD53 can repress the transcriptional activation activity of UB3 and TSH4 on their own promoters, thus decreasing tassel branch number.

Function-related keywords:

• tillering ,  development ,  inflorescence ,  dwarf ,  branching ,  inflorescence-development

Literature:

• DWARF53 interacts with transcription factors UB2/UB3/TSH4 to regulate maize tillering and tassel branching.   DOI:  10.1093/plphys/kiab259 ;  PMID:  34608948
• Breeding maize of ideal plant architecture for high-density planting tolerance through modulating shade avoidance response and beyond.   DOI:  10.1111/jipb.13603 ;  PMID:  38131117
• Maize domestication phenotypes reveal strigolactone networks coordinating grain size evolution with kernel-bearing cupule architecture.   DOI:  10.1093/plcell/koac370 ;  PMID:  36573016

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Gene Resources:

• NCBI ID: LOC100501371
• UniProt accessions: A0A1B1MQI4

Sequences: