Os11g0708400

The rice gene Os11g0708400 was reported as WDL1 in 2010 by researchers from Korea.

Annotated Information

Gene Symbol

• Os11g0708400 <=> OsGELP112, WDL1

Function

• WDL1 gene encodes a protein belonging to the SGNH subfamily, within the GDSL lipase superfamily.
• WDL1 is involved in cutin organization, affecting depolymerizable components.

Mutation

• The wilted dwarf and lethal 1 (wdl1) muant is dwarf and die at seedling stage due to increased rates of water loss. Stomatal cells and pavement cells are smaller in the mutant, suggesting that WDL1 affects epidermal cell differentiation.

Expression

• Although WDL1 was expressed in whole plants, transcript levels were higher in the shoots and young panicles than in the calli and roots

Sublocalization

• The WDL1–sGFP signal coincided with the RFP signal driven by AtBIP–mRFP, indicating that WDL1 is an ER protein.

Evolution

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Labs working on this gene

• Department of Life Science, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang 790-784, Republic of Korea
• Crop Biotech Institute and Department of Plant Molecular Systems Biotech, Kyung Hee University, Yongin 446-701,

Korea

• Institute of Cellular and Molecular Botany, University of Bonn, Kirschallee 1, 53115 Bonn, Germany
• Division of Plant Biosciences, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 702-701, Korea