Gene Details:

• Gene ID: CotAD_24080
• Gene Symbol: GhXLIM6
• Gene Name: lim protein 6
• Genome: TM1_NBI
• Species: Gossypium hirsutum

Functional Descriptions:

• In this study, we identified a cotton XLIM protein (GhXLIM6) that is preferentially expressed in cotton fiber during whole elongation stage and early secondary cell wall (SCW) synthesis stage.
• The GhXLIM6-silenced transgenic cotton produces shorter fibers with thinner cell walls, compared with wild-type (WT).
• GhXLIM6 functions in fiber elongation through binding to F-actin to maintain the dynamic F-actin cytoskeleton.
• GhXLIM6 fine-tunes fiber SCW formation, probably through directly suppressing transcription of GhKNL1 to promote cellulose biosynthesis.

Function-related keywords:

• cell-wall ,  cellulose ,  cell-elongation ,  cell-wall-synthesis ,  actin-protein ,  secondary-cell-wall ,  fiber ,  protein

Literature:

• The cotton XLIM protein (GhXLIM6) is required for fiber development via maintaining dynamic F-actin cytoskeleton and modulating cellulose biosynthesis.   DOI:  10.1111/tpj.14108 ;  PMID:  30256468

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Gene Resources:

• NCBI ID: JX290322
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