Gene Details:

• Gene ID: Zm00001eb157150
• Gene Symbol: ZmMS39 ms39
• Gene Name: male sterile39
• Genome: Zm-B73-REFERENCE-NAM-5.0
• Species: Zea mays

Functional Descriptions:

• We describe a maize male-sterile mutant 39 (ms39) characterized by reduced plant height.
• Compared with male-fertile plants, callose deposition around the dyads and tetrads in ms39 anthers was significantly reduced.
• Increased cell autophagy observed in ms39 anthers may have been due to the premature programmed cell death of tapetal cells, leading to collapse of the anther wall structure.
• ZmMS39 encodes a callose synthase essential for male fertility in maize.
• This trend was similar to that in the ms39 mutant, indicating that callose deposition in maize anthers was controlled by ZmCals12.
• ZmCals12 mutation causes disturbance of ROS homeostasis and increased autophagy in maize anthers.

Function-related keywords:

• fertility ,  anther ,  cell-death ,  homeostasis ,  cell-wall ,  sterile ,  height ,  plant-height ,  tapetal ,  male-fertility ,  programmed-cell-death ,  tapetal-programmed-cell-death ,  autophagy

Literature:

• ZmMS39 encodes a callose synthase essential for male fertility in maize (Zea mays L.)   DOI:  10.1016/j.cj.2022.08.012 ;  PMID:  
• MicroRNA408 negatively regulates salt tolerance by affecting secondary cell wall development in maize.   DOI:  10.1093/plphys/kiad135 ;  PMID:  36864608

Related News:

Gene Resources:

• NCBI ID: LOC103651372
• UniProt accessions: A0A1D6NG47

Sequences:

Source: Genetic information comes from the article