Vacuolar sugar transporter OsERD5 increases rice tillering and yield by modulating intracellular hexose homeostasis

The early responsive to dehydration-like (ERDL or ERD) subfamily, subclade within the monosaccharide transporter (MST) superfamily, is crucial in the regulation of growth and seed yield in Arabidopsis. Here, we identified OsERD5 as an AtERDL6 homologue and explored the function of OsERD5. We found t...

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Main Authors: Mingjuan Li, Zhen Li, Hongye Li, Qidong Zhu, Dong Liu, Ben Zhang, Youpeng Chen, Junyan Chen, Huimin Zhang, Nader Saad Elsayed, Zhenhua Zhang
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Published: KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. 2025-06-01
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author Mingjuan Li
Zhen Li
Hongye Li
Qidong Zhu
Dong Liu
Ben Zhang
Youpeng Chen
Junyan Chen
Huimin Zhang
Nader Saad Elsayed
Zhenhua Zhang
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Zhen Li
Hongye Li
Qidong Zhu
Dong Liu
Ben Zhang
Youpeng Chen
Junyan Chen
Huimin Zhang
Nader Saad Elsayed
Zhenhua Zhang
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description The early responsive to dehydration-like (ERDL or ERD) subfamily, subclade within the monosaccharide transporter (MST) superfamily, is crucial in the regulation of growth and seed yield in Arabidopsis. Here, we identified OsERD5 as an AtERDL6 homologue and explored the function of OsERD5. We found that OsERD5 overexpression significantly enhanced the tiller number and grain yield of rice. OsERD5 was widely expressed in aboveground tissues, encoded a tonoplast-localized protein, and exhibited transport activities for fructose, glucose and mannose when expressed in yeast. Expression character assay revealed that OsERD5 mediated hexose efflux across tonoplasts and participated in maintaining the diurnal rhythm-regulated intracellular hexose homeostasis. Additional physiological and molecular evidence showed that OsERD5 overexpression promoted vacuolar glucose efflux, enhanced sucrose synthesis and transport, increased sugar content in the shoot base, and promoted rice tillering by activating the synthesis of cytokinin simultaneously repressing strigolactone and gibberellin signaling. This study elucidates the function of OsERD5 and the mechanism underlying the overexpression of OsERD5 increasing rice tillering and yield.
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spelling doaj-art-d61d93f9a13247eaa6692d18e0e119ff2025-08-20T02:10:32ZengKeAi Communications Co., Ltd.Crop Journal2214-51412025-06-0113371672610.1016/j.cj.2025.03.010Vacuolar sugar transporter OsERD5 increases rice tillering and yield by modulating intracellular hexose homeostasisMingjuan Li0Zhen Li1Hongye Li2Qidong Zhu3Dong Liu4Ben Zhang5Youpeng Chen6Junyan Chen7Huimin Zhang8Nader Saad Elsayed9Zhenhua Zhang10College of Resources, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, Hunan, China; Yuelushan Laboratory, Hongqi Road, Changsha 410128, Hunan, ChinaCollege of Resources, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, Hunan, ChinaCollege of Resources, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, Hunan, ChinaCollege of Resources, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, Hunan, ChinaCollege of Resources, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, Hunan, ChinaCollege of Resources, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, Hunan, ChinaCollege of Resources, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, Hunan, ChinaCollege of Resources, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, Hunan, ChinaCollege of Resources, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, Hunan, ChinaCollege of Resources, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, Hunan, China; Soil and Agricultural Chemistry Department, Faculty of Agriculture (Saba-Basha), Alexandria University, Alexandria, EgyptCollege of Resources, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, Hunan, China; Yuelushan Laboratory, Hongqi Road, Changsha 410128, Hunan, China; Corresponding author.The early responsive to dehydration-like (ERDL or ERD) subfamily, subclade within the monosaccharide transporter (MST) superfamily, is crucial in the regulation of growth and seed yield in Arabidopsis. Here, we identified OsERD5 as an AtERDL6 homologue and explored the function of OsERD5. We found that OsERD5 overexpression significantly enhanced the tiller number and grain yield of rice. OsERD5 was widely expressed in aboveground tissues, encoded a tonoplast-localized protein, and exhibited transport activities for fructose, glucose and mannose when expressed in yeast. Expression character assay revealed that OsERD5 mediated hexose efflux across tonoplasts and participated in maintaining the diurnal rhythm-regulated intracellular hexose homeostasis. Additional physiological and molecular evidence showed that OsERD5 overexpression promoted vacuolar glucose efflux, enhanced sucrose synthesis and transport, increased sugar content in the shoot base, and promoted rice tillering by activating the synthesis of cytokinin simultaneously repressing strigolactone and gibberellin signaling. This study elucidates the function of OsERD5 and the mechanism underlying the overexpression of OsERD5 increasing rice tillering and yield.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214514125000911Rice (Oryza sativa L.)Monosaccharide transporterCytoplasm sugar homeostasisSucrose transportTillering
spellingShingle Mingjuan Li
Zhen Li
Hongye Li
Qidong Zhu
Dong Liu
Ben Zhang
Youpeng Chen
Junyan Chen
Huimin Zhang
Nader Saad Elsayed
Zhenhua Zhang
Vacuolar sugar transporter OsERD5 increases rice tillering and yield by modulating intracellular hexose homeostasis
Crop Journal
Rice (Oryza sativa L.)
Monosaccharide transporter
Cytoplasm sugar homeostasis
Sucrose transport
Tillering
title Vacuolar sugar transporter OsERD5 increases rice tillering and yield by modulating intracellular hexose homeostasis
title_full Vacuolar sugar transporter OsERD5 increases rice tillering and yield by modulating intracellular hexose homeostasis
title_fullStr Vacuolar sugar transporter OsERD5 increases rice tillering and yield by modulating intracellular hexose homeostasis
title_full_unstemmed Vacuolar sugar transporter OsERD5 increases rice tillering and yield by modulating intracellular hexose homeostasis
title_short Vacuolar sugar transporter OsERD5 increases rice tillering and yield by modulating intracellular hexose homeostasis
title_sort vacuolar sugar transporter oserd5 increases rice tillering and yield by modulating intracellular hexose homeostasis
topic Rice (Oryza sativa L.)
Monosaccharide transporter
Cytoplasm sugar homeostasis
Sucrose transport
Tillering
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214514125000911
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