Gene - Detail

Detail of Gene

Basic Information
CGSNL Gene Symbol GGC2
Gene Symbol Synonym OsGGC2
CGSNL Gene Name G-PROTEIN GAMMA SUBUNIT 2 OF TYPE C
Gene Name Synonym G gamma subunit GGC2, Heterotrimeric G Protein gamma subunit, G-protein gamma subunit 2 of type C
Protein Name G-PROTEIN GAMMA SUBUNIT 2 OF TYPE C
Allele ggc2, ggc2-1, ggc2-2, osggc2
Chromosome No. 8
Explanation
Trait Class Vegetative organ - Culm
Reproductive organ - panicle
Seed - Morphological traits - Grain shape
Tolerance and resistance - Stress tolerance
Character as QTL - Yield and productivity
Expression
Sequence/Locus
cDNA Accession No. AK059009
MSU ID -
RAP ID Os08g0456600
Links Oryzabase Chromosome View ( IRGSP 1.0 / Build5 )
RAP-DB ( IRGSP 1.0 / Build5 )
Related IDs List ( IRGSP 1.0 / Build5 )
INSD Accession List
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Map
Locate(cM)
Link map Classical linkage map
References
Kolli R.
Plant Cell 2026  38(1) 
Like white on rice: G proteins impact the Hippo pathway to regulate rice grain size.
Sun S., Cheng J., Zhang Y., Wang Y., Wang L., Wang T., Wang Z., Li X., Zhou Y., Li X., Xiao J., Yan C., Zhang Q., Ouyang Y.
Plant Cell 2025  37(5) 
Novel repetitive elements in plant-specific tails of Gγ proteins as the functional unit in G-protein signaling in crops.
Robinson J.
Plant Cell 2025  37(4) 
Using chimeric rice proteins to make heads or tails of the function of repetitive elements in Gγ subunits.
Liu L., Hao J., Huang K., Duan P., Zhang B., Chi Z., Yao X., Li Y.
EMBO J. 2025  44(13)  3742-3763
Redox regulation of G protein oligomerization and signaling by the glutaredoxin WG1 controls grain size in rice.
Wang Y., Lv Y., Yu H., Hu P., Wen Y., Wang J., Tan Y., Wu H., Zhu L., Wu K., Chai B., Liu J., Zeng D., Zhang G., Zhu L., Gao Z., Dong G., Ren D., Shen L., Zhang Q., Li Q., Guo L., Xiong G., Qian Q., Hu J.
Plant Commun 2023    100673
GR5 acts in the G protein pathway to regulate grain size in rice.
Ferrero-Serrano Á., Chakravorty D., Kirven K.J., Assmann S.M.
bioRxiv 2023   
Oryza CLIMtools: An Online Portal for Investigating Genome-Environment Associations in Rice.
Chaya G., Segami S., Fujita M., Morinaka Y., Iwasaki Y., Miura K.
Plants (Basel) 2022  11(3) 
<i>OsGGC2</i>, Ggamma Subunit of Heterotrimeric G Protein, Regulates plant height by Functionally Overlapping with <i>DEP1</i> in Rice.
Li P., Li H., Liu Z., Zhuang Y., Wei M., Gu Y., Liu Y., Sun X., Tang Y., Yue L., Lu L., Luo D., Huang W., Tu S., Wang S.
Rice (N Y) 2020  13(1)  73
Characterization of the 'Oat-like rice' Caused by a Novel Allele OsMADS1Olr Reveals Vital Importance of OsMADS1 in Regulating grain shape in Oryza sativa L.
Cui Y., Jiang N., Xu Z., Xu Q.
BMC Plant Biol. 2020  20(1)  90
Heterotrimeric G protein are involved in the regulation of multiple agronomic traits and stress tolerance in rice.
Sun S., Wang L., Mao H., Shao L., Li X., Xiao J., Ouyang Y., Zhang Q.
Nat Commun 2018  9(1)  851
A G-protein pathway determines grain size.in rice.
DB Reference
Gramene ID -
Ontologies
Gene Ontology response to cold( GO:0009409 )
response to salt stress( GO:0009651 )
Trait Ontology grain length( TO:0000734 )
grain size( TO:0000397 )
plant height( TO:0000207 )
tiller number( TO:0000346 )
tiller angle( TO:0000567 )
seed set percent( TO:0000455 )
salt tolerance( TO:0006001 )
cold tolerance( TO:0000303 )
panicle length( TO:0000040 )
Plant Ontology -
Related Strains
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Last updated
Aug 2, 2026

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