Gene - Detail
Detail of Gene
| Basic Information | |
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| CGSNL Gene Symbol | EMF2A |
| Gene Symbol Synonym | OsEMF2a, OsEMF2, EMF2, ZOS4-02, OsZOS4-02, OsPcG3, PcG3 |
| CGSNL Gene Name | EMBRYONIC FLOWER 2A |
| Gene Name Synonym | EMBRYONIC FLOWER 2, Embryonic Flower2a, zinc-finger protein TFIIIA class of Oryza sativa 4-02, ZPT of Oryza sativa 4-02, Polycomb group protein 3 |
| Protein Name | ZINC-FINGER PROTEIN TFIIIA CLASS OF ORYZA SATIVA 4-02 |
| Allele | osemf2a, osemf2a-1, osemf2a-2, emf2a, emf2a-3, emf2a-4, emf2a-5 |
| Chromosome No. | 4 |
| Explanation | a component of PRC2 (Polycomb repressive complex 2). Polycomb group protein, Supressor of Zeste(12) homolog. a rice homolog of the Arabidopsis PcG gene Embryonic Flower2 (EMF2). Q0JF48. AY321106. KC609074-KC609086 (O. sativa and wild rice species, partial cds). ROS1a Target gene. PO:0030123: panicle inflorescence. PO:0030104: caryopsis fruit. TO:0001109: grain color trait. GO:0106185: histone H3-K37 methylation. GO:0071514: genetic imprinting. GO:0010342: endosperm cellularization. |
| Trait Class |
Seed - Morphological traits - Embryo
Reproductive organ - Heading date Seed - Morphological traits Tolerance and resistance - Stress tolerance Seed - Physiological traits - Storage substances Seed - Morphological traits - Endosperm |
| Expression | |
| Sequence/Locus | |
| cDNA Accession No. |
AK069556
AK120470 |
| MSU ID |
LOC_Os04g08034.1
LOC_Os04g08034.2 LOC_Os04g08034.3 LOC_Os04g08034.4 LOC_Os04g08034.5 LOC_Os04g08034.6 |
| RAP ID |
Os04g0162100 |
| Links |
Oryzabase Chromosome View
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RAP-DB ( IRGSP 1.0 / Build5 ) Related IDs List ( IRGSP 1.0 / Build5 ) |
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| Link map | Classical linkage map |
| References | |
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Shi Z., Cao J., Li C., Liu J., Yang X., Cheng X.
Plants (Basel) 2025 14(17) Genome-Wide Analysis of the Rice PcG Gene Family and Its Involvement in Salt Response and Development.
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Cheng X., Pan M., E Z., Zhou Y., Niu B., Chen C.
Plant Commun 2021 2(1) 100092 The maternally expressed polycomb group gene <i>OsEMF2a</i> is essential for endosperm cellularization and imprinting in rice.
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Tonosaki K., Ono A., Kunisada M., Nishino M., Nagata H., Sakamoto S., Kijima S.T., Furuumi H., Nonomura K.I., Sato Y., Ohme-Takagi M., Endo M., Comai L., Hatakeyama K., Kawakatsu T., Kinoshita T.
Plant Cell 2021 33(1) 85-103 Mutation of the imprinted gene OsEMF2a induces autonomous endosperm development and delayed cellularization in rice.
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Kim M.Y., Ono A., Scholten S., Kinoshita T., Zilberman D., Okamoto T., Fischer R.L.
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2019 116(19) 9652-9657 DNA demethylation by ROS1a in rice vegetative cells promotes methylation in sperm.
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Kuang Q., Yu X., Peng X., Sun M.X.
Plant Methods 2015 11 49 The isolation of early nuclear endosperm of Oryza sativa to facilitate gene expression analysis and screening imprinted genes.
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Zhu,T., Xu,P.Z., Liu,J.P., Peng,S., Mo,X.C. and Gao,L.Z.
Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 2014 70 348-361 Phylogenetic relationships and genome divergence among the AA- genome species of the genus Oryza as revealed by 53 nuclear genes and 16 intergenic regions
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Luo M,Platten D,Chaudhury A,Peacock WJ,Dennis ES
Mol Plant 2009 2(4) 711-23 Expression, imprinting, and evolution of rice homologs of the polycomb group genes.
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Agarwal P., Arora R., Ray S., Ashok K Singh, Vijay P Singh, Takatsuji H., Kapoor S., Akhilesh K Tyagi
Plant Mol. Biol. 2007 65(4) 467-85 Genome-wide identification of C2H2 zinc-finger gene family in rice and their phylogeny and expression analysis.
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Li,K., Yang,J., Liu,J., Du,X., Wei,C., Su,W., He,G., Zhang,Q., Hong,F. and Qian,X.
DNA Seq. 2006 17(1) 74-78 Cloning, characterization and tissue-specific expression of a cDNA encoding a novel EMBRYONIC FLOWER 2 gene (OsEMF2) in Oryza sativa.
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| Gramene ID | - |
| Ontologies | |
| Gene Ontology |
response to salt stress( GO:0009651 )
cellularization( GO:0007349 ) endosperm development( GO:0009960 ) intracellular( GO:0005622 ) genetic imprinting( GO:0006349 ) zinc ion binding( GO:0008270 ) regulation of auxin biosynthetic process( GO:0010600 ) regulation of starch biosynthetic process( GO:0010581 ) seed maturation( GO:0010431 ) embryonic development( GO:0009790 ) cytokinin biosynthetic process( GO:0009691 ) regulation of cell cycle( GO:0051726 ) seed development( GO:0048316 ) nucleus( GO:0005634 ) multicellular organismal development( GO:0007275 ) chromatin organization( GO:0006325 ) cell differentiation( GO:0030154 ) metal ion binding( GO:0046872 ) chromatin DNA binding( GO:0031490 ) cellularization of endosperm( GO:0010342 ) negative regulation of flower development( GO:0009910 ) |
| Trait Ontology |
flower development trait( TO:0000622 )
shoot apical meristem development( TO:0006020 ) seed development trait( TO:0000653 ) days to heading( TO:0000137 ) endosperm color( TO:0000487 ) seed viability( TO:0000345 ) embryo development trait( TO:0000620 ) endosperm storage protein content( TO:0002653 ) seed maturation( TO:0002661 ) starch content( TO:0000696 ) sucrose content( TO:0000328 ) fructose content( TO:0006005 ) glucose content( TO:0000300 ) cytokinin content( TO:0002660 ) auxin content( TO:0002672 ) salt tolerance( TO:0006001 ) |
| Plant Ontology |
seed development stage( PO:0001170 )
endosperm( PO:0009089 ) shoot system( PO:0009006 ) root( PO:0009005 ) leaf( PO:0025034 ) inflorescence( PO:0009049 ) pollen( PO:0025281 ) plant embryo stage( PO:0007631 ) endosperm development stage( PO:0007633 ) |
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| Last updated | |
| Dec 12, 2025 | |
