E elements of signal transduction in GA, receptor GID1 and inhibitor DELLA proteins, have been studied extensively [35,36]. The famous GID1 mutant genotype in rice is extremely dwarfed and completely insensitive to GAs [36]. DELLA BTZ043 biological activity proteins occupy the pivotal position, linking the GID1 receptor and its downstream genes. Structures of DELLA proteins contain a characteristic conserved C-terminal GRAS (GAI, RGA and SCR) and a variable N-terminal [37]. Nine transcripts of GID1 and five DELLA transcripts were annotated in the KEGG pathway through rigorous criteria (Table 4, Table S2). In Arabidopsis, there are a total of five DELLA proteins. RGA and RGL2 play more notable roles than other DELLAs in floral development, and their function is enhanced by RGL1 [8,38]. We selected 23977191 four candidate transcripts along with the DELLA and GRAS domain comparison with AtDELLAs to construct the phylogram tree using ClustalW2 online (Figure 7). These sequences were aligned first by Clustal Omega. In the tree, GACN01023306 proteins were more highly similar to AtRGLs, whereas GACN01009618 and GACN01009619 were clustered with AtGAI and AtRGA. In addition, GACN01006686 possessed the longest distance from the AtDELLA proteins. DELLAs suppress the expression of downstream genes by binding domains in their promoters and they are degraded by MedChemExpress Dimethylenastron the26S proteosome [39,40]. RT-PCR results demonstrated that the expression of the three DELLA transcripts was almost unchanged from stage 1 to stage 6, and only one GID1 showed higher expression at stage 5 and stage 6 (Figure 6). GID2 in rice and SLEEPY (SLY1) with its homolog SLY2 in Arabidopsis belong to the F-box protein family, which is also involved in the degradation of DELLAs [41]. We identified six transcripts of GID2 in the transcriptome database (Table 4, Table S2). Many downstream DELLA genes are involved in regulating the signal transduction of GAs. Compared to GA-regulated genes in Arabidopsis [42], 14 target genes responded directly to both GA and DELLA after short-term GA treatment and were filtered using microarray chips combined with real-time RT-PCR analysis [35]. We could exclusively identify a few matched homologs encoding GA20ox, GA3ox and GID1, which were mentioned in the previous section (Figure 4). We could only identify a few matched homologs probably because of the discrepancies in species and incomplete annotation in our transcriptome. However, there remains doubt that GA20ox and GA3ox are not DELLA primary targets because binding between the RGA domain and their promoters has been undetected, even though the transcript levels of the two genes change a short time after DELLAs degradation [35,43]. In addition, several other transcript factors are directly regulated by the DELLA’s binding domain, such as the PHYTOCHROME-INTERACTING FACTORS (PIFs) from the bHLH family. DELLAs bind to PIF3 and PIF4 to repress hypocotyl expansion or chloroplast development, linked to the light response and the circadian clock [44,45,46]. PIF1 (PIL5) delays germination in the dark not only by repressing the expression of GA3ox but also by promoting the expression of GA2ox to regulate endogenous GA levels and the expression of two DELLAs, GAI and RGA [47]. We only identified one PIF1 or PIF3 in our transcriptome (Table 4, Table S2). GO annotation demonstrated that these genes possess the ability to bind nucleic acids as homologous genes and that these genes are located in intracellular membrane-bound organelles. PIF3 was up-r.E elements of signal transduction in GA, receptor GID1 and inhibitor DELLA proteins, have been studied extensively [35,36]. The famous GID1 mutant genotype in rice is extremely dwarfed and completely insensitive to GAs [36]. DELLA proteins occupy the pivotal position, linking the GID1 receptor and its downstream genes. Structures of DELLA proteins contain a characteristic conserved C-terminal GRAS (GAI, RGA and SCR) and a variable N-terminal [37]. Nine transcripts of GID1 and five DELLA transcripts were annotated in the KEGG pathway through rigorous criteria (Table 4, Table S2). In Arabidopsis, there are a total of five DELLA proteins. RGA and RGL2 play more notable roles than other DELLAs in floral development, and their function is enhanced by RGL1 [8,38]. We selected 23977191 four candidate transcripts along with the DELLA and GRAS domain comparison with AtDELLAs to construct the phylogram tree using ClustalW2 online (Figure 7). These sequences were aligned first by Clustal Omega. In the tree, GACN01023306 proteins were more highly similar to AtRGLs, whereas GACN01009618 and GACN01009619 were clustered with AtGAI and AtRGA. In addition, GACN01006686 possessed the longest distance from the AtDELLA proteins. DELLAs suppress the expression of downstream genes by binding domains in their promoters and they are degraded by the26S proteosome [39,40]. RT-PCR results demonstrated that the expression of the three DELLA transcripts was almost unchanged from stage 1 to stage 6, and only one GID1 showed higher expression at stage 5 and stage 6 (Figure 6). GID2 in rice and SLEEPY (SLY1) with its homolog SLY2 in Arabidopsis belong to the F-box protein family, which is also involved in the degradation of DELLAs [41]. We identified six transcripts of GID2 in the transcriptome database (Table 4, Table S2). Many downstream DELLA genes are involved in regulating the signal transduction of GAs. Compared to GA-regulated genes in Arabidopsis [42], 14 target genes responded directly to both GA and DELLA after short-term GA treatment and were filtered using microarray chips combined with real-time RT-PCR analysis [35]. We could exclusively identify a few matched homologs encoding GA20ox, GA3ox and GID1, which were mentioned in the previous section (Figure 4). We could only identify a few matched homologs probably because of the discrepancies in species and incomplete annotation in our transcriptome. However, there remains doubt that GA20ox and GA3ox are not DELLA primary targets because binding between the RGA domain and their promoters has been undetected, even though the transcript levels of the two genes change a short time after DELLAs degradation [35,43]. In addition, several other transcript factors are directly regulated by the DELLA’s binding domain, such as the PHYTOCHROME-INTERACTING FACTORS (PIFs) from the bHLH family. DELLAs bind to PIF3 and PIF4 to repress hypocotyl expansion or chloroplast development, linked to the light response and the circadian clock [44,45,46]. PIF1 (PIL5) delays germination in the dark not only by repressing the expression of GA3ox but also by promoting the expression of GA2ox to regulate endogenous GA levels and the expression of two DELLAs, GAI and RGA [47]. We only identified one PIF1 or PIF3 in our transcriptome (Table 4, Table S2). GO annotation demonstrated that these genes possess the ability to bind nucleic acids as homologous genes and that these genes are located in intracellular membrane-bound organelles. PIF3 was up-r.