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Table 1 List of maize opaque endosperm mutants identified and characterized so far. Modified from Zhang, Zhan & Yadegari (2018)

From: An update on the maize zein-gene family in the post-genomics era

Mutant

Locus

Gene name

Protein type

References

o1

Zm00001d052110

–

Myosin XI motor

Wang et al. (2012)

o2

Zm00001d018971

–

bZIP TF

Schmidt, Ketudat, Aukerman & Hoschek (1992)

o5

Zm00001d020537

MGD1

Monogalactosyldiacylglycerol synthase

Myers et al. (2011)

o6

Zm00001d010056

PRO1

D1-pyrroline-5-carboxylate synthetase

Wang et al. (2014)

o7

Zm00001d026649

AAE3

Acyl-CoA synthetase

Miclaus, Xu & Messing (2011)

o10

Zm00001d033654

–

Cereal-specifc non-zein PB protein

Yao et al. (2016)

o11

Zm00001d003677

–

bHLH TF

Feng et al. (2018)

fl1

Zm00001d003398

–

Non-zein PB protein

Holding et al. (2007)

fl2

Zm00001d049243

–

22-kD α-zein

Coleman et al. 1997

fl3

Zm00001d009292

–

PLATZ TF

Li et al. (2017)

fl4

Zm00001d048851

–

19-kD α-zeins

Wang et al. (2014)

De-B30

Zm00001d019158

–

19-kD α-zeins

Kim et al. (2004)

Mc

Zm00001d005793

–

16-kD γ-zein

Kim et al. (2006)

mto140

Zm00001d014734

AroDH-1

Arogenate dehydrogenase

Holding et al. (2010)

  1. De-B30 defective endosperm-B30, f floury, Mc Mucronate, o opaque, PB protein body