PNH — Oryza sativa Japonica

Summary

OsPNH (OS04G0616050) encodes a member of the Argonaute protein family. In rice, the gene is associated with a wide range of developmental and physiological processes, including appendage, xylem, lateral root, and trichome morphogenesis, as well as cell development, stomatal movement and closure, and syngamy. It is also linked to zinc import, lipid transport, detoxification, and responses to arsenic. On the agronomic side, OsPNH has been connected to tiller angle and number, plant height, leaf shape and size, rolled leaf, spikelet number, grain size and yield, amylose content, root length, water use efficiency, photosynthetic rate, stomatal resistance, and tolerance to heat, drought, and salt. These associations come from ontology annotations and trait records, not from direct functional characterization of the encoded protein.