The application discloses a corn
embryo development late-stage enrichment
gene ZmLEA29 and application thereof in regulating a grain
dehydration process, and belongs to the technical field of
genetic engineering. The technical problem to be solved by the application is how to regulate the
grain moisture content and / or the grain
dehydration rate of a
plant. To solve the above technical problem, the application provides a
protein with an
amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:2, 1-598. The application also provides application of the ZmLEA29
protein or a substance for regulating expression of a
gene coding the ZmLEA29
protein or a substance for regulating the content of the ZmLEA29 in regulating the
grain moisture content of a
plant. The application proves through experiments that the ZmLEA29 protein can negatively regulate the
corn grain dehydration rate, which provides a valuable theoretical reference for breaking the
bottleneck of the whole-process mechanized operation of corn and provides a genetic material for breeding a new corn variety suitable for mechanical harvesting.