The invention belongs to the technical field of
plant breeding and
biology, and particularly relates to how to reduce the
cadmium content of rice grains through a
gene OsCT1 and application of the
gene OsCT1 to creation of new
germplasm of low-
cadmium-accumulation rice. The invention discloses a
nucleotide sequence of a
gene OsCT1
coding region, a coded
protein sequence, a
CRISPR-Cas9 knockout
target site nucleotide sequence, a
nucleotide sequence of a knockout
mutant and a
protein sequence of the knockout
mutant, as shown in an ST.26
standard sequence nucleotide or
amino acid sequence table. After the gene OsCT1 is knocked out by utilizing a
CRISPR-Cas9 technology, the
cadmium content of grains of the OsCT1-knocked-out transgenic
plant is obviously lower than that of a
wild type variety. In addition, in the
seedling stage, the
plant height and the
root length of the OsCT1-knocked-out transgenic plant are remarkably larger than those of a
wild type variety; after the OsCT1 gene is subjected to overexpression, the grain cadmium content of an overexpressed transgenic plant is slightly higher than that of a
wild type variety. In addition, in the
seedling stage, the plant height and the
root length of the overexpressed OsCT1 transgenic plant are obviously smaller than those of a wild type variety. According to the invention, the OsCT1 gene can be utilized to create a novel rice
germplasm with low cadmium content in grains.