基金We thank Professor Gynheung An (Department of Life Science, Division of Molecular and Life Sciences, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Korean) for sharing the rice culture ceils. We also thank Professor S.S.M. Sun (Biology Program, School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong) for providing glutelin and prolamin antibodies and the technical support in cultivating rice, We were also grateful to Mr Zhao Min for his involvement in cloning the rice RMR1 at the beginning of this project. No conflict of interest declared.