简介：Togainanenhancedunderstandingofthemechanismbywhichgibberellins(GAs)regulatethegrowthanddevelopmentofplants,itisnecessarytoidentifyproteinsregulatedbyGA.Proteomeanalysistechniqueshavebeenappliedasadirect,effective,andreliabletoolindifferentialproteinexpressions.Inpreviousstudies,sixteenproteinsshoweddifferencesinaccumulationlevelsasaresultoftreatmentwithGA3,uniconazole,orabscisicacid(ABA),and/orthedifferencesbetweentheGA-deficientsemi-dwarfmutant,Tan-ginbozu,andnormalcultivars.Amongtheseproteins,aldolaseincreasedinrootstreatedwithGA3,waspresentatlowlevelsinTan-ginbozuroots,anddecreasedinrootstreatedwithuniconazoleorABA.Inarootelongationassay,thegrowthofaldolase-antisensetransgenicricewashalfofthatofvectorcontroltransgenicrice.TheseresultsindicatethatincreasesinaldolaseactivitystimulatetheglycolyticpathwayandmayplayanimportantroleintheGA-inducedgrowthofroots.Inthisreview,wediscusstherelationshipamongGA,aldolase,androotgrowth.