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Rafflesia , a holoparasitic genus that produces the largest flower in the world is characterized by the absence of leaves, stem and other macroscopic organs. To better understand the molecular regulation of flower development in this genus we isolated and characterized a floral MADS-box gene, namely,  RcMADS1  from  Rafflesia cantleyi . Heterologous expression analysis in  Arabidopsis  was chosen because  Rafflesia  is not amenable to genetic manipulations.  RcMADS1  shares sequence similarity with  AGAMOUS-LIKE 24  ( AGL24 ) and  SHORT VEGETATIVE PHASE  ( SVP)  of  Arabidopsis . Ectopic expression of  RcMADS1  in  Arabidopsis  caused early flowering and conversion of sepals and petals into leaf-like structures, and carpels into inflorescences. In  35S :: RcMADS1  plants  SUPPRESSOR OF OVEREXPRESSION OF CONSTANS 1  ( SOC1 ), a downstream target gene of  AGL24,  was upregulated.  35S :: RcMADS1  plants exhibit early flowering and conversion of the floral meristem into inflorescence meristem, as in  35S :: AGL24  plants. Similar to  AGL24 ,  RcMADS1  could rescue the late flowering phenotypes of  agl24-1  and  FRIGIDA , but not the early flowering of  svp-41 . Based on these results, we propose that  RcMADS1  is a functional ortholog of  Arabidopsis AGL24 .

Identification and Characterization of RcMADS1, an AGL24 Ortholog from the Holoparasitic Plant Rafflesia cantleyi Solms-Laubach (Rafflesiaceae)