The invention provides millet alpha-
amylase as well as an encoding
gene and application thereof, belonging to the technical field of
gene engineering. An
amino acid sequence of the millet alpha-
amylase is shown by SEQ ID No.4 or is an
amino acid sequence which is obtained by substituting, deleting or adding one or more amino acids in the sequence and has the same function, and a
gene encoded
nucleotide sequence of the millet alpha-
amylase is shown by SEQ ID No.1 or a sequence with 80% of homology with this sequence. Under the driving of a
pollen specific
promoter, the millet alpha-amylase provided by the invention degrades
starch in advance in a
pollen developmental phase,
germination energy for
pollen cannot be provided, and the
germination of the pollen is restrained, resulting in male
abortion of crops. The millet alpha-amylase provided by the invention can be used for keeping the homozygosis recessive state of a male sterile
plant, and meanwhile, a step of artificial
stamen removal during
hybrid seed production is saved, so that the millet alpha-amylase has broad application prospect in the aspects of
crop germplasm resource improvement and genetic breeding.