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Characterization of the WAK Gene Family Reveals Genes for FHB Resistance in Bread Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)
Wall-associated kinases (WAKs) are important receptor-like proteins that play major roles in plant defense against pathogens. Fusarium head blight (FHB), one of the most widespread and devastating crop diseases, reduces wheat yield and leads to quality deterioration. Although WAK gene families have...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9266398/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35806165 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms23137157 |
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author | Xia, Xiaobo Zhang, Xu Zhang, Yicong Wang, Lirong An, Qi Tu, Qiang Wu, Lei Jiang, Peng Zhang, Peng Yu, Lixuan Li, Gang He, Yi |
author_facet | Xia, Xiaobo Zhang, Xu Zhang, Yicong Wang, Lirong An, Qi Tu, Qiang Wu, Lei Jiang, Peng Zhang, Peng Yu, Lixuan Li, Gang He, Yi |
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description | Wall-associated kinases (WAKs) are important receptor-like proteins that play major roles in plant defense against pathogens. Fusarium head blight (FHB), one of the most widespread and devastating crop diseases, reduces wheat yield and leads to quality deterioration. Although WAK gene families have been studied in many plants, systematic research on bread wheat (Triticum aestivum) and its role in FHB resistance, in particular, is lacking. In this study, we identified and characterized 320 genes of the TaWAK family in wheat distributed across all chromosomes except 4B and divided them into three phylogenetic groups. Duplication and synteny analyses provided valuable information on the evolutionary characteristics of the TaWAK genes. The gene expression pattern analysis suggested that TaWAK genes play diverse roles in plant biological processes and that at least 30 genes may be involved in the response to Fusarium infection in wheat spikes, with most of the genes contributing to pectin- and chitin-induced defense pathways. Furthermore, 45 TaWAK genes were identified within 17 hcmQTLs that are related to wheat FHB resistance. Our findings provide potential candidate genes for improving FHB resistance and insights into the future functional analysis of TaWAK genes in wheat. |
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spelling | pubmed-92663982022-07-09 Characterization of the WAK Gene Family Reveals Genes for FHB Resistance in Bread Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Xia, Xiaobo Zhang, Xu Zhang, Yicong Wang, Lirong An, Qi Tu, Qiang Wu, Lei Jiang, Peng Zhang, Peng Yu, Lixuan Li, Gang He, Yi Int J Mol Sci Article Wall-associated kinases (WAKs) are important receptor-like proteins that play major roles in plant defense against pathogens. Fusarium head blight (FHB), one of the most widespread and devastating crop diseases, reduces wheat yield and leads to quality deterioration. Although WAK gene families have been studied in many plants, systematic research on bread wheat (Triticum aestivum) and its role in FHB resistance, in particular, is lacking. In this study, we identified and characterized 320 genes of the TaWAK family in wheat distributed across all chromosomes except 4B and divided them into three phylogenetic groups. Duplication and synteny analyses provided valuable information on the evolutionary characteristics of the TaWAK genes. The gene expression pattern analysis suggested that TaWAK genes play diverse roles in plant biological processes and that at least 30 genes may be involved in the response to Fusarium infection in wheat spikes, with most of the genes contributing to pectin- and chitin-induced defense pathways. Furthermore, 45 TaWAK genes were identified within 17 hcmQTLs that are related to wheat FHB resistance. Our findings provide potential candidate genes for improving FHB resistance and insights into the future functional analysis of TaWAK genes in wheat. MDPI 2022-06-28 /pmc/articles/PMC9266398/ /pubmed/35806165 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms23137157 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Xia, Xiaobo Zhang, Xu Zhang, Yicong Wang, Lirong An, Qi Tu, Qiang Wu, Lei Jiang, Peng Zhang, Peng Yu, Lixuan Li, Gang He, Yi Characterization of the WAK Gene Family Reveals Genes for FHB Resistance in Bread Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) |
title | Characterization of the WAK Gene Family Reveals Genes for FHB Resistance in Bread Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) |
title_full | Characterization of the WAK Gene Family Reveals Genes for FHB Resistance in Bread Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) |
title_fullStr | Characterization of the WAK Gene Family Reveals Genes for FHB Resistance in Bread Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) |
title_full_unstemmed | Characterization of the WAK Gene Family Reveals Genes for FHB Resistance in Bread Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) |
title_short | Characterization of the WAK Gene Family Reveals Genes for FHB Resistance in Bread Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) |
title_sort | characterization of the wak gene family reveals genes for fhb resistance in bread wheat (triticum aestivum l.) |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9266398/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35806165 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms23137157 |
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