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Characterization of HMW-GSs and their gene inaction in tetraploid wheat.

Abstract
In this study, we report the expression of HMW-GSs in 87 accessions of tetraploid wheat, the characterization of three inactive and one active HMW glutenin genes, and the functional verification of HMW-GSs by promoter-GUS expression. SDS-PAGE profiles revealed that tetraploid wheat has many different combinations of HMW-GSs and the number of subunits varies from 1 to 4. HMW glutenin genes at the Glu-A1x, Glu-A1y and Glu-B1y loci exhibited different frequencies of inaction while the Glu-B1x allele was expressed in all 87 accessions. Gene cloning showed that only 1Bx (Tdu-e) could express a full-length protein and its deduced protein sequence has the typical primary structure but with fewer cysteine residues. The expression of the other three HMW glutenin genes has been disrupted by stop codons in their repetitive domains. Besides short indels or mutations of one or more bases, an 85-bp deletion and a 185-bp insertion were found in the promoter regions of 1Ay (Tdu-s) and 1Bx (Tdu-e). The transient expression of promoter-GUS constructs indicated that the 1Ay promoter can drive expression of the GUS gene. We conclude that defects (stop codons or the insertion of large transposon-like elements) in the coding regions may be the most probable cause for the inaction of the HMW glutenin genes.
AuthorsQian-Tao Jiang, Jian Ma, Shan Zhao, Quan-Zhi Zhao, Xiu-Jin Lan, Shou-Fen Dai, Zhen-Xiang Lu, You-Liang Zheng, Yu-Ming Wei
JournalGenetica (Genetica) Vol. 140 Issue 7-9 Pg. 325-35 (Sep 2012) ISSN: 1573-6857 [Electronic] Netherlands
PMID23054223 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
Chemical References
  • DNA, Plant
  • Glutens
  • glutenin
Topics
  • Cloning, Molecular
  • DNA, Plant (chemistry)
  • Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
  • Genes, Plant
  • Glutens (genetics)
  • Molecular Weight
  • Phylogeny
  • Tetraploidy
  • Triticum (genetics)

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