Biologia plantarum 57:540-546, 2013 | DOI: 10.1007/s10535-012-0297-6

A type I MADS-box gene is differentially expressed in wheat in response to infection by the stripe rust fungus

J. Guo1,*, X. -X. Shi1, J. -S. Zhang1, Y. -H. Duan2, P. -F. Bai1, X. -N. Guan1, Z. -S. Kang1,*
1 State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas and College of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, P. R. China
2 State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas and College of Life Science, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, P. R. China

The gene, designated TaMADS2, was obtained from wheat leaves infected with the wheat stripe rust fungus by in silico cloning and RT-PCR. TaMADS2 encodes a predicted 159-amino-acid polypeptide that contains a highly conserved MADS domain. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that TaMADS2 is a type I MADS-box gene. The TaMADS2 transcript was detected in wheat leaves, stems, and roots. The expression of TaMADS2 was substantially down-regulated in the compatible interaction between wheat and Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici (Pst) at 36 and 48 h post-inoculation (hpi), whereas in the incompatible interaction the down-regulation was only observed at 48 hpi. Exogenous salicylic acid (SA) and abscisic acid (ABA) greatly induced the expression of TaMADS2 at 12 h post treatment (hpt), whereas methyl jasmonate (MeJA) down-regulated TaMADS2 at 6 hpt by approximately two-fold.

Keywords: abscisic acid; methyl jasmonate; Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici; salicylic acid; TaMADS2; Triticum aestivum
Subjects: MADS-box; gene expression; Plant-pathogen interactions; abscisic acid; ethylene; methyl jasmonate; salicylic acid; wheat; fungal infection

Received: October 1, 2011; Accepted: October 8, 2012; Published: September 1, 2013Show citation

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Guo, J., Shi, X.-X., Zhang, J.-S., Duan, Y.-H., Bai, P.-F., Guan, X.-N., & Kang, Z.-S. (2013). A type I MADS-box gene is differentially expressed in wheat in response to infection by the stripe rust fungus. Biologia plantarum, 57(3), 540-546. doi: 10.1007/s10535-012-0297-6.
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