CHS — Triticum aestivum

Summary

TRAESCS2A02G025700 (symbol CHS, also known as CHS2) on bread wheat chromosome 2A encodes a chalcone synthase (EC 2.3.1.74), a type III polyketide synthase with naringenin-chalcone synthase activity. This gene is associated with flavonoid, anthocyanin, proanthocyanidin, isoflavonoid, and lignin anabolism, as well as phenylpropanoid metabolism and response to phenylpropanoid. It is linked to pigmentation, pollen wall assembly, pollen-pistil interaction, and ROS metabolic process. Trait associations include grain color, seed coat and pericarp color, coleoptile color, awn color and length, glume pubescence, spike length, plant height, days to heading and maturity, grain weight, seed viability, heterosis, and responses to powdery mildew and stripe rust, as well as drought tolerance and pre-harvest sprouting.