MS2 — Triticum aestivum

Summary

TaMS2 (TRAESCS4A02G020500) on wheat chromosome 4A encodes a fatty acyl-CoA reductase (alcohol-forming), an enzyme classified as EC 1.2.1.84 that acts on long-chain fatty acyl-CoA substrates. This gene is associated with suberin biosynthesis, pollen exine formation, wax anabolism, microsporogenesis, and fatty alcohol anabolism, as well as responses to drought stress, salt stress, and herbicides. It has been linked to grain yield, grain weight, grain number, grain size, grain density, spike length, plant height, days to heading, and anthesis time. Additional associations include wound response, stem-specific expression, and test weight. Studies of related genes in other species connect the family to male fertility, pollen exine development, fatty alcohol production, and drought tolerance, as well as anther and grain development.