1-FEHw2 — Triticum aestivum

Summary

TRAESCS6D02G064400 (symbol 1-FEHw2) on bread wheat chromosome 6D encodes a fructan beta-(2,1)-fructosidase (EC 3.2.1.153), a member of the glycoside hydrolase family 32. The gene is associated with levan catabolism and fructan anabolism, as well as cold acclimation, response to karrikin, nitrate response, and vacuole organization. It has been linked to numerous agronomic traits including grain number per spikelet, grain weight per spike, grain number per plant, grain texture, spikelet fertility, stem weight, peduncle length, culm length, awn length, flag leaf angle, canopy temperature, coleoptile length, root weight, seedling vigour, winter survival, frost damage, water stress tolerance, heading date, and stem rust infection response. The encoded protein localises to the apoplast and is associated with carbohydrate metabolism, osmotic response, and membrane transport processes.