AIN1 — Triticum aestivum

Summary

TRAESCS7D02G390300, designated TaAIN1 (also known as TaPLATZ1, TaPLATZ2, TaPLATZ11, and AIN1) on bread wheat chromosome 7D, encodes a PLATZ transcription factor family protein. The gene is associated with salt stress tolerance and alkali stress tolerance in this species, and the biological process term response to salt is annotated on it. TaAIN1 is linked to a wide range of agronomic traits, including grain weight per spike, spike density, plant height, tiller number, flag leaf angle, leaf width and length, root fresh weight and volume, harvest index, ear number, spike length, germination rate, seed dormancy, protein content, lignin content, flavonoid content, and responses to wheat leaf rust, stripe rust, and stem rust. Expression evidence links the gene to multiple tissues, including root, leaf, flower, pollen, and callus. Studies of related genes in other species have linked the family to spikelet number.