FT1 — Triticum aestivum

Summary

TRAESCSU02G180800 (TaFT1) on wheat chromosome 2A encodes a protein with a xyloglucan fucosyltransferase (XG_FTase) domain and is associated with alpha-1,2-fucosyltransferase activity, xyloglucan 6-xylosyltransferase activity, and other enzyme activities. The protein localizes to Golgi membranes and is associated with xyloglucan and cell wall biogenesis, protein O-linked glycosylation, pollen wall assembly, root hair development, and shade avoidance. TaFT1 is linked to agronomically important traits including grain yield, ear number, flowering time, anthesis time, plant height, root morphology, seed set, aluminum response, salt tolerance, and disease tolerance. Studies of related genes in other species link the family to xyloglucan fucosylation, arabinogalactan-protein fucosylation, cell wall composition, heading time, spikelet number, and tiller number.