GAD — Triticum turgidum subsp. durum

Summary

TRITD0UV1G029470, designated TtGAD, encodes a protein with sphinganine-1-phosphate aldolase activity, pyridoxal phosphate and calmodulin binding, and calcium ion binding. In durum wheat, TtGAD is associated with sphingolipid and glutamate breakdown, the GABA shunt, glutamate metabolism, mRNA transcription, carboxylic acid metabolism, response to water, calcium ion detection, mechanical stimulus response, and homeostasis. It localises to the ER membrane, ER, plasmodesma, plastid, mitochondria, cytosol, cytoplasm, and nucleus. TtGAD is linked to shoot growth angle, growth stage, jasmonic acid content, stomatal complex closure time, germination rate, root development trait, leaf senescence trait, seed growth and development trait, abscisic acid sensitivity, flowering time trait, and salt tolerance. Related genes in other species connect it to hypoxia response, flooding tolerance, thigmomorphogenesis, and herbivory resistance.