ARA1 — Triticum turgidum subsp. durum

Summary

TRITD6BV1G048450, designated ARA1 in durum wheat (Triticum turgidum subsp. durum) on chromosome 6B, encodes a GHMP kinase N-terminal domain-containing protein with L-arabinokinase and galactokinase activities. The gene is associated with galactose metabolism, starch anabolism, and localizes to the plasmodesma and cytosol. It is linked to polysaccharide content, amylopectin structure, arabinose metabolism and toxicity, carbon energy status signaling, sugar signaling, auxin sensitivity, lateral root development, pollen development, grain traits, cell wall composition, and growth. Related genes in other species connect the family to starch synthesis and metabolism, starch biosynthesis, anther development, grain weight, size, appearance, amylose content, starch mobilization, seed weight, pollen fertility, and wheat stripe rust disease response.