AP2 (TRAESCS3B02G042400) — triticum aestivum

Summary

TRAESCS3B02G042400, designated TaAP2 on bread wheat chromosome 3B, encodes an uncharacterized protein. The gene is annotated to biological regulation, the antifungal innate immune response, the GABA shunt, carbohydrate transport, glucose metabolism, photoprotection, photoperiodism, meristem development, lipid transport, glutathione metabolism, virus-induced PTGS, photorespiration, jasmonic acid anabolism, sucrose metabolism, syngamy, detoxification, and fatty acid anabolism. TaAP2 is associated with seed shape, sporogenesis, anther extrusion, grain weight per spike, floral organ identity, grain length, grains per spike, pollen fertility, stem elongation, spike length, meristem identity, stripe rust, heterosis, organ identity, grain number, grain size, grain weight, anthesis time, plant height, grain yield, and drought tolerance. Related genes in other species link the AP2/ERF family to freezing tolerance and salt tolerance, and to seed length, panicle weight, spike density, and anthesis silking interval.