W3 Is a New Wax Locus That Is Essential for Biosynthesis of β-Diketone, Development of Glaucousness, and Reduction of Cuticle Permeability in Common Wheat

Zhengzhi Zhang; Wenjie Wei; Huilan Zhu; Ghana S Challa; Caili Bi; Harold N Trick; Wanlong Li

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0140524

W3 Is a New Wax Locus That Is Essential for Biosynthesis of β-Diketone, Development of Glaucousness, and Reduction of Cuticle Permeability in Common Wheat

PLoS One. 2015 Oct 15;10(10):e0140524. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0140524. eCollection 2015.

Authors

Zhengzhi Zhang¹, Wenjie Wei¹, Huilan Zhu¹, Ghana S Challa¹, Caili Bi², Harold N Trick², Wanlong Li¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biology and Microbiology, South Dakota State University, Brookings, South Dakota, 57007, United States of America.
² Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, 66506, United States of America.

Abstract

W3 is essential for β-diketone biosynthesis but suppresses its hydroxylation. Loss-of-function mutation w3 significantly increased cuticle permeability in terms of water loss and chlorophyll efflux.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Chromosome Mapping
Gene Expression Regulation, Plant
Genes, Plant*
Mutation
Nitriles / metabolism*
Permeability
Phenotype
Quantitative Trait Loci*
Sulfones / metabolism*
Transcription, Genetic
Triticum / genetics*
Triticum / metabolism*
Waxes / chemistry
Waxes / metabolism*

Substances

Nitriles
Sulfones
Waxes
diketonitrile

Grants and funding

This work was partly supported by the USDA/DOE Feedstock Genomics Program, South Dakota Agricultural Experimental Station (Brookings, SD) and South Dakota Wheat Commission (Pierre, SD).