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GrainGenes Reference Report: TAG-103-733

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Reference
TAG-103-733
Title
Characterisation of two gene subunits on the 1R chromosome of rye as orthologs of each of the Glu-1 genes of hexaploid wheat
Journal
Theoretical and Applied Genetics
Year
2001
Volume
103
Pages
733-742
Author
De Bustos A
Rubio P
Jouve N
Abstract
Summary: The visco-elastic properties of bread flour are firmly associated with the presence or absence of certain HMW subunits coded by the Glu-1 genes. Identifying allelic specific molecular markers (AS-PCR) associated with the presence of Glu-1 genes can serve as a valuable tool for the selection of useful genotypes. This paper reports the use of primers designed from nucleotide sequences of the Glu-D1 gene of wheat (AS-PCR for Glu-D1y10) that recognise and amplify homologous sequences of the Glu-R1 gene subunits of rye. The primers amplify the complete coding regions and provided two products of different size in rye, in wheats carrying the substitution 1R(1D) and in rye-wheat aneuploid lines carrying the long arm of chromosome 1R. The location, the molecular characterisation of these sequences and their expression during grain ripening seem to demonstrate that the amplification products correspond to structural genes encoding the high-molecular-weight (HMW) glutenins of rye. The homology of the rye gene to subunits encoding HMW glutenins in wheat was confirmed by Southern blots and sequencing. The amplification-products were cloned, sequenced and characterised, and the sequences compared with the main glutenin subunits of wheat and related species. Further, an RT-PCR experiment was performed using primers designed from the sequence of both amplified products. This assay demonstrated that both sequences are expressed in endosperm during grain ripening. The results of these analyses suggest that both gene subunits correspond to x- and y-type genes of the Glu-R1 locus of rye
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Keyword
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amplification
aneuploid
aneuploid lines
as-pcr
assay
baking quality
bread
breadmaking quality
chromosome
endosperm
flour
gene
genotype
glu-d1
glu-d1 gene
glu-r1
glutenin
glutenin subunit
hexaploid
hexaploid wheat
high molecular weight
high molecular weight glutenin
hmw glutenin
hmw subunits
homology
inheritance
locus
long arm
marker
molecular marker
nucleotide
nucleotide sequence
oct
orthologous genes
paper
pcr analysis
primer
products
properties
region
ripening
rt-pcr
rye
secale cereale
selection
sequence
sequencing
structural gene
substitution
subunit
tool
triticum aestivum
viscoelastic properties
wheat

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