title: Identification of a protein kinase gene associated with pistillody, homeotic transformation of stamens into pistil-like structures, in alloplasmic wheat.
abstract: Homeotic transformation of stamens into pistil-like structures (called pistillody) has been reported in cytoplasmic substitution (alloplasmic) lines of bread wheat (Triticum aestivum) having the cytoplasm of a wild relative species, Aegilops crassa. Our previous studies indicated that pistillody is caused by alterations of the class B MADS-box gene expression pattern associated with mitochondrial gene(s) in the Ae. crassa cytoplasm. To elucidate the nuclear gene involved in the cross-talk between pistillody-related mitochondrial gene(s) and nuclear homeotic genes, we performed cDNA subtraction analysis using cDNAs derived from young spikes of a pistillody line and a normal line. As a result, we identified a protein kinase gene, WPPK1 (wheat pistillody-related protein kinase 1), which is upregulated in the young spikes of the pistillody line. RT-PCR analysis indicated that WPPK1 is strongly expressed in pistils and pistil-like stamens in the pistillody line, suggesting that it is involved in the formation of pistil-like stamens as well as pistils. The full-length cDNA sequence for WPPK1 showed high similarity with a flowering plant PVPK-1 protein kinase, and phylogenetic analysis indicated that it is a member of AGC group protein kinases. Furthermore, a phosphorylation assay indicated that it has protein kinase activity. In situ hybridization analysis revealed that WPPK1 is expressed in developing pistils and pistil-like stamens as well as in their primordia. These indicate that in the alloplasmic line, WPPK1 plays a role in formation and development of pistil-like stamens.
authors: Department of Bioscience, Fukui Prefectural University, 4-1-1 Matsuoka-Kenjojima, Yoshida-Gun, Fukui, Japan.
authors: Tatsunori
authors: T
authors: Saraike
authors: Naoki
authors: N
authors: Shitsukawa
authors: Yuko
authors: Y
authors: Yamamoto
authors: Hiroko
authors: H
authors: Hagita
authors: Yukimoto
authors: Y
authors: Iwasaki
authors: Shigeo
authors: S
authors: Takumi
authors: Koji
authors: K
authors: Murai
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D015153:Blotting, Western; D035264:Flowers / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; D017403:In Situ Hybridization; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014908:Triticum / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development
chemical_list: D010940:Plant Proteins; D011494:Protein Kinases
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