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Introgression of a novel Thinopyrum intermedium St-chromosome-specific HMW-GS gene into wheat

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Thinopyrum intermedium has been hybridized extensively with wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) and several genes for disease resistance have been introgressed to cultivated wheat. However, there are very few reports about the Th. intermedium-derived seed storage protein genes which have been transferred into a wheat background by chromosome manipulation. Our aim is to identify several wheat–Th. intermedium ssp. trichophorum derivatives, and document these lines by genomic in situ hybridization (GISH), molecular markers and seed storage protein analysis. We found that a novel Th. intermedium 1St#2 chromosome-specific high-molecular-weight glutenin subunit (HMW-GS) was transferred to the wheat–Thinopyrum derivative lines. The genomic sequence of the Thinopyrum-derived HMW-GS was characterized and designated Glu-1St#2x, since it resembled x-type glutenins in both the N-terminal domain and C-terminal domain. It is much shorter than that of reported HMW-GS genes. The Glu-1St#2x sequence was successfully expressed in Escherichia coli and resulted in the identical weight to the native protein. The GISH and newly developed chromosome Thinopyrum-specific DNA markers enabled physically location of Glu-1St#2x to the region FL0.60–1.00 on Th. intermedium 1St#2L chromosome arm. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that the Glu-1St#2x evolved earlier than other x-type HMW-GS homoeologues in modern wheat genomes. The effect of Glu-1St#2x on protein content, sodium dodecyl sulphate sedimentation value and improvement of solvent retention capacity in wheat background suggested that Th. intermedium chromosome 1St#2 may have potential for improvement of wheat end-product quality.

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We particularly thank Dr. I. Dundas at the University of Adelaide, Australia for reviewing the manuscript. We thank the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 31101143, 31171542, 31201203), and Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of China (ZYGX2010J099, ZYGX2011J101) for financial support.

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    Guang-Rong Li, Cheng Liu, Cheng-Hui Li, Jin-Mei Zhao, Li Zhou, Gang Dai & Zu-Jun Yang

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Li, GR., Liu, C., Li, CH. et al. Introgression of a novel Thinopyrum intermedium St-chromosome-specific HMW-GS gene into wheat. Mol Breeding 31, 843–853 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11032-013-9838-8

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