Gene Details:

• Gene ID:
• Gene Symbol: AaWRKY1
• Gene Name: WRKY transcription factor 1
• Genome:
• Species: Artemisia annua

Functional Descriptions:

• Isolation and Characterization of AaWRKY1, an Artemisia annua Transcription Factor that Regulates the Amorpha-4,11-diene Synthase Gene, a Key Gene of Artemisinin Biosynthesis.
• AaWRKY1 and ADS genes were highly expressed in GSTs and both were strongly induced by methyl jasmonate and chitosan. Transient expression analysis of the AaWRKY1–GFP (green fluorescent protein) reporter revealed that AaWRKY1 was targeted to nuclei.
• Transient expression of AaWRKY1 cDNA in A. annua leaves clearly activated the expression of the majority of artemisinin biosynthetic genes.
• These results strongly suggest the involvement of the AaWRKY1 transcription factor in the regulation of artemisinin biosynthesis, and indicate that ADS is a target gene of AaWRKY1 in A. annua.

Function-related keywords:

• transcription-factor ,  jasmonate ,  methyl-jasmonate ,  protein

Literature:

• Isolation and characterization of AaWRKY1, an Artemisia annua transcription factor that regulates the amorpha-4,11-diene synthase gene, a key gene of artemisinin biosynthesis.   DOI:  10.1093/pcp/pcp149 ;  PMID:  19880398

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Gene Resources:

• NCBI ID: FJ390842.1
• UniProt accessions: A0A059PY84 ,  B6VGE0

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Sequences:

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