Gene Details:

• Gene ID: Gh_D06G0175
• Gene Symbol: GhWRKY16
• Gene Name:
• Genome: TM1_NBI
• Species: Gossypium hirsutum

Functional Descriptions:

• Our data demonstrate that GhWRKY16 plays a crucial role in fiber initiation and elongation, and that GhWRKY16 phosphorylation by GhMPK3-1 is essential for the transcriptional activation on downstream genes during the fiber development of cotton.
• A fiber-preferential WRKY transcription factor, GhWRKY16, positively regulates fiber initiation and elongation.
• GhWRKY16-silenced transgenic cotton displayed a remarkably reduced number of fiber protrusions on the ovule and shorter fibers compared to the wild-type.
• GhWRKY16 is phosphorylated by the mitogen-activated protein kinase GhMPK3-1 at residues T-130 and S-260.

Function-related keywords:

• transcription-factor ,  development ,  kinase ,  protein-kinase ,  ovule ,  fiber

Literature:

• Phosphorylation of WRKY16 by MPK3-1 is essential for its transcriptional activity during fiber initiation and elongation in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum).   DOI:  10.1093/plcell/koab153 ;  PMID:  34043792

Related News:

• The Plant Cell | 华中师范大学李学宝/郑勇团队揭示WRKY16转录因子调控棉纤维发育的新机制

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