Gene Details:

• Gene ID:
• Gene Symbol: TaHsfA6f
• Gene Name: Heat shock factor A6
• Genome: Chinese_Spring1.0
• Species: Triticum aestivum

Functional Descriptions:

• TaHsfA6f is a transcriptional activator that regulates a suite of heat stress protection genes in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) including previously unknown Hsf targets.
• Expression analysis showed that TaHsfA6f was expressed constitutively in green organs but was markedly up-regulated during heat stress.
• Overexpression of TaHsfA6f in transgenic wheat using a drought-inducible promoter resulted in up-regulation of heat shock proteins (HSPs) and a number of other heat stress protection genes that included some previously unknown Hsf target genes such as Golgi anti-apoptotic protein (GAAP) and the large isoform of Rubisco activase.
• These data suggest that TaHsfA6f is a transcriptional activator that directly regulates TaHSP, TaGAAP, and TaRof1 genes in wheat and its gene regulatory network has a positive impact on thermotolerance.

Function-related keywords:

• drought ,  stress ,  drought-stress ,  transcriptional-activator ,  heat-stress ,  thermotolerance ,  protein

Literature:

• TaHsfA6f is a transcriptional activator that regulates a suite of heat stress protection genes in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) including previously unknown Hsf targets.   DOI:  10.1093/jxb/eru462 ;  PMID:  25428996

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Gene Resources:

• NCBI ID: KJ774108.1
• UniProt accessions: A0A0A1E783

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