High level of conservation between genes coding for the GAMYB transcription 
factor in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) and bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) 
collections

Haseneyer, Grit; Ravel, Catherine; Dardevet, Mireille; Balfourier, François; Sourdille, Pierre; Charmet, Gilles; Brunel, Dominique; Sauer, Sascha; Geiger, Hartwig H.; Graner, Andreas; Stracke, Silke

doi:10.1007/s00122-008-0777-4

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High level of conservation between genes coding for the GAMYB transcription factor in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) and bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) collections

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Sauer, Sascha
Nutrigenomics and Gene Regulation (Sascha Sauer), Independent Junior Research Groups (OWL), Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Max Planck Society;

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Haseneyer, G., Ravel, C., Dardevet, M., Balfourier, F., Sourdille, P., Charmet, G., et al. (2008). High level of conservation between genes coding for the GAMYB transcription factor in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) and bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) collections. Tag Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 117(3), 321-331. doi:10.1007/s00122-008-0777-4.

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Abstract

The transcription factor GAMYB is involved in gibberellin signalling in cereal aleurone cells and in plant developmental processes. Nucleotide diversity of HvGAMYB and TaGAMYB was investigated in 155 barley (Hordeum vulgare) and 42 wheat (Triticum aestivum) accessions, respectively. Polymorphisms defined 18 haplotypes in the barley collection and 1, 7 and 3 haplotypes for the A, B, and D genomes of wheat, respectively. We found that (1) Hv- and TaGAMYB genes have identical structures. (2) Both genes show a high level of nucleotide identity (>95%) in the coding sequences and the distribution of polymorphisms is similar in both collections. At the protein level the functional domain is identical in both species. (3) GAMYB genes map to a syntenic position on chromosome 3. GAMYB genes are different in both collections with respect to the Tajima D statistic and linkage disequilibrium (LD). A moderate level of LD was observed in the barley collection. In wheat, LD is absolute between polymorphic sites, mostly located in the first intron, while it decays within the gene. Differences in Tajima D values might be due to a lower selection pressure on HvGAMYB, compared to its wheat orthologue. Altogether our results provide evidence that there have been only few evolutionary changes in Hv- and TaGAMYB. This confirms the close relationship between these species and also highlights the functional importance of this transcription factor. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1007/s00122-008-0777-4) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.