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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2014

Silencing of a metaphase I-specific gene results in a phenotype similar to that of the Pairing homeologous 1 (Ph1) gene mutations.

Ramanjot Bhullar, Ragupathi Nagarajan, Harvinder Bennypaul, Gaganpreet K Sidhu, Gaganjot Sidhu, Sachin Rustgi, Diter von Wettstein, Kulvinder S Gill

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 39 papers.

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8 authors.

Ramanjot BhullarDepartment of Crop and Soil Sciences.
Ragupathi NagarajanDepartment of Crop and Soil Sciences.
Harvinder BennypaulDepartment of Crop and Soil Sciences, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Charlottetown, PE, Canada C1A 5T1; and.
Gaganpreet K SidhuDepartment of Crop and Soil Sciences, Institute of Cancer Genetics, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032.
Gaganjot SidhuDepartment of Crop and Soil Sciences.
Sachin RustgiDepartment of Crop and Soil Sciences.
Diter von WettsteinDepartment of Crop and Soil Sciences, School of Molecular Biosciences, and Center for Reproductive Biology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164; diter@wsu.edu ksgill@wsu.edu.
Kulvinder S GillDepartment of Crop and Soil Sciences, diter@wsu.edu ksgill@wsu.edu.

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Abstract

Although studied extensively since 1958, the molecular mode of action of the Pairing homeologous 1 (Ph1) gene is still unknown. In polyploid wheat, the diploid-like chromosome pairing is principally controlled by the Ph1 gene via preventing homeologous chromosome pairing (HECP). Here, we report a candidate Ph1 gene (C-Ph1) present in the Ph1 locus, transient as well as stable silencing of which resulted in a phenotype characteristic of the Ph1 gene mutants, including HECP, multivalent formation, and disrupted chromosome alignment on the metaphase I (MI) plate. Despite a highly conserved DNA sequence, the C-Ph1 gene homeologues showed a dramatically different structure and expression pattern, with only the 5B copy showing MI-specific expression, further supporting our claim for the Ph1 gene. In agreement with the previous reports about the Ph1 gene, the predicted protein of the 5A copy of the C-Ph1 gene is truncated, and thus perhaps less effective. The 5D copy is expressed around the onset of meiosis; thus, it may function during the earlier stages of chromosome pairing. Along with alternate splicing, the predicted protein of the 5B copy is different from the protein of the other two copies because of an insertion. These structural and expression differences among the homeologues concurred with the previous observations about Ph1 gene function. Stable RNAi silencing of the wheat gene in Arabidopsis showed multivalents and centromere clustering during meiosis I.

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Genes, PlantAlternative SplicingArabidopsisBase SequenceChromosome PairingChromosomes, PlantConserved SequenceDiploidyDNA, PlantGene DeletionGene SilencingMetaphaseModels, MolecularMutationOryzaPhenotypeDNA, PlantPlant Proteinscentromere–microtubule interactionneofunctionalizationorthologsrecombinationVIGS

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PMID25232038
PMCPMC4191769

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