A rare gain of function mutation in a wheat tandem kinase confers resistance to powdery mildew

Powdery mildew is a major threat to world wheat yields. Here the authors describe the map-based cloning of Pm24, a gain-of-function powdery mildew resistance allele that encodes a tandem kinase-pseudokinase protein with a deletion in a kinase domain that is endemic to certain wheat landraces.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ping Lu, Li Guo, Zhenzhong Wang, Beibei Li, Jing Li, Yahui Li, Dan Qiu, Wenqi Shi, Lijun Yang, Ning Wang, Guanghao Guo, Jingzhong Xie, Qiuhong Wu, Yongxing Chen, Miaomiao Li, Huaizhi Zhang, Lingli Dong, Panpan Zhang, Keyu Zhu, Dazhao Yu, Yan Zhang, Karin R. Deal, Naxin Huo, Cuimin Liu, Ming-Cheng Luo, Jan Dvorak, Yong Qiang Gu, Hongjie Li, Zhiyong Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2020-02-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14294-0