TaELP2 Interacts With TaDCL1 and Negatively Regulates Wheat Resistance Against Stripe Rust.

ABSTRACT: Wheat (Triticum aestivum) is an important staple food crop worldwide, playing a fundamental role in global food security. Wheat stripe rust, caused by Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici (Pst), is a highly destructive disease affecting this crop. The Elongator complex is known to be a key regulator of plant responses to stress; however, little is known about the function of its subunit 2, encoded by the TaELP2 gene, in the wheat-Pst interaction. In this study, we investigated the role of TaELP2 in the susceptibility of wheat to Pst. We found that the transient silencing of TaELP2 using a virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) system markedly increased wheat resistance to the pathogen, whereas its overexpression exerted the opposite effect. Subsequently, yeast two-hybrid (Y2H), luciferase comp

SUBMITTER: Li M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12904607 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature