Drought Tolerance in Modern and Wild Wheat

Table 2

List of identified and characterized drought related genes in the last three years.

Gene	Function	Related mechanism/stress	Reference
TaPIMP1	Transcription factor: R2R3 type MYB TF	Drought	[34]
TaSRG	Transcription factor: Triticum aestivum salt response gene	Drought	[35]
TaMYB3R1	Transcription factor: MYB3R type MYB TF	drought	[36]
TaNAC (NAM/ATAF/CUC)	Transcription factor: plant specific NAC (NAM/ATAF/CUC) TF	Drought	[37]
TaMYB33	Transcription factor: R2R3 type MYB TF	Drought	[38]
TaWRKY2, TaWRKY19	Transcription factor: WRKY type TF	Drought	[39]
TdicDRF1	Transcription factor: DRE binding protein	Drought	[32]
TaABC1	Kinase: protein kinase ABC1 (activity of bc(1) complex)	Drought	[40]
TaSnRK2.4	Kinase: SNF1 type serine/threonine protein kinase	Drought	[41]
TaSnRK2.7	Kinase: SNF1 type serine/threonine protein kinase	drought	[42]
TdTMKP1	Phosphatase: MAP kinase phosphatase	Drought	[43]
TaCHP	CHP rich zinc finger protein with unknown function	ABA-dependent and -independent pathways	[44]
TaCP	Protein degradation: cysteine protease	Drought	[45]
TaEXPR23	Cell wall expansion: expansin	Water retention ability and osmotic potential	[46]
TaL5	Nucleocytoplasmic transport of 5S ribosomal RNA: ribosomal L5 gene	Drought	[47]
TdPIP1;1, TdPIP1;2	Protective protein: aquaporin	Drought	[48]
TdicATG8	Autophagy: autophagy related gene 8	Drought	[33]
TdicTMPIT1	Autophagy: integral transmembrane protein inducible by TNF-𝛼	Drought	[31]
Era1, Sal1	Enhanced response to ABA,; inositol polyphosphate 1-phosphatase	Drought	[49]

Ta: Triticum aestivum; Td: Triticum durum; Tdic: Triticum dicoccoides; DRE: drought related element; SNF: Sucrose nonfermenting; MAP: mitogen activated protein; ABA: abscisic acid; CHP: cysteine histidine proline; TNF-α: tumor necrosis factor α; PIMP: pathogen induced membrane protein; CP: cysteine protease; EXPR: expansin; PIP: plasma membrane intrinsic proteins.