ScienceDirect A wheat gene TaSAP17-D encoding an AN1/AN1 zinc finger protein improves salt stress tolerance in transgenic Arabidopsis XU Qiao-fang 1, 2 , MAO Xin-guo 2 , WANG Yi-xue 2 , WANG Jing-yi 2 , XI Ya-jun 1 , JING Rui-lian 2

Myxococcus xanthus DK1622 has two RecA genes, recA1 (MXAN_1441) and recA2 (MXAN_1388), with unknown functional differentiation. Herein, we showed that both recA genes were induced by ultraviolet (UV) irradiation but that the induction of recA1 was more delayed than that of recA2. Deletion of recA1 did not affect the growth but significantly decreased the UV-radiation survival, homologous recombination (HR) ability, and induction of LexA-dependent SOS genes. In contrast, the deletion of recA2 markedly prolonged the lag phase of bacterial growth and increased the sensitivity to DNA damage caused by hydrogen peroxide but did not change the UVradiation resistance or SOS gene inducibility. Protein activity analysis demonstrated that RecA1, but not RecA2, catalyzed DNA strand exchange (DSE) and LexA autocleavage in vitro. Transcriptomic analysis indicated that RecA2 has evolved mainly to regulate gene expression for cellular transportation and antioxidation. This is the first report of functional divergence of duplicated bacterial recA genes. The results highlight the evolutionary strategy of M. xanthus cells for DNA HR and genome sophistication.

ScienceDirect A dCAPS marker developed from a stress associated protein gene TaSAP7-B governing grain size and plant height in wheat WANG Yi-xue 1 , XU Qiao-fang 2 , CHANG Xiao-ping 2 , HAO Chen-yang 2 , LI Run-zhi 1 , JING Rui-lian 2

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