Allelic variation of TaWD40-4B.1 contributes to drought tolerance by modulating catalase activity in wheat

Abstract

Drought stress limits wheat production around the world. Here, the authors report allelic variation of a WD40 encoding gene TaWD40-4B.1 contributes to wheat drought tolerance by interacting with canonical catalases as a chaperone to promote their activities to avoid ROS over accumulation.