NRAMP Gene Family in Wheat and Ancestral Species Under Cadmium Stress

106 NRAMP gene members across wheat and its five ancestral species were identified, including 29 in common wheat. Leilei Shao authored this genome-wide analysis, which includes preliminary functional studies of TaNRAMP005 and TaNRAMP006. The dataset was last updated on May 7, 2026.

Use Cases

• Evolutionary analysis of gene family expansion and loss based on segmental duplication events mentioned in the description
• Functional annotation of metal ion transporters based on GO and promoter analyses for Zn2+, Cd2+, and Mn2+
• Assessing tissue-specific expression patterns of NRAMP genes under cadmium stress
• Evaluating cadmium tolerance mechanisms based on heterologous expression experiments in yeast

Strengths

• Identifies 106 specific NRAMP gene members across six species
• Includes preliminary functional validation for two specific genes (TaNRAMP005 and TaNRAMP006) under cadmium stress
• Provides evolutionary analysis revealing gene loss and segmental duplication as the main expansion mechanism

Limitations

• Dataset size is only 11.4 KB, indicating a very limited scope
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment

Provenance

Source

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Collection Method

Genome-wide identification and analysis via computational biology methods, supplemented by experimental functional studies in yeast.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-07 04:37:44