Table 6 A subset of associated loci and candidate genes identified for common rust resistance according to gene annotation

1

AC197246.3_FG001^b

Ras-related protein ARA-4, small GTPase mediated signal transduction

5

GRMZM2G181002^b, GRMZM5G829476^b

Phosphotransferases. Serine or threonine-specific kinase subfamily

6

GRMZM2G156712^b

FMN binding, kinase-associated protein, essential for defense against pathogens

8

GRMZM2G157156^b

PDZ/DHR/GLGF. Serine signalling proteases with PDZ domains

GRMZM2G350684^b, GRMZM2G018048^b

SANT_DNA-bd. Novel transcriptional regulatory proteins that were identified based on homology to the DNA binding domain of c-myb.

GRMZM2G018142^b

HAS protein. Found in helicases and associated with SANT domains

10

GRMZM2G109753^b

Scramblase protein, responsible for the translocation of phospholipids between the two monolayers of a lipid bilayer of a cell membrane