Description

The Rutaceae is a family, commonly known as the rue or citrus family, of flowering plants, usually placed in the order Sapindales.

Species of the family generally have flowers that divide into four or five parts, usually with strong scents. They range in form and size from herbs to shrubs and large trees.

The most economically important genus in the family is Citrus, which includes the orange (C. × sinensis), lemon (C. × limon), grapefruit (C. × paradisi), and lime (various, mostly C. aurantifolia, the key lime). Boronia is a large Australian genus, some members of which are plants with highly fragrant flowers and are used in commercial oil production. Other large genera include Zanthoxylum, several species of which are cultivated for Sichuan pepper, Melicope, and Agathosma. About 160 genera are in the family Rutaceae.

SI type

The system with the broadest taxonomic distribution, which we term type-1 SI, is gametophytic and based on linked pistil S S-RNase and pollen S S-locus F-box (SLF)/S-haplotype-specific F-box (SFB). So far, type-1 SI has been found in four eudicot families: Solanaceae, Plantaginaceae, Rosaceae, and Rutaceae. After pollination, both S₁- and S₂-RNases can enter pollen tubes and be recognized by S₁- or S₃-SLFs, but only SCF^S₃-SLF complexes can ubiquitinate these S-RNases leading to their degradation by 26S proteasome, with the survived S₁-RNase in S₁ pollen tubes forming the S-RNase condensates (SRCs) resulting in self-pollen inhibition.

SI genes

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• fasta
• gff
• cds
• pro

Publication

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