Genes for stress resistance in transgenic/mutant plants (updated March 11, 2008)

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· Genes controlling osmotic factors and other protectants

· Late embryogenesis abundant (LEA)- related genes

· Various regulatory genes

· Hormone regulating genes

· Oxidative stress related genes

· Genes encoding for molecular chaperones

· Genes encoding proton pumps, antiporters and ion transporters

· Others

NOTE: Gene classification by the following groups is not strict.

The claim for a gene effect is presented at face value and it does not necessarily imply agricultural value.

Genes encoding enzymes that synthesize osmotic and other protectants (To top)

Gene	Gene Action	Species	Phenotype	Reference	ID*
	Dehydrin protein accumulation	Tobacco	Cold tolerance and possible antioxidative effect	Masakazu et al. 2003	6602
	Accumulation of different compatible solutes	Tobacco	Photosystem cold tolerance	Parvanova et al., 2004	7334
adc	Arginine decarboxylase	Rice	Reduced chlorophyll loss under drought stress	Capell et al. 1998	5607
adc	Polyamine synthesis	Rice	Drought resistance	Capell et al., 2004	7290
Apo-Inv	Apoplastic invertase	Tobacco	Salt tolerance, high “osmotic pressure”	Fukushima et al., 2001	5202
AtGolS2	Galactinol and raffinose accumulation	Arabidopsis	Reduced transpiration	Taji et al. 2002	5884
AtHAL3	Phosphoprotein phosphatase	Tobacco	Improved salt, osmotic and Lithium tolerance of cell cultures	Yonamine et al., 2004	6947
AtHAL3a	Phosphoprotein phosphatase	Arabidopsis	Regulate salinity and osmotic tolerance and plant growth	Espinosa-Ruiz et al. 1999	4601
ATP-PRT	ATP-phosphoribosyltransferase	Alyssum	His accumulation and Nickel tolerance	Ingle et al., 2005	7942
AtTPS1	trehalose-6-phosphate synthase	Tobacco	Drought resistance; sustained photosyntehsis	Almeida et al., 2007	8668
BADH-1	Betaine aldehyde dehydrogenase	Carrot	Salinity tolerance	Kumar et al., 2004	7353
BADH-1	Betaine aldehyde dehydrogenase	Maize	Salinity tolerance	Wu et al., 2007	9117
BADH-1	Betaine aldehyde dehydrogenase	Tobacco	Heat tolerance in photosynthesis	Xinghong Yang, et al., 2005	7858
BADH-1	Betaine aldehyde dehydrogenase	Tobacco	Salinity tolerance	Yang et al., 2008	9160
BADH-1	Betaine aldehyde dehydrogenase	Tomato	Maintenance of osmotic potential	Moghaieb et al. 2000	5094
betA	Choline dehydrogenase (glycinebetaine synthesis)	Maize	Drought resistance at seedling stage and high yield after drought	Ruidang et al., 2004	7409
betA	Choline dehydrogenase (glycinebetaine synthesis)	Tobacco	Increased tolerance to salinity stress	Lilius et al. 1996	3287
CHIT33, CHIT42	Endochitinase synthesis	Tobacco	Salt and metal toxicity resistance (& disease)	Dana et al., 2006	8504
CMO	Choline monooxygenase (glycine betaine synthesis)	Tobacco	Better in vito growth under salinity and osmotic (PEG6000) stress	Yi-Guo Shen et al. 2002	6285
codA	Choline oxidase (glycine betaine synthesis)	Arabidopsis	Increased stress tolerance	Huang et al. 2000	4731
codA	Choline oxidase (glycine betaine synthesis)	Arabidopsis	Salt tolerance in terms of reproduction	Ronan et al., 2003	6822
codA	Choline oxidase (glycine betaine synthesis)	Arabidopsis	Seedlings tolerant to salinity stress and increased germination under cold	Hayashi et al. 1997, Alia et al. 1998	4571
codA	Choline oxidase (glycine betaine synthesis)	Brassica juncea	Tolerance to stress induced photoinhibition	Prasad and Saradhi 2004	7094
codA	Choline oxidase (glycine betaine synthesis)	Rice	Increased tolerance to salinity and cold	Sakamoto et al. 1998	3859
codA	Choline oxidase (glycine betaine synthesis)	Rice	Recovery from a week long salt stress	Mohanty et al., 2003	6347
codA	Choline oxidase (glycine betaine synthesis)	Tobacco	Freezing toleance	Parvanova et al., 2004	7334
codA	Choline oxidase (glycine betaine synthesis)	Tomato	Chilling tolerance in yield and oxidative stress tolerance	Eung-Jun et al., 2004	7416
codA	Choline oxidase (glycine betaine synthesis)	Tomato	Chilling tolerance	PARK et al., 2007	8969
COR15a	Cold induced gene	Arabidopsis	Increased freezing tolerance	Steponkus et al. 1998	5618
COX	Choline oxidase (glycine betaine synthesis)	Rice	Salt and 'stress' tolerance	Su et al. 2006	8227
Ect A…ect C	Edtoin accumulation in chloroplasts	Tobacco	Salt and cold tolerance	Rai et al. 2006	8090
GS2	Chloroplastic glutamine synthetase	Rice	Increased salinity resistance and chilling tolerance	Hoshida et al. 2000	4792
IMT1	Myo-inositol o-methyltransferase (D-ononitol synthesis)	Tobacco	Better CO2 fixation under salinity stress. Better recovery after drought stress.	Sheveleva et al. 1997	3660
LWR1, LWR2	Solute accumulation (proline)	Arabidopsis	Growth, osmotic adjustment, water status	Verslues and Bray, 2004	7352
M6PR	Mannose-6-phosphate reductase	Arabidopsis	Mannitol accumulation under salt stress leading to salt tolerance	Zhifang and Loescher, 2003	6343
M6PR	Mannose-6-phosphate reductase	Arabidopsis	Mannitol accumulation and salt tolerance due to chloroplast protection	Sickler et al., 2007	8850
mt1D	Mannitol-1-phosphate dehydrogenase (mannitol synthesis)	Arabidopsis	Increased germination under salinity stress	Thomas et al. 1995	5620
mt1D	Mannitol-1-phosphate dehydrogenase (mannitol synthesis)	Petunia	Chilling tolerance	Chiang et al., 2005	7715
mt1D	Mannitol-1-phosphate dehydrogenase (mannitol synthesis)	Tobacco	Increased plant height and fresh weight under salinity stress	Tarczynski et al. 1993	2383
mt1D	Mannitol-1-phosphate dehydrogenase (mannitol synthesis)	Tobacco	No contribution to sustained growth under salinity and drought stress.	Karakas et al., 1997	3492
mt1D	Mannitol-1-phosphate dehydrogenase (mannitol synthesis)	Wheat	Drought and salinity tolerance of calli and plants	Abebe et al., 2003