GST — Cucumis melo

Summary

MELO3C003200.2, designated CmGST on melon chromosome 9, encodes a glutathione S-transferase (GST) with glutathione transferase activity, belonging to the Tau and Omega/Tau-like subfamilies. The enzyme is associated with cellular detoxification, toxin breakdown, glutathione metabolism, and responses to metals, heat, abscisic acid, auxin, gibberellin, and cytokinin. It is linked to defense response and localized to the cytoplasm. The gene has been connected to photosynthetic rate. Studies of related genes in other species link the family to chilling stress response, drought tolerance and sensitivity, oxidative stress response, and traits including hydrogen peroxide content, net photosynthetic rate, quantum yield, chlorophyll, anthocyanin, lignin, and starch content, as well as seed maturation and pathogen defense.