GST — Cucumis melo

Summary

MELO3C006350.2, symbolised as CmGST, encodes a glutathione S-transferase (GST) with glutathione transferase activity (EC 2.5.1.18) and belongs to the Tau class (GST_C_Tau, Omega/Tau-like) of the glutathione S-transferase superfamily. In melon, this cytoplasmic protein is associated with cellular detoxification, toxin breakdown, glutathione metabolism, and responses to auxin, cytokinin, gibberellin, abscisic acid, heat, and metal stress. It is also linked to defense responses and photosynthetic rate. Studies of related genes in other species connect the family to chilling stress response, drought sensitivity and tolerance, oxidative stress response, and traits including hydrogen peroxide content, quantum yield, net photosynthetic rate, lignin, starch, anthocyanin, and chlorophyll content, as well as seed maturation and pathogen defense.