ADH — Glycine max

Summary

GmADH (GLYMA_14G156400V4) on soybean chromosome 14 encodes a protein with S-(hydroxymethyl)glutathione dehydrogenase [NAD(P)+] activity, aldo-keto reductase (NAD) activity, zinc binding, and protein homodimerization activity. The gene is associated with ethanol fermentation, anaerobic respiration, methanal catabolism, gluconeogenesis, and responses to flooding, hypoxia, and estradiol. It localizes to the cytosol, cytoplasm, and plasmalemma. GmADH has been linked to submergence tolerance, waterlogging tolerance, hypoxia tolerance, drought tolerance, salt tolerance, cold stress tolerance, herbicide sensitivity, disease tolerance, and photosynthetic traits including net photosynthetic rate and chlorophyll content. Additional associations include root number, adventitious root number, germination rate, and pollen fertility. Studies of related genes in other species connect the family to anaerobic response, low oxygen tolerance, freezing tolerance, and resistance to pathogens, salt, drought, and cold stress.