ADH — Triticum turgidum subsp. durum

Summary

TRITD2BV1G063520 (TtADH) on durum wheat chromosome 2B encodes an alcohol dehydrogenase with S-(hydroxymethyl)glutathione dehydrogenase, S-nitrosoglutathione reductase, and aldo-keto reductase activities, along with calcium ion binding and protein homodimerization activity. The gene is associated with responses to hypoxia, flooding, hydrogen peroxide, heat acclimation, and osmotic and salinity stress, as well as seed development, programmed cell death, and cellular respiration. It has been connected to traits including drought tolerance, herbicide sensitivity, low temperature stress response, photosynthetic rate, leaf senescence, disease tolerance, and nitrogen content. Localisation evidence links the product to plastids, mitochondria, the cytosol, the nucleus, and the plasma membrane. Studies of related genes in other species connect the family to submergence tolerance, waterlogging tolerance, and cold stress resistance.