ADH — Zea mays

Summary

ZM00001EB258770 (ZmADH) encodes a protein with ADH_3, ADH_Zn_CS, ADH-like_N, ADH-like_C, GroES-like_sf, and NAD(P)-bd_dom_sf domains, and has S-(hydroxymethyl)glutathione dehydrogenase, S-nitrosoglutathione reductase, aldo-keto reductase, calcium ion binding, protein homodimerization, zinc binding, and protein binding activities. The gene is associated with anaerobic respiration, ethanol and formaldehyde metabolism, pentose and cell wall polysaccharide anabolism, and responses to hypoxia, estradiol, and caffeine. ZmADH is linked to grain weight, seedling height, root and shoot biomass, drought and herbicide sensitivity, photosynthetic rate, leaf senescence, lignin and protein content, and cold and salt stress responses. The gene product localises to the cytosol, plastid, mitochondria, nucleus, and plasma membrane. Studies of related genes in other species connect the family to hypoxia tolerance, formaldehyde detoxification, and drought and cold resistance.