Table 3 Kinase genes useful for incorporating multiple stress tolerance in plants.

From: High-value pleiotropic genes for developing multiple stress-tolerant biofortified crops for 21st-century challenges

Gene (kinase)

Transgenic plant

Response to abiotic stress

References

NPK1

Zea mays

Tolerance to cold, heat and salinity

(Shou et al. 2004);

(Pavlović et al. 2020);

(Teige et al. 2004);

(Jia et al. 2016);

(Kovtun et al. 2000);

(Long et al. 2014);

(Xiong and Yang 2003);

(Asano et al. 2012);

(Pan et al. 2012a);

(Cai et al. 2014);

(Saijo et al. 2000);

(He et al. 2013);

(Shi et al. 2010)

NPK1

Brassica oleraceae var botrytis

Tolerance to salt

MKK2

Arabidopsis thaliana

Tolerance against salt and freezing

Hypersensitive to salt and cold stress

GhRaf19

Nicotiana benthaniama

Over-expression increases cold tolerance but decreases drought and salt tolerance

NPK1

Nicotiana tabacum

Tolerance to drought, salt and cold

GbMPK3

Nicotiana tabacum

Tolerance to drought and oxidative stress and increases plant height

OsMAPK5

Oryza sativa

Tolerance to salt, drought and cold

OsCPK12

Oryza sativa

Tolerance to salt and susceptibility to rice blast

ZmMPK17

Nicotiana tabacum

Tolerance against osmotic stress, cold and viral pathogens

 

Nicotiana tabacum

Tolerance to chilling and pathogen defense

CDPK7

Oryza sativa

Tolerance to cold, drought and salinity

GhCIPK6

Arabidopsis thaliana

Tolerance to salt, drought and ABA stress

GhMPK7

Nicotiana benthamiana

Resistance to fungus Colletotrichum nicotianae and Virus PVY; Regulation of plant growth and development; Resistance to pathogen infection