Table 1.
Glyoxalase genes overexpressed in transgenic plants exhibiting enhanced abiotic stress tolerance.
| Gene | Plant species | Response phenotype | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gly I | Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) | Improved salt stress tolerance | Veena et al., 1999 |
| Gly I | Black gram (Vigna mungo) | Improved salt stress tolerance | Bhomkar et al., 2008 |
| Gly I | Arabidopsis thaliana | Improved salt stress tolerance | Roy et al., 2008 |
| Gly I | Rice (Oryza sativa) | Improved salt stress tolerance | Verma et al., 2005 |
| Gly I | Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) | Improved salt stress tolerance | Yadav et al., 2005a |
| Gly I | Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) | Improved zinc tolerance | Lin et al., 2010 |
| Gly I | Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum | Improved tolerance to MG, salt stress, excessive mannitol and H2O2 | Wu et al., 2013 |
| Gly I | Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) | Improved tolerance to MG and salt stress | Mustafiz et al., 2014 |
| Gly II | Rice (Oryza sativa) | Improved salinity tolerance | Singla-Pareek et al., 2008 |
| Gly II | Mustard (Brassica juncea) | Improved salinity tolerance | Saxena et al., 2011 |
| Gly II | Rice (Oryza sativa) | Improved salinity tolerance | Wani and Gosal, 2011 |
| Gly II | Arabidopsis thaliana | Improved salt and anoxic stress tolerance | Devanathan et al., 2014 |
| Gly II | Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) | Improved salinity tolerance | Ghosh et al., 2014 |
| Gly I + Gly II | Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) | Improved salinity tolerance and set viable seeds under zinc-spiked soils | Singla-Pareek et al., 2003, 2006; Yadav et al., 2005b |
| Gly I + Gly II | Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) | Improved salt stress tolerance | Alvarez Viveros et al., 2013 |
| Gly I + Gly II | Carrizo citrange (Citrus sinensis × Poncirus trifoliata) | Improved salinity tolerance | Alvarez-Gerding et al., 2015 |
Gly, glyoxalase.