Table 1.
Major stress responsive genes regulated by Brassinosteroids.
| Gene | Function | Stress type | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| DREB | Transcription factor that regulates different cold stress responsive genes | Drought stress | Kagale et al., 2007; Xiao et al., 2009 |
| RESPIRATORY BURST OXIDASE HOMOLOG ( RBOH ) | ROS generation | Photo-oxidative and cold stresses | Xia et al., 2009 |
| PYRROLINE-5-CARBOXYLATE SYNTHETASE1 (P5CS1) | Proline biosynthesis | Salinity stress | Zeng et al., 2010 |
| DELLA | Gibberellic acid signaling repressor | Submergence stress | Peleg et al., 2011 |
| SLR1 | Gibberellic acid signaling repressor | Submergence stress | Peleg et al., 2011 |
| YODA (YDA) | Transcription factor that regulate stomatal conductance | Salinity and drought stress | Kim et al., 2012 |
| ABSCISIC ACID STRESS RIPENING (ASR) | Signal transduction under cold stress | Cold stress | Li B. et al., 2012 |
| LIPOCALINS | Signal transduction under cold stress | Cold stress | Li B. et al., 2012 |
| REMORIN | Membrane skeleton protein | Drought stress | Li B. et al., 2012 |
| MULTIPASS (MPS) | Transcription factor that regulates cell size | Salinity stress | Schmidt et al., 2013 |
| ALTERNATIVE OXIDASE (AOX) | Protection of plant photosystems | Cold stress | Jiang et al., 2013; Deng et al., 2015 |
| FERRITIN | Iron storage | Salinity | Sharma, 2014 |
| SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE (SOD) | H2O2 biosynthesis | Salinity and Pesticide stress | Sharma et al., 2012, 2015 |
| ASCORBATE PEROXIDASE (APX) | ROS scavenging | Salinity and Pesticide Stress | Sharma et al., 2012, 2015 |
| CATALASE (CAT) | ROS scavenging | Salinity and Pesticide Stress | Sharma et al., 2012, 2015 |
| GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE (GR) | ROS scavenging | Salinity and Pesticide stress | Sharma et al., 2012, 2015 |
| NON-EXPRESSOR OF PATHOGENESIS-RELATED GENES1-1 (NPR1-1) | Transcription factor that regulates different stress responsive genes | Hyper-thermal and Salinity stress | Wei et al., 2015 |
| WRKY | Transcription factor that regulates different stress responsive genes | Drought stress | Chen et al., 2017 |
| CESTA (CES) | Transcription factor that regulates different cold stress responsive genes | Cold stress | Eremina et al., 2017 |