Gene Details:

• Gene ID: Zm00001eb209160
• Gene Symbol: ZmMPK17
• Gene Name: MAP kinase17
• Genome: Zm-B73-REFERENCE-NAM-5.0
• Species: Zea mays

Functional Descriptions:

• ZmMPK17, a novel maize group D MAP kinase gene, is involved in multiple stress responses.
• Northern-blot analysis indicated that ZmMPK17 transcription is involved in response to exogenous signaling molecules such as abscisic acid, hydrogen peroxide, salicylic acid, jasmonic acid and ethylene and induced by low temperature and osmotic stress.
• Overexpression of ZmMPK17 in tobacco (Nicotonia tobaccum) accumulated less reactive oxygen species under osmotic stress by affecting antioxidant defense systems. Transgenic tobacco exhibited enhanced tolerance to cold by means of an increased germination rate, and increased proline and soluble sugar levels relative to control plants.
• ZmMPK17-overexpressing plants displayed enhanced resistance to viral pathogens, and the expression of the pathogenesis-related gene PR1a was significantly increased, indicating that ZmMPK17 might be involved in SA-mediated pathogen defense-signaling pathways.

Function-related keywords:

• temperature ,  kinase ,  resistance ,  stress ,  defense-response ,  defense ,  tolerance ,  cold-tolerance ,  cold-stress ,  ethylene ,  salicylic-acid ,  cold ,  stress-tolerance ,  pathogen ,  abscisic-acid ,  jasmonic ,  jasmonic-acid ,  sugar ,  osmotic-tolerance ,  viral-resistance ,  reactive-oxygen-species ,  sa ,  stress-response ,  ethylene-response ,  osmotic-stress ,  antioxidant-defense ,  pathogen-resistance ,  temperature-response

Literature:

• ZmMPK17, a novel maize group D MAP kinase gene, is involved in multiple stress responses.   DOI:  10.1007/s00425-011-1510-0 ;  PMID:  22006107

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Gene Resources:

• NCBI ID: LOC100281768
• UniProt accessions: A0A1D6QU86

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Source: Genetic information comes from the article