Disease relevance of Craterostigma

• In this study, we provide experimental evidence that PLD is involved in the early events of dehydration in the resurrection plant Craterostigma plantagineum [1].
• An aldose reductase homologue (ALDRXV4) was cloned from the resurrection plant Xerophyta viscosa Baker using complementation by functional sufficiency in Escherichia coli [2].

High impact information on Craterostigma

• Desiccation tolerance in callus of the resurrection plant Craterostigma plantagineum is mediated via the plant hormone ABA, which induces the expression of gene products related to desiccation tolerance [3].
• Three distinct classes of transketolase-encoding cDNA clones were isolated from the desiccation-tolerant resurrection plant Craterostigma plantagineum [4].
• A desiccation-related Elip-like gene from the resurrection plant Craterostigma plantagineum is regulated by light and ABA [5].
• Water deficit triggers phospholipase D activity in the resurrection plant Craterostigma plantagineum [1].
• Insight into the physiological role of the trehalose pathway outside of resurrection plant species is lacking [6].

Chemical compound and disease context of Craterostigma

• We report on the isolation and characterization of cDNA clones encoding SPS from Craterostigma plantagineum Hochst., a resurrection plant in which the accumulation of sucrose is considered to play an important role in tolerance to severe protoplastic dehydration [7].
• Dehydration and ABA increase mRNA levels and enzyme activity of cytosolic GAPDH in the resurrection plant Craterostigma plantagineum [8].

Biological context of Craterostigma

• CpR18, a novel SAP-domain plant transcription factor, binds to a promoter region necessary for ABA mediated expression of the CDeT27-45 gene from the resurrection plant Craterostigma plantagineum Hochst [9].

Associations of Craterostigma with chemical compounds

• In order to identify genes that are critical for the ABA-dependent stress response in the resurrection plant Craterostigma plantagineum, a gene was isolated with homology to class 3 variable substrate aldehyde dehydrogenases (ALDH) [10].
• We report the molecular characterization of two classes of cDNA and genomic clones encoding sucrose synthase from Craterostigma plantagineum Hochst., a resurrection plant in which the turnover of sucrose is considered to have an important role in the unique phenomenon of surviving desiccation [11].
• Characterization of five novel dehydration-responsive homeodomain leucine zipper genes from the resurrection plant Craterostigma plantagineum [12].
• Other than these observations Craterostigma plants are very similar to other C3 plants under these conditions [13].
• Glycine and serine are potential sources of nitrogen for the aquatic resurrection plant Chamaegigas intrepidus Dinter in the rock pools that provide its natural habitat [14].

Gene context of Craterostigma

• A novel stress-inducible antioxidant enzyme identified from the resurrection plant Xerophyta viscosa Baker [15].
• An aldose reductase homolog from the resurrection plant Xerophyta viscosa Baker [2].

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