Patent ID: 7235713
Filing Date: 2007-06-26
Classification: C07K,C12N

Abstract:
1. A transgenic plant transformed with an isolated polynucleotide, wherein expression of the polynucleotide in the plant results in increased tolerance to an environmental stress as compared to a wild type variety of the plant, wherein the isolated polynucleotide encodes a polypeptide having AKT-1 activity and is selected from the group consisting of: a) a polynucleotide having nucleotides 1–3020 as set forth in SEQ ID NO:2; b) a polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide having amino acids 1–944 as set forth in SEQ ID NO:3; c) a polynucleotide having at least 95% sequence identity to the polynucleotide as set forth in SEQ ID NO:2; d) a polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide having at least 95% sequence identity to the polypeptide as set forth in SEQ ID NO:3; and e) a polynucleotide hybridizing under stringent conditions to either of the polynucleotides of a) or c) above, wherein the stringent conditions comprise hybridization in 6×SSC at about 45° C. followed by one or more washes in 0.2×SSC and 0.1% SDS at 65° C.