Patent ID: 7091402

Claim:
An isolated Protein Phosphatase Stress-Related Polypeptide (PPSRP) coding nucleic acid, wherein the nucleic acid comprises a polynucleotide selected from the group consisting of: a) a polynucleotide as shown in SEQ ID NO:2; b) a polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide as shown in SEQ ID NO:3; c) a polynucleotide that hybridizes under high stringent conditions to a full-length polynucleotide sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO:2; d) a plynucleotide having at least 95% sequence identity to the coding region of the polynucleotide as shown in SEQ ID NO:2; and e) a polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide having at least 95% sequence identity to the polypeptide as shown in SEQ ID NO:3, wherein the PPSRP coding nucleic acid confers drought resistance when transformed into a plant as compared to a wild type variety of the plant.