DB identifier | AT2G28190 | Secondary Identifier | locus:2046168 |
Name | copper/zinc superoxide dismutase 2 | Brief Description | copper/zinc superoxide dismutase 2 |
TAIR Computational Description | copper/zinc superoxide dismutase 2;(source:Araport11) |
TAIR Curator Summary | Encodes a chloroplastic copper/zinc superoxide dismutase CSD2 that can detoxify superoxide radicals. Its expression is affected by miR398-directed mRNA cleavage. Activation depends totally on CCS. Overexpression of a miR398-resistant form of CSD2 leads to more dramatic improvements in stress (hight light, Cu2+ and methyl viologen) tolerance than overexpression of wild-type CSD2. The mRNA is cell-to-cell mobile. |
TAIR Short Description | copper/zinc superoxide dismutase 2 |
TAIR Aliases | AtSOD2, CSD2, CZSOD2, SOD2 |