OsbHLH148 gene enhancing drought stress tolerance of plant and uses thereof

摘要

PURPOSE: A transcription factor OsbHLH148 gene isolated from Oryza sativa is provided to obtain a plant with tolerance to various stresses including drought. CONSTITUTION: A transcription factor OsbHLH148(Oryza sativa basic helix-loop-helix 148) protein which regulates the expression of genes which is derived from Oryza sativa and relates to stress tolerance contains an amino acid sequence of sequence number 2. A gene encoding the protein contains a base of sequence number 1. A method for enhancing tolerance to environmental stress of a plant comprises a step of transforming plant cells with a recombinant vector containing the gene and a step of overexpressing the gene. A composition for enhancing tolerance to environmental stress of a plant contains the gene encoding the protein.