Patent 7994390 was granted and assigned to The Chinese University of Hong Kong Chorus on August, 2011 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Provided herein are the protein and nucleic acid sequences of GmRD22. Further provided herein are methods for conferring abiotic stress tolerance to a plant cell or plant by introducing and expressing an isolated polynucleotide encoding a GmRD22 protein in the cells of the plant. Transgenic plants transformed with an isolated polynucleotide encoding a GmRD22 protein, as well as seeds and progeny derived from these plants, are also provided.