Biology:Small hydrophilic plant seed proteins

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LEA_5 (small hydrophilic plant seed proteins)
Identifiers
SymbolLEA_5
PfamPF00477
InterProIPR000389
PROSITEPDOC00355

Plant seed proteins are small hydrophilic proteins. They represent a subset of late embryogenesis abundant proteins, of Dure subfamily D-19 or Bray group 1. These proteins contain from 73 to 153 amino acid residues and may play a role in equipping the seed for survival, maintaining a minimal level of hydration in the dry organism and preventing the denaturation of cytoplasmic components.[1][2] They may also play a role during imbibition by controlling water uptake.


References

  1. Bray EA (1993). "Molecular Responses to Water Deficit". Plant Physiol. 103 (4): 1035–1040. doi:10.1104/pp.103.4.1035. PMID 12231998. 
  2. "Two different Em-like genes are expressed in Arabidopsis thaliana seeds during maturation". Mol. Gen. Genet. 238 (3): 409–418. 1993. doi:10.1007/bf00292000. PMID 8492809. 
This article incorporates text from the public domain Pfam and InterPro: IPR000389