| LEA_5 (small hydrophilic plant seed proteins) | |||||||||
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| Symbol | LEA_5 | ||||||||
| Pfam | PF00477 | ||||||||
| InterPro | IPR000389 | ||||||||
| PROSITE | PDOC00355 | ||||||||
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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. They may also play a role during imbibition by controlling water uptake.
References
- Bray EA (1993). "Molecular Responses to Water Deficit". Plant Physiol. 103 (4): 1035–1040. doi:10.1104/pp.103.4.1035. PMC 159086. PMID 12231998.
- Gaubier P, Raynal M, Hull G, Huestis GM, Grellet F, Arenas C, Pages M, Delseny M (1993). "Two different Em-like genes are expressed in Arabidopsis thaliana seeds during maturation". Mol. Gen. Genet. 238 (3): 409–418. doi:10.1007/bf00292000. PMID 8492809. S2CID 22341485.