Plant dehydrins and dehydrin-like proteins: characterization and participation in abiotic stress response.

ABSTRACT: Abiotic stress has a significant impact on plant growth and development. It causes changes in the subcellular organelles, which, due to their stress sensitivity, can be affected. Cellular components involved in the abiotic stress response include dehydrins, widely distributed proteins forming a class II of late embryogenesis abundant protein family with characteristic properties including the presence of evolutionarily conserved sequence motifs (including lysine-rich K-segment, N-terminal Y-segment, and often phosphorylated S motif) and high hydrophilicity and disordered structure in the unbound state. Selected dehydrins and few poorly characterized dehydrin-like proteins participate in cellular stress acclimation and are also shown to interact with organelles. Through their functioning in

SUBMITTER: Szlachtowska Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10358736 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature