Molecular propensity and stress tolerance of dehydrins from desert plants.

ABSTRACT: Dehydrins (DHNs) are hydrophilic proteins that accumulate in plant vegetative tissues in response to abiotic stress and during the late stages of seed development. To investigate the genetic basis of stress tolerance in desert plants, full-length cDNA sequences encoding DHN proteins were isolated from three desert plant species including Prosopis cineraria (PcDHN1), Citrullus colocynthis (CcDHN1), and Phoenix dactylifera (PdDHN1 and PdDHN2). This study examined the structural characteristics and potential functional roles of these DHNs in relation to the abiotic stress adaptation of desert plants. Due to their evolution in arid environments, these desert plant DHNs showed unique structural adaptations and functional stability under severe abiotic stress conditions. The sequence analysis id

SUBMITTER: Abdul Aziz M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12855248 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature