LEAPdb: a database for the late embryogenesis abundant proteins.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Late Embryogenesis Abundant Proteins database (LEAPdb) contains resource regarding LEAP from plants and other organisms. Although LEAP are grouped into several families, there is no general consensus on their definition and on their classification. They are associated with abiotic stress tolerance, but their actual function at the molecular level is still enigmatic. The scarcity of 3-D structures for LEAP remains a handicap for their structure-function relationships analysis. Finally, the growing body of published data about LEAP represents a great amount of information that needs to be compiled, organized and classified.

Results

LEAPdb gathers data about 8 LEAP sub-families defined by the PFAM, the Conserved Domain and the InterPro databases. Among its functional

SUBMITTER: Hunault G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2858754 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature