Functional Aspects of Early Light-Induced Protein (ELIP) Genes from the Desiccation-Tolerant Moss Syntrichia caninervis.

ABSTRACT: The early light-induced proteins (ELIPs) are postulated to act as transient pigment-binding proteins that protect the chloroplast from photodamage caused by excessive light energy. Desert mosses such as Syntrichia caninervis, that are desiccation-tolerant and homoiochlorophyllous, are often exposed to high-light conditions when both hydrated and dry ELIP transcripts are accumulated in response to dehydration. To gain further insights into ELIP gene function in the moss S. caninervis, two ELIP cDNAs cloned from S. caninervis, ScELIP1 and ScELIP2 and both sequences were used as the basis of a transcript abundance assessment in plants exposed to high-light, UV-A, UV-B, red-light, and blue-light. ScELIPs were expressed separ

SUBMITTER: Liu X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7073071 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature